On Monday, March 10, 2003, at 08:58 PM, Jeremy Derr wrote: > On Monday, March 10, 2003, at 10:43 PM, Hal wrote: > >> Keep in mind that the advice (that I gave in particular) was related >> to >> Powerbook (Pismo and TiBook) models. I know for a fact that the hard >> drive is NOT user-upgradeable in any iBook models. I'm only mentioning >> this because I saw in yout sig that you have an iBook 700. That's a >> lot >> tougher to upgrade and will void your warranty. > > as a former AppleCare agent, I can safely tell you that it does NOT > void the warranty per se - so long as you don't damage anything in the > process. (despite the title...) the article i posted states: > + While Apple strongly recommends that you retain the services of an > Apple Authorized Service > + Provider to perform any product upgrades or expansions, you will not > void your Apple warranty > + if you choose to upgrade or expand your computer yourself. However, > if in the course of adding > + an upgrade or expansion product to your computer, you damage your > Apple computer (either > + through the installation of, or incompatibility of the upgrade or > expansion product), Apple's > + warranty will not cover the cost of repair, or future related > repairs. > > when Apple states in some versions of the Warranty Agreement that > "unauthorized changes to hardware" will void the warranty... they > aren't talking about replacing hard drives, even in machines like the > iBook. They're talking about modifying the existing parts - say, > soldering the logic board to overclock your processor. > Good to know. I was told otherwise (at an Apple retail store) when I looked into upgrading the hard drive on a 600mHz iBook I used to have. I was told that since the hard drive is not listed on this document, it's not "user upgradeable": http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=50031
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