where should i put my subwoofer? the reason i ask is that it has a fairly long cord, so i'm wondering if it needs to be placed away from the tower and the monitor. i currently have it sitting right between the tower and the monitor. in fact, it is nearly touching both. is this placement a bad one? are there magnets or anything about the subwoofer that could damage my computer or monitor??? thanks in advance!

Modern computer speakers do have a modicum of EMF shielding. None the less, I recommend keeping magnetic sources away from the monitor and any magnetic storage devices, such as HDD of floppy disks. Ideally the sub woofer should be placed on an area of uncarpeted floor. Mine sits between my monitor and case. Excuse me while I go and beat myself up for this.

Good answer Rimfire. I hope you didn't bruise yourself too much. :) Mine sits on the floor underneath the desk (makes a good foot rest.) See right there beside the tower. Oops, maybe I shouldn't have said that. :) "Two roads diverged in a wood, and I - I took the one less travelled by, And that has made all the difference."

It is probbably best to keep subwoofers away from the monitor even with magnetic sheilding, I have my sub next to my screen and when I tun it up loud the picture distorts. Next to the tower its self is ok. It is almost impossible to destroy the data on a hard drive with a magnet. Inside the Hard drive its self it has a very strong magnet to make the heads move left to right, and eletric motors also use magnets to spin. I read somewhere that to destroy the data on a HDD with a magnet, you would need a magnet that is strong enough to pull the iorn from your blood. Mattwizz3 : ) AMD K-7 600MHz & Asus K7v 256Mb SDRAM 80Gb WDC, 8Mb Buffer 128Mb ASUS Radeon A9550 Cyber Drive CD-RW DVD Combo

I think I overdid it. Can't reach the telephone. Can somebody call me an ambulance?

Time to be serious now. Mattwizz, a strong magnetic field will destroy data stored on a Hard Disk. The only variable is time. Store valuable data on a hard drive in a strong magnetic field and try to access it five or ten years later and you will see. Of course we all keep an alternative backup of those things that matter anyway. Don't we?

Good point Rimfire, I didnt think of the long term effects. And I dont think the article I read did mention the long term effects. Although There is still the strong magnets inside the HDD. These magnets are very strong, I lifted up a chair with a metal frame once before with the magnet off an old broken drive. I had fun stuffing around with that magnet untill I lost it behind a cupboard. LOL Mattwizz3 : ) AMD K-7 600MHz & Asus K7v 256Mb SDRAM 80Gb WDC, 8Mb Buffer 128Mb ASUS Radeon A9550 Cyber Drive CD-RW DVD Combo