Tools Magnetizing!

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musashia

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So i'm putting my build together and while I was screwing something in I noticed my screwdriver was magnetizing to the screw. Is this a bad sign?
 
Nope.
Its a handy feature on some screwdrivers.
And I doubt the magnet is strong enough to harm your computer...but someone should verify that.
 
for use on a comp yes i bielive i sell tools at work and most trade ellectricions hate magnetic tools on use for ellectronic stuff
 
laznz1 said:
this may be ture but yet is it worth the risk
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Well, it is very convenient, I would say there is no risk. It would take a magnet many times more powerful that the weak one in the tip of a screwdriver to re-polarize an entire HDD plate through the HDD case.
 
laznz1 said:
its not just the HDD that you can damage
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A floppy drive as well perhaps but otherwise a computer is pretty much resiliant to magnetism if it's off. The BIOS can go funny if a powerful electro-magnetic charge is applied but no average magnetic screwdriver has that kind of power as it's disposal.
 
tyttebøvs said:
There is absolutely zero risk of doing any harm by using a magnetized screwdriver in a computer.
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not true. one my friends did so, rofl the hdd was messed up. but he had a stronger one, I use one all the time, just make sure its not very strong!
 
Yes, true. If he did something to mess up his harddrive, he did something else. The harddrive has a very strong magnetic head attached... Also, when you turn on the power, so the electrons flow about, weird things happens.

A small scewdrew cannot do anything
 
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