Our PC tear-down toolkits are sold here! store.gamersnexus.net/products/gamersnexus-tear-down-toolkit This is just a really simple guide to re-magnetizing screwdrivers. Over time, all magnetized screwdrivers will slowly lose their magnetism. This mostly happens from heavy use, wear-and-tear, or hard drops/bangs during use. It's very easy to re-magnetize them, though!
@@bhoot1702 yep that'll work, I've used 2.5" before, my Dead HDD's get pulled apart to be recycled & I use the magnets on the fridge, nothing falls off with them
@@elendilion and blaring pop music in the backround with sick dubstep beats and a random "subscribe" graphic popping up in the bottom middle of the video lol
My dad once did a complete tear down to a broken CRT monitor we had at home and the magnet inside were pulled for this and also as screw holder instead of using a cup. To this day it's still magnetic and we still use it for remagnetize screwdrivers at home. Also 0:23 thanks TH-cam CC. Very cool
@@NorroTaku almost any house hold has a magnet somewhere. There's no need to waste resources on this. Also I suspect most people watching this channel have at least one dead hard drive (the ones with spinning platters, no SSD) lying around somewhere and/or know how to get one easily. There are very strong magnets in a hard drive that you could repurpose.
@@stefanmisch5272 congrats on missing the point. " I suspect most people watching this channel have at least one " set of screwdrivers they tried before spending on the GN set. Many wont even know what the magnetiser is. A heck of a lot of people will already have one lying about custom made for the purpose - why waste resources on something else.
@@mycosys You sure its not you who missed the point? Having the magnets with the toolkit is just a waste of precious environment resources, given the hard disk magnets, to begin with, are some of the strongest magnets by density one can get.
Best way is to take a HDD magnet run it from the base on the metal shaft along all the way to the tip and pulling the tip off perpendicularly to the magnet Just doing this 4-10 times will leave the magnetized like never before The idea is to get the ferromagnetic metal ions to lay straight from one end to the other Because the driver has a handle you can’t go from end to end so go from as close to the handle as possible, magnet flat against it and run it right to the point and pull the driver off the magnet perpendicularly
For times when the screw falling into something would be a problem and I need a little more powerful magnetic screw driver I use a small rare earth magnet just stuck to the side of the driver and the screw is held very securely.
When I was working as an Electronics Technician in a big shop that did work for an entire half of a province in Canada, we had a toroidal electromagnet unit that plugged into AC that we simply passed the tool through a few times and it powerfully magnetized it. We had to be careful with the unit or it would mess up tube TV convergence or pull the keys out of your pocket or the fillings out of your mouth. :)
You are expecting too much from society if even knowing the emergency call number becomes unlikely if young people don't watch crime shows anymore and their cell phone just has a button or such. I also think that "life hacks" are often mocking that kind of society that has no own thought. Sad-funny anecdote: A store I buy stuff from occasionally keeps including a branded fridge magnet in shipments, and they are all almost not magnetic at all, and I can only assume they are meant for fridges that have magnet fronts themselves. Also, due to the way those things are constructed, I cannot even deliberately magnetize them. If I pull one a couple times over a neodymium magnet, nothing changed, or it even lost the little magnetization it had.
Old HDD magnets are a good source for something suitable to do this... nice, strong neodymium magnets. The older the HDD, the better the magnets I've found
That GN Extras logo and intro is a nice touch to separate it from the main channel. Perhaps tint the Channel icon green to match would be a nice dash of uniformity?
If one is concerned about the finish of the tip, one could probably stick the end of the screwdriver in a thin roll of paper, the clipped end of a straw, or really any soft, thin, non-ferrous material. That'll move the abrasion surface away from the tip, but the magnetic field will still magnetize the driver. I don't bother with this -- I like my tools to look like they've seen some use -- but I know people this bothers greatly, so there's my $0.02. 👍️
You can also magnetize without using a magnet. Here is how: 1. Place your screwdriver on a solid surface, the tip should point north 2. Take a hammer and repeatedly hammer away at your screwdriver 3. Your screwdriver is now magnetized and most likely also broken 4. Get online and buy a new one from GN 👍
I love the green on the gn logo. Can you guys put it on patreon for a wallpaper? Edit: needles to say love the video. Glad to know how to remagnetize my gn toolkit.
you can also use a 9v battery and a long length of wire coiled around the driver, connecting one side of the wire to + and the other to -. this induces a magnetic field, and depending on how long its charged, can magnetize the driver.
