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What Voids AppleCare Warranty?

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cherishzm

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Mar 13, 2011
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Hello All,

I just bought a used mid-2009 MBP 17 covered with AppleCare warranty until Dec, 2012 and am planning on putting an 128GB SSD in an Optibay alternative and replace the superdrive with it and keep the HDD in the same place.

Will this void the AppleCare warranty?

How about replacing the memory? or harddrive with an SSD?
 
spills...abuse...falls....

nothing that you will do with void the warranty
 
Replacing the built-in battery yourself does not void the warranty??

It's not a user-installable part.
 
It's a grey area. It could be argued that "anything" you do will not void the entire warranty, as according to the Magnuson-Moss act, you are allowed to do whatever you want with your things, although the manufacturer has the right to disallow warranty coverage on things that they can prove have gone defective due to the parts/installation you performed (and are not required to cover the user-installed parts with their original warranty). This means you could install your own battery, Apple would still have to warrant your logic board unless they can prove that your user installed battery caused the failure. I say it is a grey area as, you would probably have to take them to court to back your claim, and it could be a costly battle (worth more than a new MacBook would cost probably).
 
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