MCE OptiBay and Warranty

[Knuck]

Just spoke to Apple and apparently if you install the MCE OptiBay yourself (or a battery for that matter) you void your warranty as they are not user serviceable upgrades. Memory and hard drives, in the hard drive slot, however, are user serviceable upgrades and will not void your warranty.

If you want to maintain your warranty and install a 2nd hard drive in the optical drive bay you can but you have to have it installed by a certified Mac service center. This is a ridiculous and expensive policy, given how simple the install is.

 

[mulo]

nothing new there?

 

[bamf]

Put the superdrive back in before taking it in for service...

 

[Knuck]

Put the superdrive back in before taking it in for service...

But isn't it obvious you removed it?

 

[bamf]

But isn't it obvious you removed it?

Not unless you do a very sloppy job with the installations. You're removing the screws from the back, and 5 screws inside (plus the 2 for the bar to hold one of the screws).

You're screwing the stuff in the same way they are at the factory in China...

 

[johnnyturbouk]

But isn't it obvious you removed it?

i doubt some geniuses will even notice!

 

[Bobby Corwen]

Nothin you shouldnt be able to talk your way out of

 

[johnnj]

Nothin you shouldnt be able to talk your way out of

Unless you really screwed up the installs, there should be no need to talk your way out of anything.

If you do screw it up to the point that it's noticeable, then it serves you right for messing around with what you don't know about.