Will a harddrive mp3 player be effected by Airport X-rays?
Posted: 20 September 2004 09:11 AM     [ Ignore ]  
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Going on a trip next month, and I don’t wanna destroy my Rio Carbon.

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Posted: 20 September 2004 11:48 AM   [ # 1 ]     [ Ignore ]   [ # 1 ]  
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Nope.
I bring my ipod through the xray machines every morning going into work.
Nothings happened so far.

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Posted: 21 September 2004 09:39 AM   [ # 2 ]     [ Ignore ]   [ # 2 ]  
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If you happen to take film with you (if you still use a SLR film camera), don’t put 800 speed film through the x-ray.  It will get ruined.

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Posted: 21 September 2004 10:13 AM   [ # 3 ]     [ Ignore ]   [ # 3 ]  
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Yeah, emulsion film gets messed up by x-rays.
Hard drives on the other hand are magnetic devices.
As such they are not affected by x-rays.

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Posted: 21 September 2004 10:27 AM   [ # 4 ]     [ Ignore ]   [ # 4 ]  
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would u mess yur ipod if u place a powerful magnet on it?

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Posted: 21 September 2004 11:59 AM   [ # 5 ]     [ Ignore ]   [ # 5 ]  
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[quote author=“snak3y3z1001”]would u mess yur ipod if u place a powerful magnet on it?

i dunno, give it a try and tell us what happens :think:

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Posted: 22 September 2004 02:46 AM   [ # 6 ]     [ Ignore ]   [ # 6 ]  
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If it was real strong it might do something.
Ever placed a normal magnet next to a floppy disc?  Buh-bye data.
Same thing would happen if you could get a strong enough magnetic field next to a hard drive.  Floppies are covered in plastic, hard drive usually have metal casings.  The metal casing provides more protection from such things.
I wouldn’t recommend trying it, but doing so would provide us with a real world test.

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Posted: 22 September 2004 02:48 AM   [ # 7 ]     [ Ignore ]   [ # 7 ]  
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http://bellsystemmemorial.com/images/p3a/magnet.jpg

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