Is it safe to build a computer with a magnetic tip screw driver?

[ex_reven]

Magnetic screwdriver tips are 100% safe to use in your computer, unless you decide to slam it through your motherboard...

Hard drives will probably not be affected by the magnetism of any commercially available utility magnet. Hard drives have at least one magnet inside them anyway...

The only thing im slightly unsure of is stuff like bios chips, but there are rarely screws close to those chips anyway...

So yeah, the general rule of computing, nothing will go wrong (physically) as long as you arnt a bumbling moron.

 

[JrRacinFan]

Rule of thumb I use. If it's a case/case fan, card reader, fan controller/multifunction panel, optical drive, or an add-on card for a PCI expansion bay (video card, modem, etc.), would be fine.

Motherboard, hard drive, floppy, don't use it.

 

[djb710]

If you have ever opened up a hard drive, you would find 2 very strong magnets inside holding the reading arm in place. I was really surprised the first time i popped one open.

 

[ex_reven]

If you have ever opened up a hard drive, you would find 2 very strong magnets inside holding the reading arm in place. I was really surprised the first time i popped one open.

there ya go