There's a tool for that. Got a couple from harbour fraught that i've been using for over a decade. Magnetizer on one side, demagnitizer on the other. Microwave magnets are awesome too. Or(THIS IS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS) make a mag coil. Wire around driver, attach power source, 9v battery is sufficient, let sit for awhile(depending on power source) and done. There's other ways, such as a using a gutted electric motor, you can do this as well. Don't really agree with the nut drivers being non-magnetic. While it can be a PIA if the nut gets stuck, i'll take that over needing to fish a nut out of a case any day. Idea for the next iteration of the kit. Include a "Nut driver, nut extraction device"(aka, tweezers).
awesome! good info, thanks! you guys are like the most trusted people out there, would love if you could make some more guide videos, either here or the main channel. How to OC, How to stress test, those are just two off the top of my head, but stuff like that would be great! thanks again for all the content!
Back in my old car audio days. I just used to take the screwdriver.. spiral some 14ga wire around the shaft , giggity, and then just tap the leads to a car battery real fast. Lasted forever. :) This is much safer.
If you're wonder what causes them to lose their magnetism, it's working near other magnets. For computers that's usually hard drives, and maybe fans. On electric RC cars you have to remagnetize them pretty much any time you go near the motor.
I know and I love how deep and through you guys are with your reviews and videos in general, but damn, this 3 minutes video helps sooooo much more than the 20-30 minutes videos.
@@gnextras Well doh, captain obvious, hence my initial comment. Fact of the matter is this: short fast tips like these help much more vs 30 minutes videos (that we watch for a different reason).
@@dmariusg You could have made this comment with none of the filler words and it would have been over in ten percent of the length. Practice what you preach.
I just use the magnets from failed Hard-drives whenever I need to magnetize I got a pretty big collection of them sticking on a box fan that sits in my work room Something your toolkit could reclaim.
I mean honestly speaking I think it is common practice to both de magnetize and magnetize screwdrivers as sometimes you actually will want to remove magnetization depending on what your working with.
Dumb idea but. Compare and contrast your screwdriver kit with LTT stores. (Or collaboration video) I have yet to buy one and now I'm conflicted. As they both seem to sell out quite often. And trust.
I just leave a magnet on the tip of the screwdriver a couple of days. The most easy to find very powerful magnet is the one in the HDDs. Just tear down a HDD and take out the metal magnet that moves the heads.
Rubberized magnet? Why so complicated? Just put any type of cloth over it during the act. And ideally drag it smoothly over, because concussion of hitting the magnet might counteract the magnetizing somewhat, since concussive force has a demagnetizing effect. As for the magnet itself, maybe the easiest way is to have a Seagate harddrive. Eventually you will have two neodymium magnets from that. (And you better put some thick cloth over it for magnetizing or it might turn into a workout and/or might cause bruises.)
Im sorry if this seems stupid, but would a magnetic screw driver mess up the data on a hard disk if left around/used to mount the drive? ive been using magnetic screw drivers to build computers, but use caution when mounting a hard disk with one... thus far I haven't noticed any problems on any of my computers related to hardware, or magnetic-related data loss, just wanted to know if I should stop
no it does not. Note that the hard drive itself contains a strong neodymium magnet already. To actually damage or erase a drive you need powerful electromagnets, a magnetized screwdriver is far too weak
I went stupid overkill on my build with 13 fans. Corsair 5000d airflow with 6 fan push/pull aio in front, 3 stacked on the side, 3 more on the top, and 1 in the back..... I feel like running these at lower rpm is better than running less fans at a higher rpm. Thoughts?
I mean, there's no kill like overkill. From what I understand, push/pulls does help on an AIO but it's usually past the point of diminishing returns. With that said, it looks real cool with a bunch of LED fans everywhere.
my problem was I needed to demagnatize them because my coworker kept leaving them attached to neodymium magnets over the weekend and too close to the welder so they'd stick to the scrap metal I was smelting
Amazon also sells magnetizers. If you have magnets it’s a waste, but if not it may be worth it. Don’t know why you’d ever need it but they also double as demagnetizers. (Mine has both was like 8$)
Our PC tear-down toolkits are sold here! store.gamersnexus.net/products/gamersnexus-tear-down-toolkit
This is just a really simple guide to re-magnetizing screwdrivers. Over time, all magnetized screwdrivers will slowly lose their magnetism. This mostly happens from heavy use, wear-and-tear, or hard drops/bangs during use. It's very easy to re-magnetize them, though!
just keep your screwdrivers in a magnetic screw tray. "the best solution to a problem is the easiest one" :)
Retroactive warranty - now that's a damn powermove.
Respect!
