If I customize the laptop, like exchanging the HDD to SSD by myself, would I lose the warranty?
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Nope! Asus says that you just need to put the original HDD back in before sending your laptop in for servicing.
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I recently contacted customer support about this and they confirmed that upgrades will not void the warranty.
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Honestly unsure, it depends on the height of the SSD/HDD enclosure. but I believe so. The thing is you are limited to only 1 SSD for the model of laptop you are asking about from what I can see from internal pictures/videos of it, so it will be a full blown replacement for your current SSD/HDD.
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Thanks very much for your help. I finally succeeded to replace my hard drive with the 128GB SSD with the help of a technician.
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I would bet there's something in the warranty policy that says modifications will void the warranty. That said, it's really up to Lenovo's warranty service affiliates' reps as to how strict they'd be. Also, in the 15 years or so that I've been using Lenovo laptops, I've only encountered 2 hardware failures -- in one case, the battery died after several years of use. In the other, the power cord connection for the AC adapter loosened to the point where it wouldn't work. All the other parts kept chugging along until I had to upgrade to accomodate more resource-intense operating systems and applications.
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No. This drive is only for desktop computers. Taking the drive out of the enclosure will not only void the warranty but render the drive useless.
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I think it is replaceable but u have to be aware that since this is a ultrabook they put m-SSD not just regular SSD. So if u want to replace the SSD then u have to buy m-SSD not the regular SSD
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Unless you are skilled in disassembling a notebook, you should not try to change the drive. I changed the drive on my MacBook Pro with great difficulty but it's possible.
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I wouldn't bother. You could easily buy an ssd and ram and do it yourself quite easily if your at all familiar with computers.
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It has both but the ssd is 250 gig drive. As for the warranty I forget. I would have to dig out my paperwork. Great laptop though. I use it for gaming and it runs everything I've thrown at it so far.
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Yes you can buy the warranty, but it has to be within 30 days after you purchased the laptop!
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That configuration is not offered from the factory as of the time of this answer, but you can upgrade the SSD and the RAM. There is a Youtube video currently available to show you how to do that. You will void your warranty if you open the unit to upgrade it. Also, you can add an SDHC card if you need more local storage space.
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Hi MAni: Amazon sells SSDs that fit this laptop. You'll need a 7mm-height SSD (traditional 9.5mm-height drive will not fit). Samsung, Kingston, Crucial and others sell SSDs of this size.As for whether you can replace yourself, the answer is yes, but you may want someone to help you if you haven't upgraded PC or laptop components before (plus upgrading components technically violates most warranties so caveat emptor). If you search YT for "upgrade SSD on acer v5-171", you'll find a video in that walks through the mechanics. The video is in Japanese, but this isn't particularly important since everything is demonstrated.I hope this helped!--JT Review Hi MAni: Amazon sells SSDs that fit this laptop. You'll need a 7mm-height SSD (traditional 9.5mm-height drive will not fit). Samsung, Kingston, Crucial and others sell SSDs of this size.As for whether you can replace yourself, the answer is yes, but you may want someone to help you if you haven't upgraded PC or laptop components before (plus upgrading components technically violates most warranties so caveat emptor). If you search YT for "upgrade SSD on acer v5-171", you'll find a video in that walks through the mechanics. The video is in Japanese, but this isn't... » Read More Hi MAni: Amazon sells SSDs that fit this laptop. You'll need a 7mm-height SSD (traditional 9.5mm-height drive will not fit). Samsung, Kingston, Crucial and others sell SSDs of this size.As for whether you can replace yourself, the answer is yes, but you may want someone to help you if you haven't upgraded PC or laptop components before (plus upgrading components technically violates most warranties so caveat emptor). If you search YT for "upgrade SSD on acer v5-171", you'll find a video in that walks through the mechanics. The video is in Japanese, but this isn't particularly important since everything is demonstrated.I hope this helped!--JT Review « Show Less
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There is a video floating around of someone replacing the SSD with a larger one, FYI. RAM, however, is fixed.
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If you have 2 internal drives now you would have to replace one of them with the SSD drive unless you run the SSD Externally .
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I haven't done that with this laptop, but have swapped a hard drive with an SSD on another HP laptop and it worked great. You just need to get an SSD hard drive that fits in a laptop, most of the more common SSD's do. You also will need to backup and restore the operating system from the existing disk to the new ssd drive.
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even if it is possible, i wouldn't do that, the ram and processor are soldered, and is probable that they don't match the electronic and physical charactaristics of the laptop's mainboard, lost of warranty, etc... maybe a better idea for improving performance is change the mechanical hard drive for a ssd, it's effective, quicker, simpler and cheaper
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Hello Mr. Fong, If you have a Crucial branch office in Singapore, then they will honer the warranty for this drive. If not, then you will have to deal with the nearest Crucial office to you, or ship it back to us and we will fix it or replace it, and ship it back to you. But you will have to pay for the two-way shipping. Thank you. Regards, RRI 06/04/2014 +++++++++