Will upgrading the RAM in the new Mac Mini void the warranty?
Will upgrading the RAM in the new (2018) Mac Mini void the warranty? I know it's not soldered onto the motherboard so it's possible, I just want to know how it effects the warranty?
Will upgrading the RAM in the new (2018) Mac Mini void the warranty? I know it's not soldered onto the motherboard so it's possible, I just want to know how it effects the warranty?
It shouldn’t as long as you or whomever does it doesn’t break something while doing it. Apple doesn’t consider it user upgradeable and says to have them do it - https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT205041
But the warranty itself refers to damage cause by someone not authorized by Apple to perform service - https://www.apple.com/legal/warranty/products/embedded-mac-warranty-us.html
So ultimately it would depend on just what the issue is should you seek service later, and is it tied to either the RAM used (e.g. not to Apple specs) or to the work required to access and change out the RAM. Usually if you know what your doing, are careful and put everything back properly, and use good quality brand name RAM then you should be fine. People have used things like OWC upgrades to Apple laptops before and not had issues getting warranty service. Just if you mess it up, then it’s on you.
I'm not "Apple Authorized" but I'm an IT Engineer by trade. I wan't a 32GB option which is obscenely priced considering. I wouldn't mind letting Apple do it but with a £350 premium ontop of the RAM cost that isn't going to happen.
For what it’s worth, ifixit’s tear down unit had SKhynix SDRAM modules. If you look up the tear down I think they even list the model number of the specific modules so you can check what the full specs of those were (this was for the 16Gb Mac mini).
This includes a good discussion of that:
https://www.macrumors.com/2018/11/08/2018-mac-mini-ram-upgrade-process/
As long as you are good that fixing thinks I would do the replacement. To me just being an IT engineer does not necessarily one can take apart and fix things.
Will upgrading the RAM in the new Mac Mini void the warranty?