If you install your own drives....

[gameovais]

for example an extra DVD RW drive or an internal hard drive, does this invalidate your warranty with computer companies?

If I do decide to, should I inform the company or give it a pass, and should anythign go wrong just remove the components?

I don't even want to discuss it with my computer manufacturer as details of all phone calls are almost certainly recorded.

PS. Why isn't there is a sticky thread at the top of each sub forum for questions and answers, it would take up far less space and allow for comepletely seperate topics beneath the sticky thread.

 

[Shane]

As long as there isnt any sticker that breaks when you open the case they wont know..if you had to send the system back for some reason just remove whatever you have added.

No need to tell them.

 

[Aastii]

for example an extra DVD RW drive or an internal hard drive, does this invalidate your warranty with computer companies?

If I do decide to, should I inform the company or give it a pass, and should anythign go wrong just remove the components?

I don't even want to discuss it with my computer manufacturer as details of all phone calls are almost certainly recorded.

PS. Why isn't there is a sticky thread at the top of each sub forum for questions and answers, it would take up far less space and allow for comepletely seperate topics beneath the sticky thread.

what nevakonaza said.

with the PS, can you imagine how hectic a single thread with maybe 20 problems all going at once would get, why fix something if it isn't broken

 

[gameovais]

Ok, I have an Asus P6T Mother board, the original version, and I have one plain DVD RW installed and one HDD, I looked inside and I couldn't find much spare cabling, now I haven't really done this thing myself, but out of sheer fascination I wanted to do this myself.

Once I get the correct cabling, it's pretty straight forward from thereon isn't it? Connect internally and then install drivers for that component?

 

[OvenMaster]

When I bought my old eMachines a few years ago, they included instructions on how to add an optical drive and/or a hard drive... it didn't matter if it was in warranty or not.

When I did have to send the PC back for warranty service (dead optical drive), I told the tech on the phone that I'd added a fan and hard drive. He said "no problem, just take 'em out before you send the CPU to us". I even cut slots in the plastic front panel to let more air in and they didn't care. It also didn't matter that the seal on the side panel was broken.