Getting Free Neodymium Magnets from HDD (Hard Drive)

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This video shows step by step how to disassemble an old HDD (Hard Disk Drive) and get strong neodymium magnets from it. Warning: Neodymium magnets can crush your body parts! A broken neodymium magnet can be very sharp! The magnet removal destroys the HDD!
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  • @georgegonzalez3445
    @georgegonzalez34456 жыл бұрын

    The way he says magnates and sounds like luigi 😂

  • @stephanieemunemu784

    @stephanieemunemu784

    4 жыл бұрын

    Exactly 🤣🤣

  • @throwaway-ds6yg

    @throwaway-ds6yg

    2 жыл бұрын

    Bet he jumps super high too

  • @divyashenoy8193
    @divyashenoy81936 жыл бұрын

    I removed magnets from my hard drive they are quite strong and like to play with them thanks for this video👍

  • @BogoljubGottlieb
    @BogoljubGottlieb3 жыл бұрын

    Thank you very much for this useful info, i was about to leave elsewhere 2 hard drives without knowing of the neodinium magnets actually inside 👍🏻

  • @n0madfernan257
    @n0madfernan2573 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for this. I have magnets to recover now.

  • @tikaanipippin
    @tikaanipippin3 жыл бұрын

    Other sources of neodymium magnets are ear-buds, earphones and the tiny speakers from laptops, computer monitors and flat screen led TV speakers. Older ones are bigger, and often with ceramic magnets, but smaller modern speakers contain Neodymium magnet cores often stuck to disks of steel to make them into a longer cylinder to improve the bass throw distance of smaller speaker cones in inexpensive appliances. Motors of remote controlled toys may also depend on minute cylinder shaped magnetic rotors, or stators in ultra light configurations such as drones or micro RC cars, and of course vibrators and loudspeakers in mobile phones, and smart watches. Even device chargers and gift boxes may utilize Neodymium magnets to bring surfaces together securely.

  • @adelphus515
    @adelphus515 Жыл бұрын

    The screw "shape" is Torx. To remove those magnets, just soak them in acetone, the epoxy glue will melt and the coating on the magnets won't tear up...

  • @mattikaki
    @mattikaki5 жыл бұрын

    That screwdriver type is TORX and HDDs use different size of them: From tiny laptops to larger and older drives; T4, T5, T6, T7, T8, T9 and T10. It’s good idea to buy a set of torx as they are going to be more and more common. I always store the screws as Torx is the best screw head type. And the screws used in the hard drive itself are of very good quality.

  • @TheRealYashNotFake

    @TheRealYashNotFake

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yes! I ran into that problem!

  • @qwertykeyboard5901

    @qwertykeyboard5901

    Жыл бұрын

    The machining on the screws are almost art worthy.

  • @jolox.
    @jolox.3 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the ideas!

  • @longrunner258
    @longrunner2584 жыл бұрын

    The other problem with tearing the plating is that the exposed magnet material can then corrode (that's why they're plated in the first place). Between that and the risk of breakage, I prefer to keep them on the bracket if it isn't important to my usage to remove them.

  • @jeffreyMagnum460

    @jeffreyMagnum460

    Жыл бұрын

    Yup keep them on the backing plate it will keep them from breaking.

  • @bluerilius4362

    @bluerilius4362

    Жыл бұрын

    I put superglue as a sort of protective layer on the exposed magnet surface when that happens

  • @recyclemak
    @recyclemak4 жыл бұрын

    And now you have 143k subs ... congrats...

  • @qwertykeyboard5901
    @qwertykeyboard5901 Жыл бұрын

    Don't forget the bearing used for the head stack!

  • @dahappychappy
    @dahappychappy3 жыл бұрын

    These magnets may look bigger but in my case there were 4 or 5 tiny magnets encased in the larger piece you see. I only saw this when I twisted the magnet and you could see the tiny magnets inside.

  • @mihailsaltirov5333
    @mihailsaltirov53336 жыл бұрын

    U can glue an sand paper to each disc of the hard drive u don't need and use pc power supply for sharpener or clean ur soldering iron tips sharp knifes ...

  • @r.dworld2516
    @r.dworld25163 жыл бұрын

    Diode gone wild lol

  • @zx8401ztv
    @zx8401ztv7 жыл бұрын

    They are handy :-D A frend was having trouble with a magnetic badge on his uniform, it was weak and came off too easy, i replaced the old magnet with the neodymium one, also the inside plate was replaced by the thick plate off the hdd heads. Never fell off again LOL :-D :-D

  • @mpraveenkumar9430
    @mpraveenkumar94304 жыл бұрын

    I want this magnets for my project work please can tell me find this

  • @sofknsad
    @sofknsad6 жыл бұрын

    They are fragile and break easily so be carefull when removing them. Also do not use heat gun because they loose their magnetism permanently if heated.

