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    changing OS voids warranty?

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by antonis_wrx, Aug 26, 2009.

  1. antonis_wrx

    antonis_wrx Newbie

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    Hi all,

    I' d like to know whether changing the OS on my XPS studio 13 (upgrading to Windows 7 or installing Linux) will void the hardware warranty.

    Regards
     
    antonis_wrx, Aug 26, 2009
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    dave159 Notebook Geek

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    changing OS isn't going to void your warrant, dell i offering free upgrades to windows 7.
    If something does happen to your machine then you can always reinstall the old OS with the dell provided disks or a partition before sending it in for repair.
     
    dave159, Aug 26, 2009
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    antonis_wrx Newbie

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    yes, I have already registered for the windows 7 upgrade. My main concern is switching to linux.
     
    antonis_wrx, Aug 26, 2009
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  4. Greg

    Greg Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    It makes it harder for them to troubleshoot when you are not running the original OS. It does not void your warranty, but they might ask you to reinstall the original OS if they want to try and rule out software related issues.
     
    Greg, Aug 26, 2009
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  5. Sephoroth

    Sephoroth Notebook Evangelist

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    +1. One of the things I enjoy about Dell's warranty is on-site service which pretty much makes whether they support it or not irrelevant. If they sell your model with Ubuntu pre-installed (as they do on the SXPS) then there is pretty much nothing to worry about. If they do not, they may request you have Windows installed to perform trouble-shooting (though for this you can just dual boot and not mention it).
     
    Sephoroth, Aug 27, 2009
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    bikerboy94 Notebook Evangelist

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    it wont void warranty but you will loose tech support. they only support system shipped with computer.
     
    bikerboy94, Aug 27, 2009
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    Logically they should also support optional OS's shipped with the computer. I.e. their release of Ubuntu.
     
    Sephoroth, Aug 27, 2009
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    it will if its shipped with computer such as windows 7 as upgrade when released. for example if you have vista shipped and install xp no support for xp
     
    bikerboy94, Aug 27, 2009
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