Ok people to cut a long story short. I spilt the laptop with coke (liquid
) & my insurance company picked it up. They replaced a lot, including the HDD, with a new Seagate OEM 120GB SATA drive. It has a "warranty void if removed sticker" on it.
They sent the laptop back but there was another issue so they picked it again. They wrote off the machine after a complained and gave me the money to buy a new one (nice new blueray laptop now
) but they forgot to tell the repair people and DHL delivered it back in working condition.
I now have two laptops.
BUT
The Saegate HDD in the 'offically written off laptop' has now died. It 'ticks/clicks' from POST and has failed BIOS HDD test. Windows BSOD but most time it simply wont POST.
Now Seate sites says Options
(*see details below) Contact Place of Purchase
Component
The product you identified was sold as a system component. Please contact your place of purchase for service. Seagate sells many drives to direct OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) customers. These products are usually configured for the OEMs only, as components for their systems. You must contact your place of purchase for any warranty support on these drives.
If you purchased this unit directly from Seagate, please return to the previous page and verify your Seagate customer number, because the customer number you entered () does not match our records.
Now i cant contact the repair people (who i know quite well) because they get paid by my insurance company & they dont know i have the laptop.
This HDD has a warranty, anyone ever got Seagte to replace an OEM HDD???
(oh and the original HDD in my 'written off laptop' was never faulty. Theysent it back in a bag. I just inserted it and my desktop appeared fine. Passed 70minute BIOS HDD test). . . . .
) & my insurance company picked it up. They replaced a lot, including the HDD, with a new Seagate OEM 120GB SATA drive. It has a "warranty void if removed sticker" on it.They sent the laptop back but there was another issue so they picked it again. They wrote off the machine after a complained and gave me the money to buy a new one (nice new blueray laptop now
) but they forgot to tell the repair people and DHL delivered it back in working condition.I now have two laptops.
BUT
The Saegate HDD in the 'offically written off laptop' has now died. It 'ticks/clicks' from POST and has failed BIOS HDD test. Windows BSOD but most time it simply wont POST.
Now Seate sites says Options
(*see details below) Contact Place of Purchase
Component
The product you identified was sold as a system component. Please contact your place of purchase for service. Seagate sells many drives to direct OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) customers. These products are usually configured for the OEMs only, as components for their systems. You must contact your place of purchase for any warranty support on these drives.
If you purchased this unit directly from Seagate, please return to the previous page and verify your Seagate customer number, because the customer number you entered () does not match our records.
Now i cant contact the repair people (who i know quite well) because they get paid by my insurance company & they dont know i have the laptop.
This HDD has a warranty, anyone ever got Seagte to replace an OEM HDD???
(oh and the original HDD in my 'written off laptop' was never faulty. Theysent it back in a bag. I just inserted it and my desktop appeared fine. Passed 70minute BIOS HDD test). . . . .