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    Asus G53JW Warranty

    Discussion in 'ASUS Gaming Notebook Forum' started by MaSSaSLaYeR, Jan 5, 2011.

  1. MaSSaSLaYeR

    MaSSaSLaYeR Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hello,

    I called Asus Support Belgium and they told me they didn't know for sure if you could replace the HDD without voiding the warranty.

    Now my question is if you know if you can replace the HDD with and SSD without voidng the warranty.



    Thanks,

    Vincent
     
    MaSSaSLaYeR, Jan 5, 2011
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  2. Hrogi

    Hrogi Notebook Consultant

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    Personaly I think it should not. BUT. if you need to RMA the unit, put the computer back to how it was when you bought it.

    Never sent it away with your SSD in it....
     
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  3. MaSSaSLaYeR

    MaSSaSLaYeR Notebook Enthusiast

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    You are fu. if you break any seals not?
     
    MaSSaSLaYeR, Jan 5, 2011
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  4. <MarkS>

    <MarkS> Notebook Village Idiot

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    "You are fu"?

    THere's no seals involved in replacing HDDs on G73s...
     
    <MarkS>, Jan 5, 2011
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  5. MaSSaSLaYeR

    MaSSaSLaYeR Notebook Enthusiast

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    What is your Windows System Assessment Tool(Don't know if that's the right name it can also be WIndows Performance Index in English) Score for you're Disk Performance with that SSD you have?

    Thanks for the info
     
    MaSSaSLaYeR, Jan 5, 2011
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  6. <MarkS>

    <MarkS> Notebook Village Idiot

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    Windows Experience Index (WEI)? 7.6 for the SSD. My lowest WEI score is 7.0 for the processor.
     
    <MarkS>, Jan 5, 2011
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  7. Chastity

    Chastity Company Representative

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    The Warranty Trolls want you to take your laptop to a service tech to do any modifications.
     
    Chastity, Jan 5, 2011
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  8. MaSSaSLaYeR

    MaSSaSLaYeR Notebook Enthusiast

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    Fine by me ! they do it for free and I am save :)
     
    MaSSaSLaYeR, Jan 6, 2011
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  9. pooohbear

    pooohbear Notebook Enthusiast

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    my G53 has a yellow seal over the connector for the trackpad, which is necessary to remove to access the HDD bays.

    Costs us $50 to get it changed here..not free!!
     
    pooohbear, Jan 6, 2011
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  10. MaSSaSLaYeR

    MaSSaSLaYeR Notebook Enthusiast

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    But If you break it, that's the warranty only for the trackpad or for the whole thing?
     
    MaSSaSLaYeR, Jan 6, 2011
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  11. ALLurGroceries

    ALLurGroceries  Vegan Vermin Super Moderator

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    If you break any warranty seal, you void the warranty for the entire unit. :(
     
    ALLurGroceries, Jan 6, 2011
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  12. bigspin

    bigspin My Kind Of Place

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    It's not yellow seal, some cream colour tape. It's not saying "Warranty Void If Removed"
     
    bigspin, Jan 6, 2011
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  13. ALLurGroceries

    ALLurGroceries  Vegan Vermin Super Moderator

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    That's probably just normal tape, that is used to keep the keyboard, mouse, and other small wires & connectors secured to the chassis. It won't void the warranty unless it actually says warranty on the sticker.
     
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  14. bigspin

    bigspin My Kind Of Place

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    Yes. It's just a tape to secure the connector. No big deal.
     
    bigspin, Jan 6, 2011
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  15. <MarkS>

    <MarkS> Notebook Village Idiot

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    The Warranty Trolls should also slap me around a bit for responding to a G53 thread :eek:
     
    <MarkS>, Jan 6, 2011
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  16. pooohbear

    pooohbear Notebook Enthusiast

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    really? so i can rip it off once and for all? it seems like a very fragile tape with not too much function.. and does not have any writing on it.

    been trying to keep it nice and neat !

    I know there is another one on the top right of the notebook. (near the power botton).
     
    pooohbear, Jan 6, 2011
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  17. mk1freak

    mk1freak Notebook Evangelist

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    the only one you should be worried about is the sticker that covers the screw(s) holding in the CPU and in some cases the GPU. Though i've sent my laptops back to asus with the sticker intact and returned without the sticker so......YMMV when i see it off it only means i can swap stuff in ;)
     
    mk1freak, Jan 7, 2011
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