| Author | Message | ||
     Greg_e |
So I just bought a cheap and super small tank bag for my 9R, it is magnetic. Before I go and tear the magnets out I'd like to try and make it work on this machine. Anyone have any input on putting iron/steel strips of metal inside the airbox cover? I don't really want to put magnets inside the cover. If it has been tried and does not work I'll have to just sew in a strap system. The biggest reason to get a super small tank bag is for my super small laptop so I can do some data logging. An alternative to this will be to just make straps for the fabric "bump" case for this laptop and attach it on the tank. | ||
| Delta_one |
super strong magnets and a small laptop do not sound like a good mix... are there any magnets that would sit under the bag? | ||
| Greg_e |
The only moving part in my laptop is the fan, not worried about magnetic fields for that. But I also don't want to erase the strip on a credit card in my pocket and not know about it until I try to fill the tank with fuel. | ||
| Spiderman |
Mythbusters did a test, they were only able to get the card to 'erase' by using a industrial strength electro magnet... I can not find a video of it. | ||
| Glitch |
Just glue some big metal washers under your "tank" | ||
| Greg_e |
Somewhere I have some thick metal "things" that went with some LCD desk mount arms that were mounted at work that I was thinking of using. Only thing I'm not sure about is if the magnets will be strong enough to reach through the relatively thick plastic. | ||
| Jaimec |
Actually, just read an article regarding credit card strips. The strength of the magnet didn't matter, it was the length of exposure time to the magnetic field that damaged the card. I don't think I'd trust MY hard drive under those circumstances, but you guys are free to do whatever you want with yours... | ||
| Oddball |
You read the same article I did. It was a Yahoo link I think. | ||
| Greg_e |
But remember, I said I have no moving parts except the fan, haven't seen a magnet that will erase a flash memory chip. And as far as the credit cards go, feel free to test what was found with your own cards, going to try and avoid it with mine. | ||
| Delta_one |
after about a month of searching for a flash based netbook I gave up and bought a toshiba nb305. what brand and model is yours? or did you add a flash hard drive after? | ||
| Greg_e |
Fujitsu u810 with a 1.8 zif to CF adapter device. The CF card lacks ram buffer so performance for some things is less than wonderful, but I've learned to live with it. If you were running Win7 and could use the ReadyBoost swap file, then it would be much better but I'm still on XP. The really nice thing is that I can swap in another operating system is a few seconds without risking the fragile FFC zif cable. I'm currently swapping between XP and OpenSolaris on a fairly regular basis. I might buy a used u820 in the near future to get a little more processor speed which would help when dealing with the HD video from my GoPro camera. It too would get either a real SSD or another CF card adapter. |
