Computers & Magnetic Tip Screwdrivers

[Cygnus]

I insist upon useing magnetics, and I have never had a problem with em. Any problems they mnight give you are far outweighed by there benefits.

[USGyrene]

[quote]Originally posted by da_grinch:
<strong>Nope, never had a problem. I just make sure the case is plugged out of the 120VAC and ground myself to the computer with a wrist strap...</strong><hr></blockquote>

Huh? Static discharge and Magnetic fields around components are two different things.

[ilovetheusers]

I had a PC apart and someone asked what all the chips were for on the MOBO. I noted what they were and touched the video chip with the magnetic screwdriver to demonstrate where it was. As soon as I did it hung my head and knew what was going to happen when I booted. The video was beyond scrambled. The machine was under warranty so I took it back and said I had no idea what happened.

I will never use magnetic devices in a PC again.

By the way - I tried to kill a HDD one time (for the hell of it) and put huge speaker magnets on it. It was never better after the things set on it all night. Guess you never know. It still runs to this day.

[Outcoded]

No problems at all, I use one everyday, the internal speaker has a stronger magnet. I personally hold my spanner on a cupboard door with two hard disk magnets - a screwdriver is piss-all by comparison.

I also tend to take lids off/put back on PC's using a cordless drill (though I don't use it inside )

[Dan Man]

Like all people, for 10 years,no problems.

[Sergeant Fury]

Well, there is one danger with a magnetic screwdriver.

Don't stab yourself with it. =)

[rrockey]

nope, but i'm only touching screws with it

[GarryK]

I keep my magnetic screwdriver sitting next to my laptop in it's case when I'm travelling around because there's nowhere else it will fit! Been doing it for 2 years without a hint of trouble. Static electricity in us humans is infinately more dangerous to computers than good old mags!

[Vette2000]

Never had a problem either. It sure comes in handy when you realize the last screw to attach the mobo to the case has to go through between the drives and the power cables. Just remember screwdrivers are sharp instruments and can put out an eye. That makes you somewhat shortsighted!

[*SlyVenom*]

Sorry to bring back a dead topic, but...

I've found non-magnetic screwdrivers to be detrimental to a cramped computer case,
with nothing to hold the screw to the screwdriver the loose screw can fall down onto delicate electronics causing far more damage than,
the weak magnatization of your screwdriver tip ever could

[prince_steval]

Well, I have been using Magnetic tip screwdrivers for ten years and never experienced any problems.

I feel they are very useful for fitting those screws in all the weirdest places in a case