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    What modifications to a Thinkpad void the warranty?

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by The Fire Snake, Feb 19, 2008.

  1. The Fire Snake

    The Fire Snake Notebook Virtuoso

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    Like the topic says. Probably the only 2 things that are easily upgradeable are the RAM and Harddrive. Does upgrading either of these 2 items void the Lenovo warranty?
     
    The Fire Snake, Feb 19, 2008
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    Upgrading those parts will not void the warranty.
     
    Arki, Feb 19, 2008
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    In the hardware guides those are called CRU for customer replaceable units.

    There are Factory Replaceable Units such as the motherboard
     
    Renee, Feb 19, 2008
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    I've done hard drives, MiniPCI wifi cards, optical drives, and memory--all on several ThinkPads without any problem at all regarding warranty validation.

    Like Renee said, those kind of upgrades are replaceable by the customer under the warranty.
     
    msmcougar, Feb 20, 2008
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    If you upgrade the motherboard or CPU it will void warrenty but not if you upgrade RAM or HD
     
    gamemint, Feb 20, 2008
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    you should be able to do anything short of voiding a warranty seal inside. cpu should have a warranty seal on it.
     
    Geared2play.com, Feb 20, 2008
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