Originally Posted by
kennycrudup
Eh, they don't care. I've moved everything from HDs to motherboards in checked luggage over the years. (Never had anything stolen either.)
Originally Posted by
libove
Similar: I often toss an external storage device adapter (and power supply), (wiped) extra SSD or NVMe storage devices, and other no-interesting-data-on-them, inexpensive items into my checked bag. I'd only add to my (relatively full) carry-on bags if something was either of unusual economic value/ difficult to replace, or had (reasonably crackable) (sensitive) information on it (which none of my devices do, as all have strong encryption).
My experience matches both of these. In fact, I had to migrate a site physically across the country in an emergency and I basically had 3 checked bags and a back pack full of nothing but IT gear. No issues in security, but lost a good system that was DOA on the other end.
I regularly still take IT gear with me. Most recently was a firewall replacement so I had that whole thing with me in the checked bag (enterprise rack mount gear).