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    ibook's HD from 30G to 60G

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by tomguy, Dec 9, 2004.

  1. tomguy

    tomguy Newbie

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    Hey guys!

    I bought a new ibook G4 1.2Ghz with 30GB hard drive.
    I want to change the HD to 60GB with 5400rpm.
    Will this break the warranty?
     
    tomguy, Dec 9, 2004
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  2. ang4561

    ang4561 Notebook Guru

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    Hi tomguy,

    Yeah, upgrading the hard drive yourself will void the warranty, but apparently so does upgrading the memory yourself too, which I've done. If something actually does break while you are upgrading the hard drive, then I guess you are out of luck... But in all honesty, if you are confident you know what you are doing, and successfully upgrade the hard drive, and all of a sudden something down the road does happen, like a key on the keyboard pops off, or your screen stops working (something totally unrelated to your hard drive), I would simply just pop the old hard drive back in and send it on warranty repair. I highly doubt they(Apple) would know. Of course, this is just my two sense...
     
    ang4561, Dec 12, 2004
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  3. titan0111

    titan0111 Notebook Geek

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    Apple Warranty: Installing Memory, Expansion Cards, User Installable Parts Does Not Void Warranty...

    http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=13946


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    I want

    Apple PowerBook G4 1.5Ghz 17"
    ATI Mobility Radeon 9700 128MB DDR SDRAM
    2GB DDR333 SDRAM
    80GB Ultra ATA drive @ 5400rpm
    SuperDrive (DVD-R/CD-RW)
    Apple Cinema HD Display (23" flat panel)
     
    titan0111, Jan 4, 2005
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  4. YSX Type-S

    YSX Type-S Notebook Enthusiast

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    Actually, I distinctly remember reading elsewhere of someone buying their iBook at an Apple Store and immediately having the HDD upgraded their. You'll incur the characteristic markup, but if that doesn't bother you, I think this is your solution. Look up your nearest Store on Apple.com and off you go!
     
    YSX Type-S, Jan 4, 2005
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