Adding SSD/memory voids warranty

Hi,


I hear many people manually add SSD/memory to MacBook Pro.


But Apple's warranty clearly states that in such case it will be void:


http://www.apple.com/support/macbookpro/service/#warranty4


Apple’s One-Year Limited Warranty for MacBook Pro excludes coverage for damage resulting from a number of events, including accident, liquid spill or submersion, unauthorized service and unauthorized modifications.


So I just want to confirm whether the warranty would still be valid or void?


Cheers,

Dmytrii.

MacBook Pro

Posted on Sep 14, 2011 12:31 AM

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95 replies

Mar 27, 2013 2:58 AM in response to dnagir

Yeah, I meant to ask about 3rd party SSD but once an agent got on the phone it completely slipped my mind. Good thing is I can just call back. I have 13 days left to decide if I want to keep this Macbook Pro Retina or return it for a full refund. In these days I plan to ask as many questions as I can about this purchase so I can know for sure if I want to commit to this investment or not. I'll post my further findings here.

Apr 13, 2013 2:33 PM in response to dnagir

I have upgraded my MBpro mid 2012 with 2x 8 gb Corsair Vengance 1600 mhz and 240 gb SSD SanDisk extreme on 5th of January in a mac authorised seller in Ankara,Turkey where they give technical service as NON-apple authorised company.


On 14th of March the MAC gave this error report :



Interval Since Last Panic Report: 263240 sec

Panics Since Last Report: 3

Anonymous UUID: E4013D03-D638-FF7E-177C-8E6B5BB20470

Mon Mar 11 00:09:45 2013
panic(cpu 2 caller 0xffffff800acb7e75): Kernel trap at 0xffffff800ac79cb8, type 13=general protection, registers:
CR0: 0x0000000080010033, CR2: 0xffffff82124a1004, CR3: 0x000000003068d01f, CR4: 0x00000000001606e0
RAX: 0x08cf6000000000ff, RBX: 0x0000000000001170, RCX: 0xffffff800b29b0d0, RDX: 0xffffff800b290070
RSP: 0xffffff81dc44b710, RBP: 0xffffff81dc44b740, RSI: 0x0000000000000000, RDI: 0xffffff800b290070
R8: 0xffffff81dc44b400, R9: 0xffffff81dc44b3fe, R10: 0xffffff803aebe758, R11: 0x000000000000000e
R12: 0xffffff800b290070, R13: 0xffffff803ae9a2f8, R14: 0xffffff81dc44b760, R15: 0x0000000000000000
RFL: 0x0000000000010296, RIP: 0xffffff800ac79cb8, CS: 0x0000000000000008, SS: 0x0000000000000010
Fault CR2: 0xffffff82124a1004, Error code: 0x0000000000000000, Fault CPU: 0x2

Backtrace (CPU 2), Frame : Return Address
0xffffff81dc44b3b0 : 0xffffff800ac1d626
0xffffff81dc44b420 : 0xffffff800acb7e75
0xffffff81dc44b5f0 : 0xffffff800accd3bd
0xffffff81dc44b610 : 0xffffff800ac79cb8
0xffffff81dc44b740 : 0xffffff800af84efe
0xffffff81dc44b790 : 0xffffff800acef0c3
0xffffff81dc44b850 : 0xffffff800aeefc72
0xffffff81dc44b950 : 0xffffff800af06a66
0xffffff81dc44bb10 : 0xffffff800af1115e
0xffffff81dc44bb50 : 0xffffff800aee62ac
0xffffff81dc44bc00 : 0xffffff800aee557e
0xffffff81dc44be00 : 0xffffff800ad12286
0xffffff81dc44be60 : 0xffffff800ad010fa
0xffffff81dc44bf50 : 0xffffff800afe060a
0xffffff81dc44bfb0 : 0xffffff800accdc03

BSD process name corresponding to current thread: mds

Mac OS version:
12C3012

Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 12.2.1: Thu Oct 18 16:32:48 PDT 2012; root:xnu-2050.20.9~2/RELEASE_X86_64
Kernel UUID: 0AFA55FD-872F-3BBE-8630-214EB586A16D
Kernel slide: 0x000000000aa00000
Kernel text base: 0xffffff800ac00000
System model name: MacBookPro9,1 (Mac-4B7AC7E43945597E)

System uptime in nanoseconds: 25695963143
last loaded kext at 5086331682: com.apple.driver.AppleHWSensor 1.9.5d0 (addr 0xffffff7f8cd18000, size 36864)
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Model: MacBookPro9,1, BootROM MBP91.00D3.B08, 4 processors, Intel Core i7, 2.3 GHz, 16 GB, SMC 2.1f173
Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 4000, Intel HD Graphics 4000, Built-In, 384 MB
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M, NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M, PCIe, 512 MB
Memory Module: BANK 0/DIMM0, 8 GB, DDR3, 1600 MHz, 0x029E, 0x434D5358384758334D314131363030433130
Memory Module: BANK 1/DIMM0, 8 GB, DDR3, 1600 MHz, 0x029E, 0x434D5358384758334D314131363030433130
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then i took it to the store where i bought my macbook pro on 14th of september. They told me I have a right to change all these parts even by myself but Apple Distrubitor, BILKOM A.Ş. in Istanbul, Turkey and its authorised service provider accused me for this error and they told me my warranty voids!!!


What should i do guys? Should i contact to Ireland which is responsible for Europe? (since i called Britain and the guy on the line told me Ireland is the European Headquarter. In addition to this although Apple products are disturbed by BILKOM A.S. but technical support line is in England 😕 )

OR should i contact to Apple Inc in USA? I am really confused and angry about this problem because they told me adding ram and ssd broke my mainboard?? I told them how could this happen after 3 months and why it didn't happen to my MAC at the same time i upgraded?? Then they explained as it could happen after 1 week, 1 month or 1 year :S they do not give any chance to other possbilities and directly blames my upgrade process.

I want those who are good at this kind of issues to help me and give instructions to solve myproblem under warranty please. Thank you for reading this amateur story ^^

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