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    How Far can I go B4 Voiding the Warrenty?

    Discussion in 'Gateway and eMachines' started by James, Mar 5, 2006.

  1. James

    James Notebook Evangelist NBR Reviewer

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    I own a MX7515 that I bought through Best Buy. I'm just curious as to what will void the warrenty.
    Upgrading Ram to 2gb (both ram slots)?
    Overclocking CPU or GPU?
    Case Modifications?

    I understand that with a dell, you can completely take these notebooks apart and put them back together w/o voiding anything. Is gatway the same way?
     
    James, Mar 5, 2006
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  2. Brian

    Brian Working at 486 Speed NBR Reviewer

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    RAM is fine, HDD probably is too. Over clocking will technically void it, but that's hard to prove. Case mods, definitely.
     
    Brian, Mar 5, 2006
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    olyteddy Notebook Deity

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    On my eMachines laptop if you open the case, say goodbye to your warranty. Using the second RAM slot will void you. I imagine Gateway is the same.
     
    olyteddy, Mar 5, 2006
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    but if you pay to have say, best buy install your ram, you dont void the waranty. I'v seen a hp that a best buy in minnesota took the keyboard off and installed the 1 gig stick under the keyboard. this didnt void the warranty because we did it.
     
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    Warranty isn't valid with that other chip in though...unless the manufacturer decides to play nice. Technically, they can refuse to work on it until you reinstall the original chip in that particular slot. They don't advertise those slots as being upgradeable on the emachines, so it's not supported.
     
    tullnd, Mar 5, 2006
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