Magnets Bad?

[MrRX7]

Are magnets bad for computer hardware / peripherals / cases / monitors and everything electronic etc?

[ofr057]

big magnets yes , small ones not so much. thats what I'm lead to believe

[coen113]

try to avoid it near your pc

[MrRX7]

ok, i just seen the new Corsair Obsidian 750D just came out and it has a magnetic top grill........ @coen113 , @ofr057

[frontliner]

ok, i just seen the new Corsair Obsidian 750D just came out and it has a magnetic top grill........ @coen113 , @ofr057

 

WAAAAY to weak to even matter. you could cover your pc with fridge magnets and it wouldn't do anything, you would need something powerful like a rare-earth magnet or something similarly powerful.

[coen113]

ok, i just seen the new Corsair Obsidian 750D just came out and it has a magnetic top grill........ @coen113 , @ofr057

those things are so weak they cant do anything exept keeping fan filters on

[SMURG]

Yeah, only time I've seen magnets harm a PC was when I saw some guys roll a 20kg neodymium magnet past one, and in that scenario the magnet was powerful enough to drag the PC over to it. Needless to say, that's a pretty extreme scenario

[NinjaStyle013]

If you have a friend you hate tell him to rub a decent magnet over his hard drive. Why? It'll KILL the hard drive, completely wipe it.

Who else used to put a magnet on their CRT monitor though? That was cash.

[yuh25]

Yea you'll need a strong magnet to do anything bad.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EbpXUa-Pmk

[defunkt]

It doesn't take very big speakers to ruin a monitor though.

[RatedBlam]

Not really,harming but you can paint beautiful works,of art with a magnet and a CRT monitor

[technovore]

big magnets yes , small ones not so much. thats what I'm lead to believe

I see what you did there.....

[Hoppa]

A subwoofer can have an effect on a crt monitor if I remember correctly.

[Vampire2.0]

I don't think magnets are bad for your pc:

 

- a normal hdd has some powerful neodymium magnets.

- corsairs h100i uses magnets to hold the mounting bracket

 

but for cd/dvd magnets can be harmful according to my knowledge. 

[MrRX7]

thanks all,

@CreepingMoth are you talking about CRT or LCD/LED?

@VampireKid ok, what do you mean cd/dvd magnets?

[first4magnets.com]

Hi MrRX7,

 

Your hard drive will no doubt contain small neodymium magnets which are essential for making it work. Therefore accessories that use fairly weak magnets will be fine. However, it is possible to corrupt or wipe a hard drive with a big and powerful rare-earth magnet but the magnet would have to be substantial and really strong, something like a large N52 neodymium magnet.

 

If you want to find our more about neodymium magnets and their uses, there is loads of information on our tech centre.

 

Thanks.

@first4magnets

[defunkt]

thanks all,

@CreepingMoth are you talking about CRT or LCD/LED?

@VampireKid ok, what do you mean cd/dvd magnets?

LCD.

[MrRX7]

@CreepingMoth and how would not very big speakers damage a lcd monitor?

[defunkt]

@CreepingMoth and how would not very big speakers damage a lcd monitor?

Magnets and LCD monitors do not mix well. It's happened to me. Even putting un-shielded headphones over a monitor can royally bugger it up.

[MrRX7]

@CreepingMoth ok whats unshielded headphones?

[defunkt]

@CreepingMoth ok whats unshielded headphones?

Drivers that you find in speakers or headphones. Example:

Use magnets. To protect from interfering and damaging things around them you get shielded drivers.

[MrRX7]

@CreepingMoth ok nah my headphones are only $10 from BIG W fairly cheap end ones low end but they go alright for me for now, but myne have plastic like normal headphones.. they sit next to my case all the time is that ok? my HDD's are fairly close (5cm away) from the headphones... heres a pic :