Will overclocking void my warranty?

Quicky question and probably easy to answer for most! I'm in the process of researching the methods, I don't want to overclock heavily but am worried if I fry my components whether or not the technicians (if they come) will notice if I try to claim?

 

Chances are they will know that you over clocked if you would fry something

 

Although you hear a lot of loose talk about frying a video card or processor or motherboard through extreme overclocking, it is in fact a very rare occurrence because of the multiple levels of protection built in to the core components. When it does occur, the evidence of cause is often either consumed along with the component or disappears into the ether where software/driver driven, assuming that cause can be determined in the first place. In most cases. all anyone can determine with certainty is that the component failed; why often remains a mystery.

 

I ran a heavy overclock and I can say for sure my card isn't the same card anymore. It doesn't overclock as well and benchmarks are 100 points lower than before.

 

If your card dies tomorrow, do you plan to forego warranty coverage because you previously overclocked the card?

 

Probably. Actually definately. But if they say it's caused by me then I'll still pay for the card no problem.

 

If you have flashed it back to Stock clocks and are not OC when you have the Exchange done they will never know that it was OC. Just don't mention that you did anything

 

I'm sure you could claim if you fried your components, they wouldn't know. However, I imagine there is legal issues if you lie about it and they found out somehow. I dunno how I feel about it to be honest. When I was younger I wouldn't want to take responsibility either and would want a free ride. I'm a bit wiser now and know that if you start ripping them off all the company will do is pass on more charges onto new buyers so next time you buy a new alienware laptop it might be a bit more expensive.... also if lots of people did this sort of thing they would tighen up their warranty policy and customer service would be damaged. Honesty is the best policy in my opinion.

 

I heard that every NVIDIA card after overclocking get the Red Eye of Death or something like that, is that true?

 

That might be true on an XBox.

That issue is called the Red Ring of Death so I think your Alienware will be OK.