As this is bit tech and infamous for modding i was wondering what was the shortest time between opening a new bit of kit and realising you couldn't send it back as you'd removed some warranty void stickers. Mines less than an hour and was with my parents new POS Acer PC. Had to install a Wi-fi card and their old HDD so as soon as the evil XP first boot was done the "do not open" stickers were shredded.
about a hour as thats how long it took to drive over to a mates to get a mod chip fitted to my brand new PS1
virtually instantly have had plenty of bits that I have just popped in to ensure they're not DOA, and then proceeded to void the warranty whether it be slapping a block on a gfx card, prising a heatspreader off a cpu, or swapping a drive from an external enclosure warranty, who needs it?
I believe the only thing I ever held off on haxing, due to fancying a fully in-tact warranty, is my car one year left...
Last piece of kid i bought a voided was a PSU which opened strait away to change the awful blue Led fan against a Papst fan. Silence Cheesecake! edit: haha cheesecake!
When I bought an AMD CPU and used a non-AMD approved CPU cooler and thermal paste. In effect, as soon as I took it out of the box. Sam
I bought a phone and i brought it in a sealed box to the unlock place.. I hadnt even seen it on so it was quite a surprise to see it working when i got it back
I've voided a warranty on several pre-production run devices Not really a warranty at this stage though since the problems are there to be found...
You know that does my head in, most after market coolers you buy have better cooling than stock ones so why the insist you use the stock one is beyond me.
I love warrantys. I keep things in one peace, with boxes, because i know sods law would say soon as i remove the incy sticker, it breaks down, and i can't return it. Sam
I think it's a bit of jealousy on the CPU manufacturers' part. They want in on the better quality cooling, so they figured they'd act childish and tell their users 'NO! MINE!'
I replaced the straight push-on mains switch connectors on a brand-new AT PSU with some 90º ones so they would go onto the switch in the awkward case I had, then found the PSU was DOA. Took some arguing to get the shop to swap it.
i buy some stuff specifically to void the warranty, so as soon as it comes out of the box. power supplies are the worst.
I've never actually been refused a warranty RMA even after breaking the seal. Then again, you wouldn't want to get me on the other line if you're after-sales service
It's probably so that if you use a crappy cooler and your chip explodes, it's not the chip manufacturer's fault, and they don't have to replace it.
