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chirox | 17:55 Fri 26th Nov 2010 | Science
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Will a powerful magnet destroy a the memory/chips of a computer?
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The memory chips are not magnetic media, they are unaffected by magnets.

You could wipe the data off the hard drive with a powerful magnet, but even that wouldn't destroy the drive, it would just need formatting again.
18:12 Fri 26th Nov 2010
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