If you have a defective hard drive, you can use one of the two strong magnets that are in there.
yeah, I came looking to see if anyone else had made the comment, that's where I got mine from too
How strong is it? Say, if I get magnets from 2.5" HDD
@@bhoot1702 yep that'll work, I've used 2.5" before, my Dead HDD's get pulled apart to be recycled & I use the magnets on the fridge, nothing falls off with them
@@shaneeslick nice!
@@bhoot1702 Strong enough to pinch a blood blister if you are not careful, don't ask how I know!
simple, no bs tips and straight to the point, lovin that
It's missing the five minutes of intro with awful music. :/
@@elendilion and blaring pop music in the backround with sick dubstep beats and a random "subscribe" graphic popping up in the bottom middle of the video
lol
My dad once did a complete tear down to a broken CRT monitor we had at home and the magnet inside were pulled for this and also as screw holder instead of using a cup. To this day it's still magnetic and we still use it for remagnetize screwdrivers at home. Also 0:23 thanks TH-cam CC. Very cool
A number of my toolkits came with plastic coated magnets specifically for magnetising drivers.
they should sell them
or include them from the get go
@@NorroTaku almost any house hold has a magnet somewhere. There's no need to waste resources on this.
Also I suspect most people watching this channel have at least one dead hard drive (the ones with spinning platters, no SSD) lying around somewhere and/or know how to get one easily. There are very strong magnets in a hard drive that you could repurpose.
yeah i think ifixit has them to buy as well
@@stefanmisch5272 congrats on missing the point.
" I suspect most people watching this channel have at least one " set of screwdrivers they tried before spending on the GN set.
Many wont even know what the magnetiser is. A heck of a lot of people will already have one lying about custom made for the purpose - why waste resources on something else.
@@mycosys You sure its not you who missed the point? Having the magnets with the toolkit is just a waste of precious environment resources, given the hard disk magnets, to begin with, are some of the strongest magnets by density one can get.
New intro looks sick!
ikr
especially the new colors
Yeah it's awesome
Love the GREEN
Best way is to take a HDD magnet run it from the base on the metal shaft along all the way to the tip and pulling the tip off perpendicularly to the magnet
Just doing this 4-10 times will leave the magnetized like never before
The idea is to get the ferromagnetic metal ions to lay straight from one end to the other
Because the driver has a handle you can’t go from end to end so go from as close to the handle as possible, magnet flat against it and run it right to the point and pull the driver off the magnet perpendicularly
You want to super magnetize something use a torch to heat it up to a good glow then do this. That'll create monsters
I will now proceed to magnetize all my silverware. Thank you for this.
only iron-based alloys can be magnetized, so I doubt you can magnetize silverware
@@marcogenovesi8570 superglue + small Neodymium magnet. voila now you have "magentic" silverware.
perhaps you can ask uri geller as well ;-)
@@marcogenovesi8570 Calm the tism.
@@agenericaccount3935 mag the tism
BEFORE THAT, this video is brought to you by.. love your segway :D
You need to advertise this channel. I just randomly got it recommended.
I dig the new GN Extras Intro and Outro!
For times when the screw falling into something would be a problem and I need a little more powerful magnetic screw driver I use a small rare earth magnet just stuck to the side of the driver and the screw is held very securely.
Simple and super helpful for so many people.
Thats the icing on the cake 👍
Great use of the GN Extras channel! Love the green GN logo for it.
Ooooo I love the green logo
When I was working as an Electronics Technician in a big shop that did work for an entire half of a province in Canada, we had a toroidal electromagnet unit that plugged into AC that we simply passed the tool through a few times and it powerfully magnetized it. We had to be careful with the unit or it would mess up tube TV convergence or pull the keys out of your pocket or the fillings out of your mouth. :)
I thought people would just know this from like... life experience... Can't tell you how many things I've magnetized by accident.
You are expecting too much from society if even knowing the emergency call number becomes unlikely if young people don't watch crime shows anymore and their cell phone just has a button or such.
I also think that "life hacks" are often mocking that kind of society that has no own thought.
Sad-funny anecdote: A store I buy stuff from occasionally keeps including a branded fridge magnet in shipments, and they are all almost not magnetic at all, and I can only assume they are meant for fridges that have magnet fronts themselves. Also, due to the way those things are constructed, I cannot even deliberately magnetize them. If I pull one a couple times over a neodymium magnet, nothing changed, or it even lost the little magnetization it had.
I picked up a magnatizer/demagnatizer from "a big box store" years ago. Works okay for my drivers.
I use the magnets from old hard disks. They are really strong. Stick it on your screwdriver for a few days. Job done
I really like the green!
Thank you! Finally, a use for those hard drive magnets I've been holding on to for years!
YEAH! MAGNETS!
