84.2Hz the killer bass frequency that wrecks your drive?

[rob aylestone]

Have a look at this youtube video. I was quite sceptical but now I'm not sure. What got me was near the end when the manufacturers solution was to install a filter to remove the nasty frequency - how many laptops must there be with a filter in the bass? What do you all think? Is this genuine? A real drive killer if you play Janet Jackson?

 

[gecko zzed]

I haven't watched the video. However, I did a google search for this and found nothing. I am sceptical.

 

[TalismanRich]

It supposedly had something to do with certain old 5400 RPM hard disk drives. Certain notes were able to cause a resonance in the hard drive. It wouldn't have any effect on a different speed drive, or an SSD. I wouldnt call that much of a cyber security threat. The Russians aren't going to take down all the US computers by feeding us all Janet Jackson!

 

[rob aylestone]

It seems that the key of E, but then a bit of varispeed is the culprit. What I’m sceptical about is that the amount of varispeed in the video is so obvious that it’s more F than E.