This may be a bit of a strange question but here it goes. My girlfriend called me saying her nephew was playing around with my computer parts we have at home. He used magnets on my computer memory (RAM). I won't be able to get back for a day or two to check if it's fine, but does that mean it's finished? You always see in movies and hear about people using big magnets on hard drives to ruin them and wipe them out. If anyone could let me know if that ruins the memory or not that would be great. If it does, what exactly happens during contact between the magnet and the memory that causes it? Thanks guys.