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Thread: Can magnets mess up a computer?
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01-30-2007, 12:10 PM #26Problem Solver
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magnets... the magnets inside a harddrive are pretty strong suckers
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01-30-2007, 12:53 PM #27Web Hosting Evangelist
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The magnets in speakers are used to deflect the speaker cone which is attached to a coil. It is this coil that creates a strong magnetic field and not the magnetic. In any case, it can't possibly damage a monitor, nor flash memory, nor blackberries, not your brain cells...wait! I guess it can reading this thread.
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01-30-2007, 10:50 PM #28Newbie
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You should back up all your files and looking for another HD, your HD is near to the end/dead.
As @Vortex-Steve says that HD rely on magnetism
Your monitor could be affected and the quality of colors usually changes.
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02-02-2007, 07:19 AM #29Newbie
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Ok, it's past 2months ago but this could help others:
Magnets can induce electricity to nearby coils of any nature. If your hard-drive is not messed up then it could be those small inductors in your circuit board that could have been induced with electricity - some magnets can overload a circuitry causing it to malfunction. It may be just a temperary phenomena. Turn off all electricity and remove the battery from your laptop. Leave it in a cool place overnight and connect back everything and see if it comes back to normal functioning.Oz
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02-02-2007, 09:09 AM #30Web Hosting Master
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I know it affects HDDs, not sure about CPU; and other hardware.
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02-02-2007, 10:17 AM #31Web Hosting Evangelist
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Magnets can induce electricity to nearby coils of any nature.it could be those small inductors in your circuit board that could have been induced with electricity - some magnets can overload a circuitry causing it to malfunction.Turn off all electricity and remove the battery from your laptop. Leave it in a cool place overnight and connect back everything and see if it comes back to normal functioning.
If you don't know what you're talking about, don't post.IE7 is nine years behind the standards or wrong.
But it works in IE!
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