  • @rogeriohernandez2957

    @rogeriohernandez2957

    5 жыл бұрын

    you can safely heat if you dont surpass the Curie temperature withc is the temperature magnets loose their properties that temperature varies depending on the magnet type/grade etc

  • @Ih8emailAndComputers

    @Ih8emailAndComputers

    4 жыл бұрын

    I have only had one break and I have removed many of these. And I do not do it neatly like this video... I just take a hammer to the other side of the IDE drive and smash it the pry it open 😂

  • @MonkeyDLuffy-ns5rb
    @MonkeyDLuffy-ns5rb4 жыл бұрын

    the only reason i watch this cuz the sound is so satisfying lol

  • @igrewold
    @igrewold6 жыл бұрын

    Cool man but what makes Neodymium from regular magnets?

  • @RizLazey

    @RizLazey

    4 жыл бұрын

    They are like 10x stronger than your average fridge magnet and they are also rare and expensive

  • @brujo_millonario
    @brujo_millonario5 жыл бұрын

    Thank you! I'd never have guessed there was a hidden screw under the sticker. These manufacturers are such jokers...

  • @trym0ld109

    @trym0ld109

    2 жыл бұрын

    Well it’s not MENT to be opened tho

  • @brujo_millonario

    @brujo_millonario

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@trym0ld109 everything is meant to be open; even people (said the surgeon)...

  • @vintner_

    @vintner_

    2 жыл бұрын

    haha I just opened one and it was stuck in the middle (I bent the metal plate, it was a dead drive anyways) and I was trying to force it open, when I realized there was a screw there. The best part is that, under the sticker, I couldn't unscrew it. The head was inside the plate. Luckily, I managed to open it with pliers

  • @daisy7141
    @daisy71412 жыл бұрын

    I put my magnet on the wall and it stuck to the nails under the dry wall. They make great stud finders.

  • @enderdatsit2117
    @enderdatsit21174 жыл бұрын

    I made this too

  • @axelvanjadulco1928
    @axelvanjadulco19285 жыл бұрын

    How many gigabytes that hard drive sir?

  • @hugoslav843

    @hugoslav843

    4 жыл бұрын

    0.00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001gb

  • @claypottinger7372
    @claypottinger73722 жыл бұрын

    The locking gas door (not cap) failed on my outback. The cable tip broke. Dealer wanted $1,000 to replace it (cable goes from driver floor, through passenger compartment, through fender wall...but still $1,000. I tried different magnets until my friend David gave me one from a hard drive. Voila...gas door stays shut...I placed the magnet behind the door. You can't tell there's anything wrong.

  • @rajeshkumardurgipatti3262
    @rajeshkumardurgipatti32622 жыл бұрын

    Sar kahan Milte Hain ya magnet

  • @teosito5841
    @teosito58413 жыл бұрын

    MAGNÉTS!

  • @davidmarek6141
    @davidmarek61417 жыл бұрын

    Toho hdd mi je líto,je to ten starý typ,hodil by se do sbírky :-( skoda

  • @tibavags62
    @tibavags626 жыл бұрын

    Super,super, super english.

  • @nasiruddinmilon4320

    @nasiruddinmilon4320

    3 жыл бұрын

    😂

  • @gacherumburu9958
    @gacherumburu99586 жыл бұрын

    🤔🤔🤔

  • @rajeshkumardurgipatti3262
    @rajeshkumardurgipatti32622 жыл бұрын

    Sar Mujhe magnet chahie tha

  • @mikeyong7845
    @mikeyong78455 жыл бұрын

    ilike magnets like thet

  • @FaceMaster420
    @FaceMaster4205 жыл бұрын

    Guys sounds like Electroboom.

  • @yadavramrekha
    @yadavramrekha3 жыл бұрын

    The way he pronounce words seems like , he is an Arabic.

  • @Ih8emailAndComputers
    @Ih8emailAndComputers4 жыл бұрын

    I usually just do it with a hammer... it's more fun 😂

  • @lukastevic4373
    @lukastevic43736 жыл бұрын

    That english :')

  • @rudylumingkit9950

    @rudylumingkit9950

    6 жыл бұрын

    LuKa h

  • @jairowind4336

    @jairowind4336

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@rudylumingkit9950 AYCHE

  • @sigmaculture_enjoyer
    @sigmaculture_enjoyer4 жыл бұрын

    Bad accent..your not british

  • @jeffreyMagnum460
    @jeffreyMagnum460 Жыл бұрын

    I have a 5gal.bucket full of hard drives

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