Error message when you resume a Windows Vista-based computer from hibernation after the "Internal wireless device" setting in the BIOS is changed to Enabled: "Hardware Malfunction"

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SYMPTOMS

Consider the following scenario:

You are running a Windows Vista-based computer.
You enter the Basic Input/Output System (BIOS), and then you change the Internal wireless device setting to Hidden.
You restart the computer.
The computer enters hibernation.
You resume the computer from hibernation, and then you enter the BIOS again.
You change the Internal wireless device setting to Enabled.

When you try to restart the computer in this scenario, you receive the following error message:

*** Hardware Malfunction
Call your hardware vendor for support
NMI: Parity check / Memory Parity Error
*** The system has halted

To resolve this problem, contact the computer's manufacturer. For information about how to contact the computer's manufacturer, click the appropriate article number in the following list to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

65416 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/65416/ ) Hardware and software vendor contact information, A-K

60781 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/60781/ ) Hardware and software vendor contact information, L-P

60782 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/60782/ ) Hardware and software vendor contact information, Q-Z

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