I found this LKML commentary from 2003. I think the general idea still applies so I'll add it as reference material:
"One way to cause an intermittent NMI is by having power management enabled with devices that don't support it. They see the world caving in when power goes away and sometimes generate an NMI." -- NMI received for unknown reason a0 on CPU 0 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/116752 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
