MacBook - Ram upgrade voids warranty???

thetruth · thetruth #1 (**permalink**)

10-02-2008, 04:09 PM

Yesterday I was talking to a classmate that owns a MBP and I mentioned to him that Im planning on upgrading to 4GB of Ram. And he told me that I have to get it thru Apple or else it will void my warranty. Is there any truth to this or has my fellow classmate been misinformed?

Dysfunction · Dysfunction #2 (**permalink**)

10-02-2008, 04:27 PM

he's misinformed. RAM is user replaceable, Apple provides instructions on how to do so. Buying bad Ram from someone else.. Apple won't warranty, that should be the manufacturer of that ram. BTW Apple ram in the machines I've worked on recently is all just Samsung.

thetruth · thetruth #3 (**permalink**)

10-02-2008, 04:46 PM

Thanks for the clarification because I would hate to buy RAM from Apple.

Kash · Kash #4 (**permalink**)

10-02-2008, 08:42 PM

Perhaps he was confused between memory and hard drives. For Macbook Pros, if you try to upgrade the hard drive, then you do void your warranty (though not for the regular Macbooks).

LoboRsxS · LoboRsxS #5 (**permalink**)

10-03-2008, 01:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Kash

Perhaps he was confused between memory and hard drives. For Macbook Pros, if you try to upgrade the hard drive, then you do void your warranty (though not for the regular Macbooks).

omg thank GOD i read that

Icon · Icon #6 (**permalink**)

10-03-2008, 10:27 AM

Ram is not going to void anything.

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Member Since: Jul 13, 2008 Location: SoCal Posts: 102 Mac Specs: 2.4 GHz Blackbook, 4GB memory, 250GB HD	10-02-2008, 04:09 PM Yesterday I was talking to a classmate that owns a MBP and I mentioned to him that Im planning on upgrading to 4GB of Ram. And he told me that I have to get it thru Apple or else it will void my warranty. Is there any truth to this or has my fellow classmate been misinformed? Loving OSX!!!
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Member Since: Mar 17, 2008 Location: Tucson, AZ Posts: 6,518 Mac Specs: 2008 and 2011 15" mbps, late 11 iMac, iPhone 4s, and too many ipods and other stuff	10-02-2008, 04:27 PM he's misinformed. RAM is user replaceable, Apple provides instructions on how to do so. Buying bad Ram from someone else.. Apple won't warranty, that should be the manufacturer of that ram. BTW Apple ram in the machines I've worked on recently is all just Samsung. mike This machine kills fascists Got # ? phear the command line!
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Kash #4 (permalink)
Member Since: Dec 03, 2006 Location: Irvine, CA Posts: 9,385 Mac Specs: Black Macbook C2D 2GHz 3GB RAM 250GB HD iPhone 4 iPad 3G	10-02-2008, 08:42 PM Perhaps he was confused between memory and hard drives. For Macbook Pros, if you try to upgrade the hard drive, then you do void your warranty (though not for the regular Macbooks). June 2007 July 2009
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Member Since: Oct 02, 2008 Location: In the woods Posts: 62 Mac Specs: New Macbook soon!	10-03-2008, 10:27 AM Ram is not going to void anything.
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