What does BSOD 0x80 (NMI_HARDWARE_FAILURE) mean?

Status / error code:		Category:

Constant name:
Source:		Operating System:
Description: Hardware malfunction.

Could be also:
Constant	Type	OS
ERROR_WAIT_NO_CHILDREN	Win32 error	Windows
STATUS_ABANDONED_WAIT_0	NTSTATUS	Windows
ENETUNREACH	errno	Solaris
ENOTSOCK	errno	Windows

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NMI_HARDWARE_FAILURE

What NMI_HARDWARE_FAILURE means

NMI_HARDWARE_FAILURE (bug check 0x80) means Windows stopped after a non-maskable interrupt associated with a hardware malfunction. The bug check has no parameters that identify one universal failing component, so the dump and platform evidence matter more than the name alone.

Evidence to preserve

Run !analyze on the crash dump and record the stack, processor, and any hardware-error information available at the stop.
Correlate the crash with firmware, platform, memory, bus, and hardware event logs and with any recently installed hardware or low-level driver.
Compare repeated crashes for the same processor, device, slot, or platform event instead of assuming every NMI has the same source.

Next steps

Investigate the hardware or firmware source indicated by the collected evidence. If a recent hardware or driver change correlates with the first occurrence, remove or isolate that change as a controlled test. Keep the original dump before firmware resets or hardware replacement erase useful state.

Reference

Crash dump analysis with !analyze

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