James Sweet wrote:
"PaPaPeng" wrote in message
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On Mon, 02 May 2005 20:39:31 -0400, Dan
wrote:

I started
playing with the magnets from the pickup assembly. My god, they're
strong! Neodymium, I think. So strong that I actually gave myself
a small blood blister when the 2 snapped together as I played with
them.

That's a good tip. I never thought of the magnets when I took apart
the drives. Now that I want them I don't have dead drives anymore.


I always pull the magnets from dead hard drives, those from ancient
5.25" SCSI server/AV drives are particularly potent, be careful!

I've got several of those awaiting the screwdriver....g

jak