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Questions tagged [magnet]

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Can Screwdrivers With Magnetic Tips Cause Damage To Electronics?

While it is convenient to pick screws with magnetized tips I wonder if the magnetism can cause any damage to electronics?
Boris_yo
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What computer components are currently vulnerable to magnets?

When I first started using computers, law of the land in computer class was never bring magnets near anything computer related, lest you lose all your data or screw up your monitor. Now I am pretty sure magnets will still royally mess up a standard…
Brett Allen
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How can I use a laptop in a strong magnetic field?

For context, I work in an aluminium smelter where an enormous magnetic field is induced, even in the tea break room. I am trying to use a Dell Inspiron laptop there, so I can get other work done, but my laptop only functions when the keyboard is…
8804Oliver
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Is it possible to wipe SSD with strong magnetic force?

I know it is possible to wipe a hard disk, but I'm wondering if something similar can be done to SSD disks as well?
bbaja42
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What is the tolerable magnetic field (in Tesla) for a hard disk?

I was wondering what would be the safest magnetic field for a hard drive so that the data inside it is safe and not wiped off? For example I have a 2.1 home theatre system and when I take my android phone near it to check the magnetic field range it…
Chetan Kothari
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Is it possible that my laptop shut down because my mobile is too close?

If I put my phone on my notebook's left corner, it shuts down. Can anybody give me reliable explanation as to why this is happening??
onetdev
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Can magnets damage or wipe a laptop hard drive?

Suppose my small brother is playing magnets near my Dell laptop. Will a magnet wipe data from the hard drive, or otherwise irreversibly damage the hard drive?
Rajesh Nielmbaram
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How is the interference of magnetic field of adjacent platters managed?

I know roughly how hard-drives work; that the hard-drive involves multiple platters and multiple heads. A platter is a disk coated with some magnetic material and capable of being spun at high RPM. The drive-head has the capability to change the…
Everyone
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Why is my MacBook Pro magnetized?

I just tilted up my MacBook Pro to look at a piece of paper underneath it, and the lid touched a bottlecap on the table, clinging to it quite strongly. The whole top edge of the laptop (on the outside) is magnetized? What's this from?
Ether
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Can a (notebook) hard drive be affected by magnets, such as those in a headphone or a cell phone'?

I would like to carry the notebook computer around, together with the ear-bud headphones and the cell phone. But since ear-bud headphones have magnets into it, can't it affect the notebook's hard drive? I think cellphone is more common for people…
nonopolarity
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Chrome doesn't open automatically magnet links anymore

I had to do a profile reset since the "Translate to" option in context menu stopped worked; after I did the reset, any time I open a magnet link instead of it automatically beginning downloading it asks every time to open my torrent manager. I know…
Mauro
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How strong of a magnet would be needed to mess up this hardware?

I just bought a magnetic dry erase board that also came with 2 small magnets. I intend to carry these items everyday in my backpack alongside my laptops and my phone. Some days, I will have my Lenovo Yoga 2 Pro in there, some days my Alienware M17x…
whatwhatwhat
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Why a Magnet turns the laptop display off?

I remember when I touched the lower left corner of the laptop keyboard with a strong magnet (such as a microwave magnetron), the screen immediately went off (black) and when I removed the magnet it would turn on again. Unfortunately I cannot provide…
Simon Kuang
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Where can I associate the magnet protocol in Firefox?

I am not able to associate magnet protocol in FF. I am using Ubuntu 11.10 with FF 10.0.2. Created the following in about:config and restarted FF, but still getting the below message. Boolean Name: network.protocol-handler.external.magnet -> Value ->…
Praveen Sripati
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Create and seed a torrent from scratch, via magnet

I have a video file I've created. I'd like to share it to the kind/size of audience that makes me think bittorrent would be a great distribution mechanism. A sort of semi-private "those who have the link have access" model would work well for…
arantius
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