Any manufacturer's warrenty cover cooler removal?

WJA96 · 27 Sep 2010 at 22:05

PoV, EVGA and Zotac are all OK with swapping out the coolers.

Gigabyte may also allow this as they are OK on their motherboards.

HW91 · 28 Sep 2010 at 09:44

Devious said:
Seems its ok with EVGA cards.

Link

note that you have to use the same tim they used when sending it back

tommybhoy · 28 Sep 2010 at 14:08

Devious said:
Seems its ok with EVGA cards.

Link

Evga's European warranty
http://eu.evga.com/support/warranty/

JTrickle · 28 Sep 2010 at 14:22

If you can put the original cooler back on, then you could say you havent altered the 'product'.

j.col · 15 Dec 2010 at 20:52

Badgi said:
I'm pretty sure XFX used to be alright with modifying, don't know whether they still are though.

not anymore.
i wanted to change a cooler on a HD 4770, i emailed XFX support and they said any tampering will void the warranty.

and yet going by on what i read on other forums, the yanks get a lifetime warranty and can change the cooler

doh. accidental revival, i was doing a search, and started reading this thread

Cleeecooo · 15 Dec 2010 at 20:56

What about HIS. Is there any way for them to tell?

Shetlander · 15 Dec 2010 at 21:02

I too would like to know about HIS as I dont intend installing my card until I can get a waterblock for it.

Cleeecooo · 15 Dec 2010 at 21:06

But how can they tell?

setter · 15 Dec 2010 at 21:32

Marks on the screw heads, also a lot of manufacturers use thread sealing glue on screws, very easy to tell once this seal is brokem.

jigger · 15 Dec 2010 at 21:34

Maybe we should get a list of manufactures that support HSF removal.

xtremedetailz, can you confirm POV allow HSF removal for the EU market ?

jigger · 15 Dec 2010 at 21:42

So far I have,

-Palit-
North America. Warranty Sealed
Europe. Warranty Sealed.

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-MSI-
North America. No
Europe. No

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-Gainward-
North America. No
Europe. No

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-Zotac-
North America. Yes. Seems dependent on conditions. Check First.
Europe. No

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-Galaxy aka KFA2-
North America. No
Europe. ???

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-Sapphire-
North America. No
Europe. No

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-XFX-
North America. Yes
Europe. No

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-EVGA-
North America. Yes
Europe. No

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Cleeecooo · 15 Dec 2010 at 22:01

Any word about HIS?

setter · 15 Dec 2010 at 22:05

jigger said:
So far I have,

-EVGA-
North America. Yes
Europe. No

Surprised about EVGA europe, as they do allow removal of chipset cooling on motherboards. They had no problems with me removing the chipset heatsinks on a 680i mobo. Im also interested to see what gigabyte say about cooler removal on gpu's, ive contacted them but no reply as yet.

R.C.Anderson · 15 Dec 2010 at 22:22

Why does everyone seem to think people in Europe will damage something removing the HSF, but those in NA won't? :confused:

Cleeecooo · 15 Dec 2010 at 22:24

R.C.Anderson said:
Why does everyone seem to think people in Europe will damage something removing the HSF, but those in NA won't?

Racism?

R.C.Anderson · 15 Dec 2010 at 22:29

Cleeecooo said:
Racism?

Think it must be :eek:

jigger · 15 Dec 2010 at 22:38

Ive sent a few emails, as soon as I hear back I'll add them.

Can anyone think of any other brands ?

Cleeecooo · 15 Dec 2010 at 22:43

Club 3d. Did you contact his? Ill phone ocuk tmrw and see if they know anything

jigger · 15 Dec 2010 at 22:47

Yeah I sent one to HIS.

Could people confirm if they have a card fitted with tamper seals or thread lock ?

Other interesting news,

KFA 2 Stands for "Kick Friggin Ass" apparently

Marvin · 15 Dec 2010 at 22:53

jigger said:
Other interesting news,

KFA 2 Stands for "Kick Friggin Ass" apparently

And in other news all PC gamers are 12 years old...

But good to know about POV.

Not sure why so many companies say 'yes you can remove the cooler if you're in NA', when I thought that the US was almost infamous for being a little thick...