Does upgrading the video card, or RAM of a Dell Computer VOID WARRANTY?

[thesurge]

Does upgrading the video card, or RAM (not through Dell itself) of a Dell Computer VOID WARRANTY?

 

[dexvx]

No

 

[thesurge]

*edit: double post

 

[KamiXkaze]

nope

KxK

 

[FlyingPenguin]

There's actually a law in the US that protects your right to install 3rd party hardware on OEM system. OEM manufacturers must still warranty it.

 

[Bozo Galora]

there should be a sticker on the back corner of case that says if you break it (to open side cover) the warranty is void.

 

[thesurge]

Originally posted by: Bozo Galora
there should be a sticker on the back corner of case that says if you break it (to open side cover) the warranty is void.

huh? So I have to open a case without removing the side cover....

 

[Bozo Galora]

Originally posted by: thesurge

Originally posted by: Bozo Galora
there should be a sticker on the back corner of case that says if you break it (to open side cover) the warranty is void.

huh? So I have to open a case without removing the side cover....

Dell does not sell PC's for upgraders
You break the seal - you are on your own

 

[imported_LoKe]

My Dell doesn't have a seal. =/

 

[Bozo Galora]

Originally posted by: LoKe
My Dell doesn't have a seal. =/

what model
how old
did you buy new from Dell?

I just went thru all this with a friend who wanted to put a new big HDD in a 2 month old Dimension. Round white sticker on corner. He had paid for the $200 "come to you" warranty package and I told him thats gone when I break the seal. I recommended against it, at least until the war ran out.

 

[bamacre]

BS, there is NO seal on a Dell pc. Upgrading it does not void the warranty. Trust me, I've sold well over 400 Dell computers in 2005.

 

[bamacre]

Originally posted by: Bozo Galora

Originally posted by: LoKe
My Dell doesn't have a seal. =/

what model
how old
did you buy new from Dell?

I just went thru all this with a friend who wanted to put a new big HDD in a 2 month old Dimension. Round white sticker on corner. He had paid for the $200 "come to you" warranty package and I told him thats gone when I break the seal. I recommended against it, at least until the war ran out.

Bullshit.

 

[thescreensavers]

There is no seal I agree no seal.

Dell will not void your warrenty like someone said theres a law that you can with out voiding your warrenty. Now dell will say they dont support the hardware that you put in. and thats it.

Alienware is a whole diffrent story you scream at them on the phone they void your warrenty "sir dont scream cuse your system was delayed 2/3 of a year and the part you waited 2/3 of a year came defective on dilivery." Fvcking crazy oww and also they were suppose to give me 300$ gift card to amazon or bestbuy but I never got one(for copensation)

 

[ElFenix]

Originally posted by: Bozo Galora
there should be a sticker on the back corner of case that says if you break it (to open side cover) the warranty is void.

don't spread lies.

 

[thesurge]

Originally posted by: thescreensavers
There is no seal I agree no seal.

Dell will not void your warrenty like someone said theres a law that you can with out voiding your warrenty. Now dell will say they dont support the hardware that you put in. and thats it.

Alienware is a whole diffrent story you scream at them on the phone they void your warrenty "sir dont scream cuse your system was delayed 2/3 of a year and the part you waited 2/3 of a year came defective on dilivery." Fvcking crazy oww and also they were suppose to give me 300$ gift card to amazon or bestbuy but I never got one(for copensation)

hehe actually Alienware headquarters (and factory i guess?? i dont know exactly where they build the computers but there is a large warehouse behind it so im assuming that's where the "magic happens") is like a 10 minute drive from my house. i can b!tch them out for you if you want ahah

 

[thescreensavers]

Originally posted by: thesurge

Originally posted by: thescreensavers
There is no seal I agree no seal.

Dell will not void your warrenty like someone said theres a law that you can with out voiding your warrenty. Now dell will say they dont support the hardware that you put in. and thats it.