Old HDD magnets are a good source for something suitable to do this... nice, strong neodymium magnets. The older the HDD, the better the magnets I've found
love the green
I love learning things, more of these when time permits please!
How would you clean your Mouse pad and/or Anti-static Work surface ? Dust, liquid spill, thermal paste etc...
Great merch and work :)
Will work on one of those as well!
@@gnextras mousepad/work mat care would be an S-tier video.
I've spilled stuff on my mouse pads before. Tossed them into the clothes washer on a gentle cycle, then hung to air dry for a day or two. Good as new!
@@gnextras wish there was an easier way to clean keyboards under the caps too. It’s a pain taking them all freaking off and putting them all on again.
@@Easelgames Depending on how dirty and the type of stuff in there, compressed air can work well
Love the new warranty ... keep up the great work fellas
Green GN logo, way to show how Earth friendly the team is.
Thanks for putting the screws on this subject...
That green logo is awesome!
That GN Extras logo and intro is a nice touch to separate it from the main channel. Perhaps tint the Channel icon green to match would be a nice dash of uniformity?
If one is concerned about the finish of the tip, one could probably stick the end of the screwdriver in a thin roll of paper, the clipped end of a straw, or really any soft, thin, non-ferrous material. That'll move the abrasion surface away from the tip, but the magnetic field will still magnetize the driver. I don't bother with this -- I like my tools to look like they've seen some use -- but I know people this bothers greatly, so there's my $0.02. 👍️
Old Speaker magnets are a good candidate as well to remagnitize things
Love the green logo to differentiate the channels!
You can also magnetize without using a magnet. Here is how:
1. Place your screwdriver on a solid surface, the tip should point north
2. Take a hammer and repeatedly hammer away at your screwdriver
3. Your screwdriver is now magnetized and most likely also broken
4. Get online and buy a new one from GN 👍
I've always used a 4inch magnet i pulled from an old subwoofer speaker decades ago, works perfectly...
I love the new extras logo
The real Tech Tips man.
love the new logo animation
I love the green on the gn logo. Can you guys put it on patreon for a wallpaper?
Edit: needles to say love the video. Glad to know how to remagnetize my gn toolkit.
Loving the green
also the hard drive magnets are really powerfull and so do work quite well
I suppose you could add a magnet in a new revision of the toolkit?
you can also use a 9v battery and a long length of wire coiled around the driver, connecting one side of the wire to + and the other to -. this induces a magnetic field, and depending on how long its charged, can magnetize the driver.
Good info, also love the green G
Love that intro.
What I use are ring neodymium magnets. Put them down the shaft and you will never have a problem and you can pull the Tinman thru a keyhole.
Cool! Would definitely love to see more quick little videos like this.
Digging the new intro and color scheme. Was wondering if you guys were going to do something different for the extras and was not disappointed.
Yeah the green theme is nice, first video I've seen with it not sure if there's been others but it's cool!
There's a tool for that. Got a couple from harbour fraught that i've been using for over a decade.
Magnetizer on one side, demagnitizer on the other.
Microwave magnets are awesome too.
Or(THIS IS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS) make a mag coil. Wire around driver, attach power source, 9v battery is sufficient, let sit for awhile(depending on power source) and done.
There's other ways, such as a using a gutted electric motor, you can do this as well.
Don't really agree with the nut drivers being non-magnetic.
While it can be a PIA if the nut gets stuck, i'll take that over needing to fish a nut out of a case any day.
Idea for the next iteration of the kit. Include a "Nut driver, nut extraction device"(aka, tweezers).
awesome! good info, thanks! you guys are like the most trusted people out there, would love if you could make some more guide videos, either here or the main channel. How to OC, How to stress test, those are just two off the top of my head, but stuff like that would be great! thanks again for all the content!
Thanks Steve
Back in my old car audio days. I just used to take the screwdriver.. spiral some 14ga wire around the shaft , giggity, and then just tap the leads to a car battery real fast. Lasted forever. :)
This is much safer.
car audio speakers have magnets on them...
@@nulious I'm well aware, but using the electro magnet method made it last for months of everyday use.
probably been said, but for the socket style you can shove in a little piece of paper to keep screws from going too deep inside them
If you're wonder what causes them to lose their magnetism, it's working near other magnets. For computers that's usually hard drives, and maybe fans. On electric RC cars you have to remagnetize them pretty much any time you go near the motor.
It can also be shock. Hitting reduces the magnetization.
Homedepot also sell one. It’s where the screwdrivers are and costs a few bucks only. Maybe more now with inflation.
Like the alternate intro idea! :D
thanks for the info steve!
