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HELP!!! I used a Magnetic Screw Driver to Assemble System half-way, Didn't know it was Magnetic!!!!

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OverVolt

Lifer
I bought this PC toolkit at Radio Shack, It came with these two screwdirvers, one flat, one phillips.

I had been using the flathead screwdriver to assemble my brand new $3,200 System!!!I even used this magnetic screwdriver to install my TWO WD Raptors, i was going to RAID 0!!!

Please tell me everything will be ok 🙁!!!

I heard of some people using Magnetic screwdrivers with no problem, the screwdrivers wasn't very magnetic, i didn't even notice it cuz i would screw in the screws by hand and, then screw them in with the magnetic screwdriver. As of now i found a new screwdriver to use, i hope assembling the rest isn't in a waste of time!!!
 
Everything will be fine. I've used magnetic screwdrivers on computers. The only worry would be deleting data on a hard drive. Even if it was powerful enough to affect the platters, it's a new drive.

You're good to go.
 
Yeah, magnetic screwdrivers are nothing to be afraid of. It's a common misconception. You'd need a magnet several dozen times the strength to affect a hard drive in any way. Don't worry, you're safe.
 
IF the magnetic field was strong enough to penetrate all the way to the platters and erase and/or corrupt them, the heads would have shattered!

NO magnetic screwdriver has that kind of magnetic field present. About the only thing you could damage is a single floppy disk by pulling the protective cover back and touching the media with the bit.

-DAK-
 
There are probably stronger magnets in the motors of the CD drives, fans and even the hard drive itself. It is SO much easier in building a PC with a magnetic screwdriver than a non-magnetic one, as you spend 3x as long doing it as you keep dropping screws!

As Wingznut said, probably the only way to do anything to the hard drive with a magnetic screwdriver is to st@b it right in! 😉


Confused
 
I use them intentionally as I hate losing screws into and under the motherboard.......

I have a one of the magnets off of a military bulk eraser and it is flat awesome in its strength, I imagine it could mess with the hard drive if it came in direct contact, but it will mess with monitors from 3-4 feet away.
 
Yup, no worries, as mentioed its a common misconception. I've even had magnets on the side of my case before to prove to a friend it won't hurt it unless you get a very strong magnet.
 
unless you're using ELECTRO-STATIC-DISCHARGE 5000 screwdriver, youll be fine. This one, however, discharges 5000 volts of electricity upon contact 🙂
 
I've used magnetic screwdrivers many times to screw in hard drives and other stuff, and it hasn't affected the drives one bit, even when they have data on them. 🙂
 
i always use magnetic screwdrivers when i work on computers. otherwise the little case screws are a total pain. put it in perspective: your fans have a much larger magnetic field than any screwdriver and it doesn't affect anything.
 
I bought a 40 gig Maxtor about 8 months ago. The installation instructions that were included, in fact, recommended the use of a magnetic screwdriver.
 
I bought this PC toolkit at Radio Shack, It came with these two screwdirvers, one flat, one phillips.
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The fact that the screwdriver came in a PC toolkit probably should have been a giveaway that its okay for use on PCs.😀:beer:
 
Nope, all your parts are ruined. Please package them up and ship them to me asap! 😛 PM me for my shipping address 😀

You'll be fine, a magnetic screwdriver isn't going to give you any problems.
 
Originally posted by: shuttleteam NO magnetic screwdriver has that kind of magnetic field present. About the only thing you could damage is a single floppy disk by pulling the protective cover back and touching the media with the bit.
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Yes, and I must add that in this case damage would have been done even if the screwdriver was not magnetic.

Edit: Don't worry, I've been using magnetic screwdrivers to assemble and do maintanance to PCs for the last 8 years or so, and have yet to damage anything with it. Unless it slips from my hand while I'm installing a HSF 😉
 
Like everyone is saying your fine don't worry. I always use magnetic screwdrivers. In class we took a magnet from a hard drive and put it on the cabinet. The challenge was to see if anyone could pull it off, no one could.
 
You bought a toolkit at radio shack? Oh my God! You're gonna die!

I use magnetic screwdrivers all the time, magnetized by a broken speaker on a bookshelf behind the workbench. Nothing dead from it yet. I have accidentally st@bbed parts while using crappy screwdrivers, though, so Wingnutz might not be too far off...I have yet to st@b anything w/ one of the Kliens, though, and my few stabbings didn't hurt the parts (I st@abbed my current mobo while installing the HSF...it slipped, you can still see the streak...but it runs 24/7 🙂).

Edit: I can take f***, for example, why is st@b filtered? Especially since I've only used it on forums in this very context: tools slipping.
 
Originally posted by: Cerb
You bought a toolkit at radio shack? Oh my God! You're gonna die!

I use magnetic screwdrivers all the time, magnetized by a broken speaker on a bookshelf behind the workbench. Nothing dead from it yet. I have accidentally st@bbed parts while using crappy screwdrivers, though, so Wingnutz might not be too far off...I have yet to st@b anything w/ one of the Kliens, though, and my few stabbings didn't hurt the parts (I st@abbed my current mobo while installing the HSF...it slipped, you can still see the streak...but it runs 24/7 🙂).

Edit: I can take f***, for example, why is st@b filtered? Especially since I've only used it on forums in this very context: tools slipping.
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I read in ATOT that it was used to mean something else. It eventually got out of hand, and the mods blocked the word.

I have no idea what it meant though.
 
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