Weird Hard Drive problem...

[nj593]

Sounds like the hd is going and air pressure has nothing to do with it since its not made from liquid. They are metal discs running usually on each other unless technology changed the way they are made.

I'm not an IT guy but I know a little about computers. Strange story here...

I took my Asus Netbook computer to Reno with me over the weekend. I've had it for about 9 months and love it so far. At my hotel room I unpacked it and booted it up, surfed the web for ten minutes, and suddenly there was a grinding/clicking noise for about three seconds, the system froze, and a blue screen came up basically saying the computer needs to shut down and has a big problem. This is known as the blue screen of death and usually means you have hardware issues and a lot of time and money are needed.

I tried booting it about 12 times and had the same problem, although this time the amount of usage I could get would depend on how much time it had to cool down. I was really frustrated and thought it was a problem with the fan, memory, or hard drive. This worried me all weekend because I am completely dependent on this thing.

I got home an hour ago, in San Jose, and booted it up and now it's running perfectly (knock on wood.) It's been a full hour and it is just like before, with no problems.

I think this strange failure may have been caused by the high elevation in Reno, at over 4500 feet. This laptop has never had any problems, except for the one time it was at a higher elevation. I googled this and couldn't really find any other experiences, other than that most hard drives might not work over 10,000 feet... but no one actually confirming this.

Has anyone else heard of or had any elevation problems? I think the problem had to do with either the fan or hard drive due to different air pressure. I never even knew this could happen. Hoping this is the last time I see that dreaded blue screen of death.