Hi,
I am a newbie, not so technical and seeks assiatnce. I have been having the BSOD problem when turning on my pc with "NIM_hardware_failure" error without an error code.
This happens after the machine went into the windows logo but before starting up. I did not install any new software and/or hardware and the drivers seem to be fine/updated.
Any help will be appreciated.
The Event log has many, many errors like this:
Attachment 157445
So I'd say you have a bad hard drive.
Run HDTune to
- check the health,
- scan for errors, not quick scan but full scan
- run a benchmark.
You can also try the various options available with chkdsk.
Also, trhere were no dumps with the zip file you uploaded. Are you running any programs to cleanup your hard drive, like CCleaner. If so, stop using it until this problem is resolved so we don't lose any dumps that are created.
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Theres a tool which is used to bypass the activation of microsoft products. If you are sure you did not use a tool like this, maybe a friend or store tech did it without your knowledge.
There are entries in the hosts.txt to bypass the activation of Adobe products.
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