I know and I love how deep and through you guys are with your reviews and videos in general, but damn, this 3 minutes video helps sooooo much more than the 20-30 minutes videos.
Different goals.
@@gnextras Well doh, captain obvious, hence my initial comment. Fact of the matter is this: short fast tips like these help much more vs 30 minutes videos (that we watch for a different reason).
@@dmariusg You could have made this comment with none of the filler words and it would have been over in ten percent of the length. Practice what you preach.
@@agenericaccount3935 super irrelevant
great new intro
Welcome to GN ScrewDriver Tips
Yeah Steve, magnets!
Thank you
Good tip! thanks!
I just use the magnets from failed Hard-drives whenever I need to magnetize I got a pretty big collection of them sticking on a box fan that sits in my work room Something your toolkit could reclaim.
You can buy “magnetiser & demagtiser” tool, easy to magnetise screwdrivers without damaging it.
need a vid on how to swagnetize with Beve on the set
So are we just not going to mention that awesome GN Extras into animation?
I mean honestly speaking I think it is common practice to both de magnetize and magnetize screwdrivers as sometimes you actually will want to remove magnetization depending on what your working with.
Dumb idea but. Compare and contrast your screwdriver kit with LTT stores. (Or collaboration video)
I have yet to buy one and now I'm conflicted. As they both seem to sell out quite often. And trust.
This was awesome 👍
Have you considered selling a decent magnet with the kit?
That intro is sharp! Now make the channel icon match the colour hahha
what you don't need a mile of wire wrapped around the screw driver and a 12volt battery?
The intro seems new.
Different channel, so different intro! We actually just made that change, so good eye!
@Lycanthrope there are not enough dollar bills for that to be a NVIDIA-sponsolerd intro
Schools must really be failing us. I thought everyone knew this.
I was thinking the same. This was primary school knowledge when I grew up.
This one trick will save you 1000s of seconds of frustration and lost screws
screw manufacturers hate this trick
2:32 that's hilarious
didn't think about that
lol
I just leave a magnet on the tip of the screwdriver a couple of days. The most easy to find very powerful magnet is the one in the HDDs. Just tear down a HDD and take out the metal magnet that moves the heads.
But how do magnets work?
Somewhere there's a juggalo that just watched this with his mind blown
I have a magnet from a speaker stuck to the side of my tool box.
Periodically I give my screwdrivers a couple swipes accros it and voila - magnetized.
There is a very strong magnet in HDDs. They do a real good job at magnetising drivers.
Rubberized magnet? Why so complicated? Just put any type of cloth over it during the act. And ideally drag it smoothly over, because concussion of hitting the magnet might counteract the magnetizing somewhat, since concussive force has a demagnetizing effect.
As for the magnet itself, maybe the easiest way is to have a Seagate harddrive. Eventually you will have two neodymium magnets from that. (And you better put some thick cloth over it for magnetizing or it might turn into a workout and/or might cause bruises.)
GN logo plastic/rubber coated magnet when?
Would the magnets in a disassembled HDD work for this?
Nexus is blue and Extras is green! Would a clips channel be red??
I know it's not your tool, but is this the same for an ifixit kit? Since its magnet is set within a socket would this still work? Thanks
Im sorry if this seems stupid, but would a magnetic screw driver mess up the data on a hard disk if left around/used to mount the drive? ive been using magnetic screw drivers to build computers, but use caution when mounting a hard disk with one... thus far I haven't noticed any problems on any of my computers related to hardware, or magnetic-related data loss, just wanted to know if I should stop
no it does not. Note that the hard drive itself contains a strong neodymium magnet already. To actually damage or erase a drive you need powerful electromagnets, a magnetized screwdriver is far too weak
GN branded rubber coated screwdriver remagnetizer when?
requesting one of the team explain the math of this black magic
thank u
I thought the heads were black because they were hardened
I went stupid overkill on my build with 13 fans. Corsair 5000d airflow with 6 fan push/pull aio in front, 3 stacked on the side, 3 more on the top, and 1 in the back..... I feel like running these at lower rpm is better than running less fans at a higher rpm. Thoughts?
I mean, there's no kill like overkill. From what I understand, push/pulls does help on an AIO but it's usually past the point of diminishing returns. With that said, it looks real cool with a bunch of LED fans everywhere.
my problem was I needed to demagnatize them because my coworker kept leaving them attached to neodymium magnets over the weekend and too close to the welder so they'd stick to the scrap metal I was smelting
a good source to get a good strong af magnet is a dead HDD
Amazon also sells magnetizers. If you have magnets it’s a waste, but if not it may be worth it. Don’t know why you’d ever need it but they also double as demagnetizers. (Mine has both was like 8$)