Alienware is a whole diffrent story you scream at them on the phone they void your warrenty "sir dont scream cuse your system was delayed 2/3 of a year and the part you waited 2/3 of a year came defective on dilivery." Fvcking crazy oww and also they were suppose to give me 300$ gift card to amazon or bestbuy but I never got one(for copensation)

hehe actually Alienware headquarters (and factory i guess?? i dont know exactly where they build the computers but there is a large warehouse behind it so im assuming that's where the "magic happens") is like a 10 minute drive from my house. i can b!tch them out for you if you want ahah

I called every day for satus and i never got to more then 5 diffrent ppl i live 1.5 hours away from them i hope real aliens will come down and blow the Fvck thing out of the ground there like Coakroches hey dint die

 

[imported_michaelpatrick33]

Originally posted by: thescreensavers

Originally posted by: thesurge

Originally posted by: thescreensavers
There is no seal I agree no seal.

Dell will not void your warrenty like someone said theres a law that you can with out voiding your warrenty. Now dell will say they dont support the hardware that you put in. and thats it.

Alienware is a whole diffrent story you scream at them on the phone they void your warrenty "sir dont scream cuse your system was delayed 2/3 of a year and the part you waited 2/3 of a year came defective on dilivery." Fvcking crazy oww and also they were suppose to give me 300$ gift card to amazon or bestbuy but I never got one(for copensation)

hehe actually Alienware headquarters (and factory i guess?? i dont know exactly where they build the computers but there is a large warehouse behind it so im assuming that's where the "magic happens") is like a 10 minute drive from my house. i can b!tch them out for you if you want ahah

I called every day for satus and i never got to more then 5 diffrent ppl i live 1.5 hours away from them i hope real aliens will come down and blow the Fvck thing out of the ground there like Coakroches hey dint die

So what you are saying is you don't like Alienware? :laugh:

 

[Pythias]

Originally posted by: michaelpatrick33

Originally posted by: thescreensavers

Originally posted by: thesurge

Originally posted by: thescreensavers
There is no seal I agree no seal.

Dell will not void your warrenty like someone said theres a law that you can with out voiding your warrenty. Now dell will say they dont support the hardware that you put in. and thats it.

Alienware is a whole diffrent story you scream at them on the phone they void your warrenty "sir dont scream cuse your system was delayed 2/3 of a year and the part you waited 2/3 of a year came defective on dilivery." Fvcking crazy oww and also they were suppose to give me 300$ gift card to amazon or bestbuy but I never got one(for copensation)

hehe actually Alienware headquarters (and factory i guess?? i dont know exactly where they build the computers but there is a large warehouse behind it so im assuming that's where the "magic happens") is like a 10 minute drive from my house. i can b!tch them out for you if you want ahah

I called every day for satus and i never got to more then 5 diffrent ppl i live 1.5 hours away from them i hope real aliens will come down and blow the Fvck thing out of the ground there like Coakroches hey dint die

So what you are saying is you don't like Alienware? :laugh:

Overpriced boutique wannabe crap. Cases look like some gaudy crap you'd win on the midway. Their service sucks in such a way that light cannot escape.

Also, they dropped me on my head as a baby.

 

[JW310]

Originally posted by: FlyingPenguin
There's actually a law in the US that protects your right to install 3rd party hardware on OEM system. OEM manufacturers must still warranty it.

Exactly. It's called the Magnuson-Moss Act, and it allows you to put whatever brand of hardware in your system as an upgrade, and prevents the OEM from voiding the warranty in doing so.

http://www.kingston.com/branded/magmoss.asp

Now, if you have a problem with your system and the faulty part is the upgrade, then it should be fairly obvious that the warranty on your system wouldn't cover the faulty upgrade. However, the act of upgrading your system wouldn't void the warranty. So if, say, you upgrade the video card in your system and the hard drive dies, then you should still be able to get the hard drive replaced under warranty assuming the warranty period hasn't expired.

 

[Bozo Galora]

Well, I went back out to my friends office today, and sure enough I was wrong.
He has 4 computers in use and it was the e-machine PC that had the sticker - both it and Dell under the desk and I wasnt paying attention to which one we were dealing with.

My bad.
Oh, well - heh heh