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    Hard Drive and Warranty

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by blums, Jun 15, 2009.

  1. blums

    blums Notebook Enthusiast

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    This has probably been asked before but the search engine of this forum isn't working. I have a 13" Mac Book Pro (June 2009)

    If I upgrade the hard drive on my own, will it void the notebook's one year warranty?

    The sales people say yes... but the manual describes the procedure (why would it give directions for something that will void the warranty?) so I'm confused.
     
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  2. lixuelai

    lixuelai Notebook Virtuoso NBR Reviewer

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    No.

    It does void warranty for the Non-Unibody. Even then it they have no way to check unless you totally screwed up the installation.
     
    lixuelai, Jun 15, 2009
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  3. AirSinner

    AirSinner Notebook Evangelist

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    Generally speaking if the internal HD ( After installation ) is ok and works fine you should be okay to a certain extent. If you do have the APP ( Apple care protection plan ) or are currently using the standard warranty and something does go wrong with the HD during or after installation, then your hardware warranty involving the Hard Disk will be voided. If you have any issues regarding the OS or the Hard Drive and the issue is Hard Drive related ( Format error, Catalogue or Directory corruption..ect ) Then we won't be able to repair or replace the HD because it isn't the original HD that came with the computer. You would then have to put the original HD back into the computer and we would troubleshoot any Hard Drive issues like we normally would, and IF isolated to a Hard Disk issue we would replace the original Hard drive only.

    ~ I work for Apple Care ~ Hope that helps!
     
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  4. AirSinner

    AirSinner Notebook Evangelist

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    oh and in addition.. if all fails.. The be prepared to get referred to the HD manufacture if Apple Won't fix the problem.
     
    AirSinner, Jun 15, 2009
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