Does replacing HDD void warranty? YES or NO???

[e12a]

You are dead wrong.


If I didn't know better, i'd say you are totally making this up. Upgrading memory does NOT void your warranty. Apple even has instructions on how to swap the memory in the included user manual.


as for HDD upgrades: Go for it. It "technically" does void your warranty, but like many others have said, the person repairing your mbp is not going to know. If something is wrong, just put the original drive back in, and they won't know a thing. This is of course an issue of personal morals. To me, its fine. Apple restricts its users way too much and i feel we should have much more control over our components.

You dont know better. I wish i didnt have to hold your hand through this.

Haha see what I mean??? Everyone says something different. After I read Apples policy, it appears that it DOES NOT void it. Am I reading it right? So as long as I don't damage anything, the warranty is intact?

my response to this post:

yes.

Just because apple doesnt make the HD as accessible as the Macbook's does not mean the user can't replace it.

otherwise many macbook users have lost their warranty when they did their own RAM and hard drive upgrade.

the macbook pro hard drive isnt too hard to replace anyhow.

Re-read my statement please. I was referring to the poster's post just before mine. I was stating the accessibility of the part does not relate to whether or not it voids warranty if you replace it. Geez.

NO where did i say upgrading memory was considered damaging or not covered. I said, just because apple doesnt make the HD as accessible as the one in the macbook doesnt mean the user can't open the case to get to it in a macbook pro. In the macbook it happens to be that the HD is easy to replace. Does that make it wrong to do in the MBP? Good grief.

I work for an authorized service provider. Yes, you can bring your own HD to install even if it was covered under warranty (i.e. you want a higher capacity than before) but you will have to pay for labor and for the drive itself, obviously. However, any problems resulting from the drive is not covered. We had one guy come in and bring his own HD to have it installed. He must have misunderstood something because he expected it to be a "free" warranty repair. It is not. Only if you do it through applecare (receiving the new HD and sending in the old HD back) do you get a warranty repair.

 

[teknikal90]

YES.



Upgrading the hard drive falls under "alter[ing] the functionality or capability", even if you don't break anything doing it.

Of course, if you swap the drive out and put the old one back in if it's going in for service, they shouldn't be able to tell as long as you don't **** anything up. It depends on if you want to take that chance or not.

wtf does that mean upgrading ram also voids warranty?

 

[Schmoe0013]

User Upgradable parts:

MacBook : The User can upgrade themselves the ram AND the hard drive
Does not void warranty.

MacBook PRO: The User can upgrade themselves the RAM.
The hard drive can only be upgraded by an Authorized apple dealer.
The warranty will be void if you don't have them upgrade it.

(They wont know if you don't tell them or they don't find out, but if you upgrade the hard drive YOURSELF, you are voiding your warranty.... with the macbook PRO)

That is how it goes.