Re: Replacing hard drive in PowerBook under extended AppleCare?

2005-09-14 Thread Clark Martin
At 10:50 PM -0500 9/13/05, Steve Fuller wrote: if you are concerned about the Applecare warranty, then you could probably have an Apple certified technician replace the drive. Apple might continue to cover the warranty then. About six months ago, AppleCare told me that I couldn't even do

Re: Replacing hard drive in PowerBook under extended AppleCare?

2005-09-14 Thread Steve Fuller
On Sep 14, 2005, at 1:25 AM, Clark Martin wrote: At 10:50 PM -0500 9/13/05, Steve Fuller wrote: if you are concerned about the Applecare warranty, then you could probably have an Apple certified technician replace the drive. Apple might continue to cover the warranty then. About six

Re: Replacing hard drive in PowerBook under extended AppleCare?

2005-09-14 Thread David Brostoff
At 7:33 AM -0500 on 9/14/05, Steve Fuller wrote: If the installation is done by Apple, or an Apple certified technician, this should not be a problem. They still warranteed my powerbook after they replaced the hinge clutch assembly, and that involved taking a good portion of my 17 PB apart

Re: Replacing hard drive in PowerBook under extended AppleCare?

2005-09-14 Thread David Brostoff
At 10:50 PM -0500 on 9/13/05, Steve Fuller wrote: That's interesting. I could understand them not covering the drive, but to not cover the rest of the warranty seems a bit odd. I wonder if that could be challenged under the Magnuson-Moss act. That one comes up a lot when a car dealer will try

Re: Replacing hard drive in PowerBook under extended AppleCare?

2005-09-14 Thread Timothy Luoma
On Sep 14, 2005, at 2:19 PM, David Brostoff wrote: At 10:50 PM -0500 on 9/13/05, Steve Fuller wrote: That's interesting. I could understand them not covering the drive, but to not cover the rest of the warranty seems a bit odd. I wonder if that could be challenged under the Magnuson-Moss

Re: Replacing hard drive in PowerBook under extended AppleCare?

2005-09-13 Thread David Brostoff
At 7:15 PM -0500 on 9/12/05, Steve Fuller wrote: if you are concerned about the Applecare warranty, then you could probably have an Apple certified technician replace the drive. Apple might continue to cover the warranty then. About six months ago, AppleCare told me that I couldn't even do

Re: Replacing hard drive in PowerBook under extended AppleCare?

2005-09-13 Thread Laurent Daudelin
on 13/09/05 22:12, David Brostoff at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 7:15 PM -0500 on 9/12/05, Steve Fuller wrote: if you are concerned about the Applecare warranty, then you could probably have an Apple certified technician replace the drive. Apple might continue to cover the warranty then.

Re: Replacing hard drive in PowerBook under extended AppleCare?

2005-09-13 Thread Steve Fuller
if you are concerned about the Applecare warranty, then you could probably have an Apple certified technician replace the drive. Apple might continue to cover the warranty then. About six months ago, AppleCare told me that I couldn't even do that--that I was stuck with the drive I

Replacing hard drive in PowerBook under extended AppleCare?

2005-09-12 Thread Laurent Daudelin
I've checked some tests done on the newest Seagate Momemtum drive, a 120GB, 5400RPM drive with 8MB cache. The results were pretty impressive when compared to other drives that had slower rotational speeds. So, with that drive around $230, I was wondering if I would break my AppleCare extended

Re: Replacing hard drive in PowerBook under extended AppleCare?

2005-09-12 Thread Tom Ethen
I was told at the Apple Store that the drive in PowerBooks (I have a 12) is not a user replaceable item and will void your warranty if you open the cast to replace it. Tom On 9/12/05 1:36 PM, Laurent Daudelin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've checked some tests done on the newest Seagate

Re: Replacing hard drive in PowerBook under extended AppleCare?

2005-09-12 Thread Jim Manley
On Sep 12, 2005, at 2:50 PM, Tom Ethen wrote: I was told at the Apple Store that the drive in PowerBooks (I have a 12) is not a user replaceable item and will void your warranty if you open the cast to replace it. Go for an external drive! Jim -- G-Books is sponsored by

Re: Replacing hard drive in PowerBook under extended AppleCare?

2005-09-12 Thread Steve Fuller
On Sep 12, 2005, at 3:50 PM, Tom Ethen wrote: I was told at the Apple Store that the drive in PowerBooks (I have a 12) is not a user replaceable item and will void your warranty if you open the cast to replace it. if you are concerned about the Applecare warranty, then you could