<ul><li>The music video for Janet Jackson's song 'Rhythm Nation' was known to crash certain Windows laptops due to resonating frequencies with the hard drives.</li><li>The issue led to a custom filter being created by a major computer manufacturer to prevent crashes, with the filter persisting until at least Windows 7.</li><li>The problem affected hard drives of certain machines produced in 2005 and later, with the issue documented in the NIST National Vulnerability Database.</li><li>The filter removal was requested due to concerns about potential physical damage to a computer if audio processing was disabled, leading to crashes or incorrect results.</li></ul>

Janet Jackson’s ‘Rhythm Nation’ crashed some Windows laptops for years

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