Whoa. Been a minute since I did any "tech work" and it shows......

[palmettomoon]

Finally got around to changing the battery in my Lenovo YOGA C930 (bought an aftermarket battery last year about this time) and while taking the screws out of the battery itself, dropped one inside the case. I reached for an extendable magnet (automotive type) to retrieve the screw and was about to use it on the laptop to pull that screw out of the case.

WTH was I thinking? It's been 30 years since I built desktops using OEM components and static or magnets were bad juju back then. Are modern laptops more forgiving in this regard?

 

[Psilloh1]

Finally got around to changing the battery in my Lenovo YOGA C930 (bought an aftermarket battery last year about this time) and while taking the screws out of the battery itself, dropped one inside the case. I reached for an extendable magnet (automotive type) to retrieve the screw and was about to use it on the laptop to pull that screw out of the case.

WTH was I thinking? It's been 30 years since I built desktops using OEM components and static or magnets were bad juju back then. Are modern laptops more forgiving in this regard?

They still are not magnet friendly…!

 

[LARGO9]

At our age we all have those WTF moment

 

[shootsacanon]

Never took you for the yoga type.

 

[palmettomoon]

Never took you for the yoga type.

Well, it's really her thing...

 

[palmettomoon]

So bizarre after a year of having the battery run down to 5% in about 30 minutes to be using it for an hour now without it being plugged in to the power adapter. It registered 45% when installed and it's only down to 30% after an hour with the screen set to its brightest setting.

I should have changed it out last December instead of being lazy.

 

[aFarewellToKings]

Finally got around to changing the battery in my Lenovo YOGA C930 (bought an aftermarket battery last year about this time) and while taking the screws out of the battery itself, dropped one inside the case. I reached for an extendable magnet (automotive type) to retrieve the screw and was about to use it on the laptop to pull that screw out of the case.

WTH was I thinking? It's been 30 years since I built desktops using OEM components and static or magnets were bad juju back then. Are modern laptops more forgiving in this regard?

Most laptops now have SSD (flash) rather than HD. Not sensitive to magnets.
But I'm not sure I'd necessarily trust that.

 

[November Sierra]

I ran a magnet across a CRT monitor at school when I was in kindergarten because it looked cool and my parents were promptly called in

 

[Torn]

Being I have ZERO, NADA, NONE, ZIP understanding of computer technology

 

[palmettomoon]

Most laptops now have SSD (flash) rather than HD. Not sensitive to magnets.
But I'm not sure I'd necessarily trust that.

Mine has a solid state drive and NO. I don't trust a magnet near it.