BEWARE of cases with magnetic latches - they can fry a di

I believe I have completely destroyed the hard disk on two Micros by keeping them in a mini leather case with very strong magnetic latches (don't know the brand - bought them at Best Buy). The fold down flap has a magnetic strip right along the bottom, and that sits right over the touchpad.
In both cases the Micro died, with a corrupted disk, after I let the flap close quickly Wouldn't turn on or off, and could not scan the disk or format in Recovery Mode. I'm 99% sure that the transient in the magnetic field zonked the disks in each case. Both Micros were only one day old. I didn't realize what happened the first time. Fortunately the store replaced them...

I've been using a Pacific Design case with a front flap and magnets that hold it down for the past 6 months. I have not experienced any issues at all with my player. It has not frozen, skipped, or any other problems.
The front flaps are held down very securely with 4 small magnets. 2 are on the end corners of the case and 2 are at the end fla
ps.
The hard dri've is right there at the bottom.
The magnets are soo strong that if they come within 3/4 of an inch from each other they will pull themselves together quickly and close with a fairly loud 'bang'
The image looks like this:
<a href='http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/images/products/mv_large/20_A0422650.jpg' target=_blank>http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/images/products/mv_large/20_A0422650.jpg[/url]
Again I have not experienced any problems at all with my player, and its been inside this case for the past 6 months, and my player uses the same dri've as the Zen MicroMessage Edited by DM on 0-4-2005 02:34 AM

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