There's a VERY strong magnet in hard drives yet the platters don't erase. I've shown that many times and folks that fret will continue to fret.
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My mini ITX motherboard the Gigabyte GA Z97N WIFI came with an antenna with a magnetic base and I'm worried that it might damage my hardware

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