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putting 3rd party memory into mac- okay? void warantee?
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<blockquote data-quote="Randy B. Singer" data-source="post: 1185306" data-attributes="member: 190607"><p>Apple officially considers RAM to be a "user upgradeable item." So they're good with it.</p><p></p><p>I can also tell you that, legally speaking, they aren't allowed to void your entire warranty just because you didn't use their upgrade parts or have them perform the upgrade. This was determined years ago in a legal case where a car company tried to void a warranty on a car because it was repaired by an independent mechanic who used non-OEM parts. </p><p></p><p>They *can* refuse to cover under warranty any damage done to your Mac while doing the upgrade if you don't have Apple do it, and they *can* of course refuse to warranty the third-party RAM. But third party RAM is covered by the third-party's warranty.</p><p></p><p>You should know that if at some point in the future you send your Mac in to Apple for repair that they love to almost automatically remove your third-party RAM, often even in cases where the RAM can't even logically be related to the problem that your Mac is having, and return it to you in a plastic bag with your repaired Mac. (i.e. they won't re-install it for you.)</p><p></p><p>+1 on the recommendation of OWC RAM.</p><p></p><p>___________________________________________</p><p></p><p>Randy B. Singer</p><p>Co-author of The Macintosh Bible (4th, 5th, and 6th editions)</p><p></p><p>Macintosh OS X Routine Maintenance</p><p><a href="http://www.macattorney.com/ts.html" target="_blank">OS X Maintenance And Troubleshooting</a></p><p>___________________________________________</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Randy B. Singer, post: 1185306, member: 190607"] Apple officially considers RAM to be a "user upgradeable item." So they're good with it. I can also tell you that, legally speaking, they aren't allowed to void your entire warranty just because you didn't use their upgrade parts or have them perform the upgrade. This was determined years ago in a legal case where a car company tried to void a warranty on a car because it was repaired by an independent mechanic who used non-OEM parts. They *can* refuse to cover under warranty any damage done to your Mac while doing the upgrade if you don't have Apple do it, and they *can* of course refuse to warranty the third-party RAM. But third party RAM is covered by the third-party's warranty. You should know that if at some point in the future you send your Mac in to Apple for repair that they love to almost automatically remove your third-party RAM, often even in cases where the RAM can't even logically be related to the problem that your Mac is having, and return it to you in a plastic bag with your repaired Mac. (i.e. they won't re-install it for you.) +1 on the recommendation of OWC RAM. ___________________________________________ Randy B. Singer Co-author of The Macintosh Bible (4th, 5th, and 6th editions) Macintosh OS X Routine Maintenance [url=http://www.macattorney.com/ts.html]OS X Maintenance And Troubleshooting[/url] ___________________________________________ [/QUOTE]
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