Hard Drive Magnets - Fun and powerful

This is a tutorial on hard drive magnets and how you can take off them and what you can do with them once they have been removed.

These hdd magnets are very fun. You can do so many things with them and they are quite a cool toy. I take all the magnets out of my old hard drives and not only are they beneficial for fixing the binding of a book, but they are an awesome toy and there are so many separate games you can do with them.

Hard Drive

Preparation

Before you settle to take off the magnets out a hard drive, make sure that you do not want the hard drive anymore. As soon as you start fiddling with the insides of the hard drive then the hard drive will cease to work and any facts on that hard drive will be lost. So if you want to save the facts beforehand I advise you do so.

Removing the Hard Drive Magnets

So you ready to take off the magnets from your hard drive? Great! Let's get to work. First take the hard drive out of your computer (if it is still there) and take off any cables that might still be linked to it. The next step is removing the screws that fasten into the hard drive. separate hard drives have separate screws, but hopefully you will be Ok with that.

Once you have opened your hard drive you should see a round plate (called a platter). There should also a be a thing called an actuator and actuator head. You can see this all in an image (just result the resource link at the bottom of this article).

The magnets are found close to the actuator in the hard drive. Depending on the hard drive you may just need to lever the magnets out with a flat-head screw driver. In other cases you may need to take out the screws.

Things you can do with Hard Drive Magnets - Games and Challenges

There are many separate things that you can do with these magnets. You can stick two magnets together and have a challenge to see who can pull them apart. This is very difficult, because the magnets are very strong. If the two magnets get stuck together and you can't pull them apart then you just twist the magnets till they are like a slight cross and then pull them up.

You can fix book bindings and bent pages by leaving the magnets on either side of the book in the exact place. We have also used magnets for a mini soccer game. We get a piece of wood have one magnet on either side and then use a marble as a soccer ball. By sharp the magnets underneath the magnet above will move and you can try and score goals. It is quite fun.

Some of the hard drive magnets are strong adequate to have them on either side of your hand and the magnet will hold together. There is no end to the things that you can do with them. Hdd Magnets are in fact amazing and a great estimate of fun. I hope this tutorial has been helpful to you and will allow you to take those hard drive magnets out and have a slight play with them.

Hard Drive Magnets - Fun and powerful