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Does upgrading your Powermac's RAM void the warranty?
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Join Date: Sep 2005
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I plan on buying a new G5 in the nbext few days, however when upgrading the RAM it's MUCH cheaper to go through one of the on-line memory websites rather than get it at the Apple Store. However, I'm curious if upgrading my RAM will void my warranty/Apple Care.
Any information would be helpful.
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-Brian
PowerMac G5 | Dual 2GHz PPC | 2.5 GB RAM | 30" Cinema Display
Macbook Pro | 2.2 GHz Core2Duo | 2 GB RAM
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No, upgrade away. It will not void your warranty.
You ar 100% correct not to get RAM from apple (or Dell or any other company for that matter) - online places such as crucial (crucial are highly reccomended) are much cheaper.
RAM, and Hard Drives are user servicable. (not 100% sure about optical drives).
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I free'd my mind... now it won't come back.
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Thanks for the info, much appreciated.
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-Brian
PowerMac G5 | Dual 2GHz PPC | 2.5 GB RAM | 30" Cinema Display
Macbook Pro | 2.2 GHz Core2Duo | 2 GB RAM
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You may upgrade RAM and some other parts without voiding the warranty -- just don't break anything in the process, because that isn't covered.
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Yeah, if you upgrade the RAM yourself, follow apple's procedure on their website (the link given earlier). That way if it goes wrong it's all APPLE'S fault. 
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Power Mac G4 Digital Audio 533MHz 1.5GiB RAM, 2x 80Gb ATA HDDs, 320Gb SATA HDD, Radeon 9650 256MiB, Airport Extreme compatible PCI card, Zip 250, Pioneer 110, Firewire DVD burner, 21" CRT, Harmon Kardon Apple Pro Speakers, OS X 10.4.6
Powerbook Pismo G3 400MHz, 768MiB RAM, 80Gb HDD, AirPort Extreme PC Card, Bluetooth 1.1, DVD-ROM, OS X 10.4.6, Ubuntu 5.10, MacOS 9.2.2
To buy: RAM for Pismo, CPU upgrades
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