How could a hardware problem affect only one OS?

How could a hardware problem affect only one OS? I have a computer, which atm has 3 OSes installed on it (Ubuntu x86, Ubuntu x86-64 and Vista Home Premium 32 bit).
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"When only one OS actually uses the (or part of the) faulty hardware
Faulty drivers
Magic"