What computer components are currently vulnerable to magnets?
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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 hard drive, and I know for a fact they screw up a CRT monitor. Though I am also pretty sure they do not screw up a LCD monitor? Now I have my phone which uses magnets to determine if it's docked, and it made me wonder. Is it the power of the magnet preventing data loss or the sheer fact that whatever memory type in the phone is immune to it? What about ear buds, as I know those have tiny magnets in them. Are those capable of damaging any electronic device currently in use? I'm wondering if I'm being paranoid, but I really am not sure what magnets will damage and what they won't! Is there a list, or rule of thumb for determining what will be hurt by magnets and what won't be?
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A list or rule? Sure, anything that uses electro-magnetism to function could, and would be affected by magnets. The question is what the detrimental effects, if any, would be and how strong and close do the magnets need to be. Generally the two most questioned items are the monitor and disk drives. LCD/LED monitors are not generally susceptible to magnetic interference like CRTs are because they function completely differently (remember, CRTs use magnets to deflect the electron beam, so an exte…
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