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What Will Void Apple Care?
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I'm not going to pay attention to this as it was posted in May 2004.
I don't know who to believe here? I hope your right but I need to know for sure, I'm hoping to find out without having to call Apple on this.
I might be looking to swap out the HDD in my new iMac as letting Apple do it cost far to much money, does this void the warranty in a new iMac getting delivered tomorrow?
It is still true. Apple removes or amends such pages when they no longer apply. Any part that Apple considers customer-installable parts can be installed by the user without voiding the warranty.
This is a MacBook Pro thread, not an iMac thread. MacBook Pro drives are specifically user-installable and come with instructions on how to do so from Apple. The same is NOT true of iMacs.
From page 44 of the iMac User Guide:
Read this post: https://forums.macrumors.com/posts/9476378/
That is not true. You have no idea what you're talking about.
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I'm having trouble finding somewhere in here that explicitly states a hard drive is user replaceable. I'm not doubting you, and I know it's in the manual, but is there a list or something detailing what is actually user replaceable? A genius told me an HDD was not.
Did you read the User Guide that came with your Mac?
For example, from MacBook Pro (15-inch, Mid 2010) - User Guide
Thanks. The genius told me that I'd have to swap the old HDD back in before I took it in for service, or else they would turn me away!
Thanks. The genius told me that I'd have to swap the old HDD back in before I took it in for service, or else they would turn me away!
Not true either, but it can't hurt, that way you have no chance of losing data should you get a replacement machine or whatever.
And knowing this benefits me how?
I got my point across, and the actual information in the post was directed at the OP or anyone who bothers to stumble upon it.
iMacs have no user-serviceable parts apart from Memory and if you damage your iMac whilst taking it apart your warranty will not cover the damage
Hey all, I haven't read any of this, but just to add something to the mix:
Optibay's
Apple is torn on this. Every service tech I've talked to says it's a gray area, as they are technically user accessible but aren't listed specifically. The tech I was talking to for awhile says he has done work on a few with them in there, but if they even THINK AT ALL it could be the cause of the issue, you're done for.
If you do it, I would HIGHLY suggest putting the optical drive back in before trying to claim any service work, to be on the safe side.
This is my plan anyways.
Optibay's
Apple is torn on this. Every service tech I've talked to says it's a gray area, as they are technically user accessible but aren't listed specifically. The tech I was talking to for awhile says he has done work on a few with them in there, but if they even THINK AT ALL it could be the cause of the issue, you're done for.
If you do it, I would HIGHLY suggest putting the optical drive back in before trying to claim any service work, to be on the safe side.
This is my plan anyways.
I don't need to "chill out." People come to this forum looking for serious, accurate answers. You posting misinformation is not only unhelpful to readers, it's a violation of Forum Rules, which forbid "Purposely misleading other members to their detriment. Giving advice you know to be incorrect or harmful."
Good thing you're wrong and unable to prove he was "purposely misleading......" anything.
To the OP:
HDD and RAM are fine. Go at it. Do what you want. Don't worry about keeping old if you don't want to.
Optibay, I'd def. keep optical drive to put back in just in case, to much of a shady zone for me to feel comfortable.
I'm not wrong. Read the whole post:
He knows this is incorrect: