20 Sep
2011
20 Sep
'11
7:21 p.m.
On 20/09/11 17:36, steve-ALUG@hst.me.uk wrote:
I have certainly seen machines with stickers on saying opening the case voids the warranty. Googling, it seems that some laptop manufacturers say it would void the warrant, some don't. So if you have a new laptop and you want to change the hard disk, if you care about the warranty, read it before changing any components.
Essentially in Europe at least those stickers mean very little at all.
The responsibility is with the manufacturer to prove that any internal tampering resulted in a failure and a broken "warranty void" seal is not sufficient except in cases where the very act of opening a device can cause failure (so for example opening a Hard Drive outside of a clean-room environment)