HELP!!! Magnet wiped my Axim!

magnetic field DOES NOT affect your flash memory
there're ONLY 2 factors can destroy your memory
1. physical (breaking)
2. ESD (static electricity)
try to put the battery again, and charge

[cnycompguy]

magnets dont damage electronics unless through induction. The easiest way to drive this one home is the fact that my pacemaker uses a magnet for testing it's battery level. It's sensitive to voltages and induced currents far lower than any pda will handle, and the magnet that I have to test it is incredibly strong. no damage done. call dell, after 20 min of talking to the annoying indian (or at least trying to comprehend his broken english) they'll send you a new one.

[tropicallie]

magnets dont damage electronics unless through induction. The easiest way to drive this one home is the fact that my pacemaker uses a magnet for testing it's battery level. It's sensitive to voltages and induced currents far lower than any pda will handle, and the magnet that I have to test it is incredibly strong. no damage done. call dell, after 20 min of talking to the annoying indian (or at least trying to comprehend his broken english) they'll send you a new one.

That's so strange you mention the pacemaker magnets. I was thinking about them as I was reading this. Sometime in the 1980's I had one of those handhelds called a B.O.S.S. Maybe by Casio or Sharp? Anyway, I had the handheld in my labcoat pocket and without thinking tossed a pacer magnet in the same pocket. This magnet was pretty heavy and powerful, shaped like a doughnut. Well, that was it for the BOSS. It never even turned on after that. I have no clue about what's in PDAs now (or then, either) or anything about magnets and strength, but I'm convinced that the magnet brought about the demise of that BOSS.