Magnetic Screwdriver

[nicnac1]

Transferring my system to a nice new case today

Can I use a magnetic screwdriver or will it wreck the components?

 

[PiKe]

lol, it'll be fine.

 

[PhillyDee]

Its fine. Theres no where near enough to wreck it. Hell, even a small magnet would be fine. Honestly, dont worry.

 

[nicnac1]

good... just wanted to make sure.

Cheers guys!

 

[FatalSaviour]

I think it's been established now that the magnets used in the head of a hard drive are far more powerful and operate far closer to the magnetic platters than you're going to get with a screwdriver.
So as long as the PC's not on when you're doing all of this, you should be fine

 

[Aod]

Its fine. Theres no where near enough to wreck it. Hell, even a small magnet would be fine. Honestly, dont worry.

I think it's been established now that the magnets used in the head of a hard drive are far more powerful and operate far closer to the magnetic platters than you're going to get with a screwdriver.
So as long as the PC's not on when you're doing all of this, you should be fine

indeed. infact, you could even use a huge magnet and everything would be fine, until the magnet crushed your hand between the steel case

the only part of a PC that's any way at all susceptible to magnets are floppy disks.

 

[NeoVo]

I prefer to use magnetic screwdrivers in my builds, very useful if you drop a screw in a hard to reach place.