We picked up an iSight for those of us in the office who have older powerbooks without a builtin webcam… and I was playing with the magnet that came with it and somehow didn’t think twice about setting it down on my laptop… loud noise… 2 seconds later…. black screen!
…yeah… I lost a hard drive.
Fun times. :-)
UPDATE
…the magnet is now in the garbage. TAKE THAT!
UPDATE #2
I’m not the only person that this happened to…
- Magnet madness to hit Intel iBook line
- iSights, magnets, powerbooks
- Shocked and horrified
- magnet and hard disk
It’s interesting to hear so many people say, “It takes a really powerful magnet to destroy a hard drive. I doubt that happend in your case. That magnet is not strong enough.”
…perhaps it is.
