topic Re: Do I loose Guarantee through modding? in PCs & Accessories

Do I loose Guarantee through modding?

Stefonator — Tue, 07 Feb 2006 17:55:35 GMT

Hi all,

I bought a Sony Vaio FS415S yesterday and it is really cool!!!

Now I wonder if I might bring it to an expert who takes it apart and does some airbrushing on the case.
Does anyone know if I loose guarantee in that case? Is there some modding one is allowed to do without loosing guarantee?

Thanks in advance...

Stefan

Re: Do I loose Guarantee through modding?

William — Tue, 07 Feb 2006 17:48:57 GMT

Any dismantling apart from adding RAM will invalidate the guarantee.

If you change the HDD or even just add RAM then my advice would be to return the laptop back to "Standard" before any warranty return.

One less thing to argue about.

Dismantling the case to airbrush would be a bit of a giveaway and to all intents and purposes irreversible.

Getting some of the bodywork trim off (eg screen surround) often results in damage as I think they are only designed to snap into place once.

Can't you wait until the warranty expires before deliberately adding blemishes to a Sony inspired piece of art.?

You have only had it ONE day

BUT I admit each to their own and its your Vaio.

If you want a dog to chew the top corner of the lid and screen surround I can supply one . I never got over that

Maybe it was the dog that killed it when I was out, not the memory slots.

Re: Do I loose Guarantee through modding?

William — Tue, 07 Feb 2006 17:59:15 GMT

You are either very wise or very lucky, in the UK it is only one year without extended warranty and many of these Vaio's only just struggle past 12 months before expiring .

Re: Do I loose Guarantee through modding?

Stefonator — Tue, 07 Feb 2006 18:10:27 GMT

waiting would be two years as I bought a new one.

I saw notebook modding on TV once and it looked real fancy :smileygrin:

Anyway, it isn't worth throwing away guarantee...

Re: Do I loose Guarantee through modding?

William — Tue, 07 Feb 2006 18:11:35 GMT

I bought it in Germany and we have two years of guarantee here...

I really would like to get it pimped...

I really am getting old,

"The dog pimped my laptop"

definately sounds better than:

the f+++++g dog chewed my laptop and f****d it up.

It wasn't even my dog it was my girlfriend's. I pushed my laptop under the sofa for safe keeping and the little SHITzhu lost one his numerous toys under there and was trying to retrieve it.

Re: Do I loose Guarantee through modding?

Stefonator — Tue, 07 Feb 2006 18:18:04 GMT

I bought it in Germany and we have two years of guarantee here...

I really would like to get it pimped...

Re: Do I loose Guarantee through modding?

Stefonator — Wed, 08 Feb 2006 20:17:56 GMT

so, is there anything to make my Vaio look nicer without loosing guarantee?
how about an airbrush on top of it?

Stefan

Re: Do I loose Guarantee through modding?

William — Thu, 09 Feb 2006 04:49:09 GMT

Hi,

I would think that would be OK if it doesn't require any dismantling.

But to be honest I would email Sony about it first.

Warranty is like insurance, they like to take your money but don't like paying up if they don't have to.

Re: Do I loose Guarantee through modding?

kee-lo_ — Thu, 09 Feb 2006 13:43:17 GMT

ROFLMFAO, the VAIO is probably one of the best looking laptops in the world and you want to mod it?

Re: Do I loose Guarantee through modding?

snappergirl — Sat, 11 Feb 2006 14:26:32 GMT

If you buy at John Lewis in England, they give you a 2 year guarentee.

Re: Do I loose Guarantee through modding?

heresjono — Wed, 15 Feb 2006 15:14:38 GMT

You can design and apply vinyl graphics to, say, the top of the lid, the area around the keyboard, and maybe somewhere else without invalidating your warranty. If you get a quality vinyl product, then most will be removable without a trace, with a little patience and care. Ive seen some very nice looking mods in this way.:smileycool:
Paint on the other hand, sounds like a very bad idea.