Before claiming warranty?

I bought a used Thinkpad T60 (2008-Z45) which is under warranty till July 29 2010.
Warranty Type: This product has a three year special bid warranty and is entitled to on-site repair service Mon-Fri, except holidays, with a next business day response objective. Many parts can also be delivered using the Customer Replaceable Unit (CRU) method. Customer, for regulatory or security issues, does not have to return their defective hard drive. It is the customer's responsibility to destroy or safeke
Original description: Based on 2008-CTO: T2300E(1.66GHz), 1GB RAM, 40GB 5400rpm HD, 14.1in 1400x1050 LCD, 64MB ATI Radeon X1300, DVD, Intel 802.11abg wireless, Bluetooth/Modem, 1Gb Ethernet, UltraNav, Secure chip, 6c Li-Ion batt, WinXP Pro

But when I got from the seller, HD was 160GB and Memory was 2GB. Now if something happens to the machine do I need to change HD to 40GB 5400 rpm and pull out one memory (machine has 2 sticks of 1gb each) before claiming lenovo warranty.

 

The memory and hard drive are considered user replaceable, which means in effect, replacing them does not void your warranty.

 

It also shows 512MB ATI X1300 when lookup in Catalyst control Center. This will probably void the warranty?

 

That shouldn't void the warranty either. The X1300 uses what's called Hypermemory, which means it uses system RAM as well as its own onboard RAM. So, the 512MB listed is simply the onboard RAM as well as the shared system RAM.

 

How can I find out its onboard ram?

 

The X1300 has 64MB of onboard RAM. YOu should be able to find out the detailed specs through a program like Speccy or GPU-Z.

However, if your motherboard says it has an X1300 and that's the same GPU your original system specs came with, you are completely fine. You even have onsite warranty, so they'll come out to your place to fix any problems.

That said, the T60-series systems are known to be very reliable, and the X1300 GPU isn't going to be nearly as prone to run scorching hot as the more powerful GPUs they came with(especially the T60p's FireGL V5200/V5250).

 

Thanks. Its 64 MB using GPU-z.

 

Changing CD-ROM drive to CD/DVD+/- RW is also considered as an upgrade?

 

As long as it is a true lenovo product you should be fine with the new optical drive.