What happens when you return a MacBook with upgrades installed?

[George7]

I have a mid-2012 MacBook Pro which I recently upgraded from 4 to 8GB of RAM and put a 240GB SSD in. I know that this doesn't void the warranty by itself. My question is, if it breaks and I take it to an Apple store with these upgrades in place, do they switch my bits over to the replacement MacBook, or at least give you the new Macbook sans RAM & HDD, or would I have to return it to factory spec before returning? I've not been able to find out anything about this online.

The reason I want to know is that I'd like to stick my 500GB into a caddy, and someone has offered to buy my old 4GB of RAM. If I'd have to put my old bits into it before returning it, I won't do anything with them and keep them aside, just in case.

Thanks

 

[disasterdrone]

I have a mid-2012 MacBook Pro which I recently upgraded from 4 to 8GB of RAM and put a 240GB SSD in. I know that this doesn't void the warranty by itself. My question is, if it breaks and I take it to an Apple store with these upgrades in place, do they switch my bits over to the replacement MacBook, or at least give you the new Macbook sans RAM & HDD, or would I have to return it to factory spec before returning? I've not been able to find out anything about this online.

The reason I want to know is that I'd like to stick my 500GB into a caddy, and someone has offered to buy my old 4GB of RAM. If I'd have to put my old bits into it before returning it, I won't do anything with them and keep them aside, just in case.

Thanks

In the past I've lost upgrades when they have swapped a machine out, but only when they have offered to replace a machine rather than repairing it. Just mention the issue when you take the machine in.

 

[heisenberg123]

its safer to revert back to stock part or atlest parts you would not care if you dont get them back in a replacement MBP if thats the route apple takes with your reason for bringing it in

 

[George7]

In the past I've lost upgrades when they have swapped a machine out, but only when they have offered to replace a machine rather than repairing it. Just mention the issue when you take the machine in.

If that's the case, I'll probably keep the old stuff aside in case I need to return it. Hopefully it won't break, but it's good to know exactly what I need to do if it does. I suppose if they were replacing it with a machine of much higher spec, I wouldn't mind too much about losing the upgrades though

its safer to revert back to stock part or atlest parts you would not care if you dont get them back in a replacement MBP if thats the route apple takes with your reason for bringing it in

I think that's what I'll do; makes sense to keep the 4GB spare as well I suppose. The HDD though, I think I'll still stick that in a caddy for portable use. I can always put it back into the MacBook if need be.

 

[simonsi]

IMHO You should remove your upgrades as part of the diagnostic process tbh, then you know Apple will repair/replace anything that is truly there responsibility. Could be awkward and expensive if they determine it is your HDD that has failed for instance and they wanted to bill for the diagnostic time etc. Mostly user upgrades are quick and easy to fit/remove so it shouldn't be a big deal.

 

[simon48]

No, you don't need to remove them, but tell them about them so they keep them installed.