Magnetizing your screwdriver
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When you are doing a disassembly, having a slightly magnetized screwdriver tip makes it easier to take your XO apart (and put it back together). There are several ways to get a screwdriver with a magnetized tip.
- Buy one. Some screwdrivers are sold pre-magnetized.
- Magnetize your own screwdriver tip. If your screwdriver is not magnetized, you may be able to magnetize the tip yourself. Take a strong magnet and run the tip of your screwdriver across it about a dozen times in the same direction (pretend you are "painting" the magnet with your screwdriver tip). There is a magnet in the XO on the left side, just below the keyboard, which is strong enough to magnetize some screwdriver tips (you do not have to disassemble the XO - just run your screwdriver under the left side of the keyboard).
