Can I Erase a EEPROM like this??

[deezull]

If I run a Strong Magnet over a EEprom chip (NOT EPROM) will it erase it?? Or can it be only erased with a electrical field??

Any info would be wonderful

Thanx,

deezull

 

[Rick]

While others may argue, I've never been successful.

I've taken some very powerful earth magnets and attempted to erase BIOS chips... disks... solid state storage devices.. etc... Just for fun I might add.

I've yet to be successful.

I doubt it is a myth (certainly there is fact behind magnetic fields erasing storage devices), but I've yet to find a magnet strong enough.

 

[Nodsu]

You can't erase EEPROMs with a magnet. I imagine a very powerful and rapidly changing electromagnetic field could fry the chip but it'd be easier to use a hammer in that case.