Janet Jackson’s Rhythm Nation used to be harmful for Windows PCs.
The actual source blog post: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20250429-42/?p=111127
Pretty interesting. The series of posts involves dave plummer and adam neely, who I never expected to see in the same context.
I prefer the XDA article. It explains the issue more clearly.
Why only windows? If the issue was a resonant frequency for 5400 drives of a specific manufacturer, why was only windows affected? Sound is sound.
Edit: Autocorrect
It’s right in the article, the OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) meaning a company like HP or Dell was involved.
They typically only shipped Windows on their devices and Linux probably wasn’t on their radar as it was such a tiny percentage of users and didn’t bring in money.
I’m wondering if, like you postulated, they just didn’t add Linux into their radar for the data collection at that time, so they just had no data. So, while they only had data on windows, all OSs on that hardware configuration would have been affected, since it was a hardware bug and not a software bug.
Windows was the only OS at the time
Obviously that’s not true in a literal sense but from the public perspective it was true. I think the Windows market was well over 90 percent.
Maybe the specific model of hard drive that was affected was only used in windows laptops.
I’m wondering if they just didn’t add Linux into their radar for the data collection at that time, so they just had no data. So, while they only had data on windows, all OSs on that hardware configuration would have been affected.
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