"warranty void if removed." GRRRR....

dan1903 · 28 Apr 2011 at 18:21

Why does everything have to be covered in big obnoxious stickers saying in bold letters WARRANTY VOID IF REMOVED? Just got a delivery of my GFX card and ram, both of them have it! really annoying, it completely spoils the look of them...

Do you guys keep the stickers on, or say to hell with it? And will RMA's etc turn a blind eye if I did take the stickers off?

stulid · 28 Apr 2011 at 18:23

The Gainward Phantom?

setter · 28 Apr 2011 at 18:29

On almost every graphics card ive owned, theese stickers have eventually fallen of off their own accord, guess they cant stand the heat.

Disco Boy · 28 Apr 2011 at 18:48

Cover them with paint/ another sticker?

Marvin · 28 Apr 2011 at 18:51

Carefully remove them, then put them in the packaging just in case - especially good if you've got some blank sticker-back paper (the smooth shiny stuff). It's never that difficult.

I pulled a similar trick when Game used to do that thing where they'd put a seal on the box, and if you returned the game with the seal intact then you could get a refund. Some careful peeling, then some sampling of the NFS game I'd bought = one refund

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setter · 28 Apr 2011 at 18:55

Marvin said:
I pulled a similar trick when Game used to do that thing where they'd put a seal on the box, and if you returned the game with the seal intact then you could get a refund. Some careful peeling, then some sampling of the NFS game I'd bought = one refund .

Great consumer advice Marvin.

Disclaimer. I in no way intend to try this, or reccomend that others do so

ATIorNvidia · 28 Apr 2011 at 18:55

setter said:
On almost every graphics card ive owned, theese stickers have eventually fallen of off their own accord, guess they cant stand the heat.

+1

Buchanan0204 · 28 Apr 2011 at 19:00

You don't see the stickers when it's installed in your case anyway. Never really been an issue.

I would personally leave them on. Usually void if removed stickers cover screwholes so the returns guys no if it's broke due to you fiddling with it... just leave them on and forget about it.

Marvin · 28 Apr 2011 at 19:09

setter said:
Great consumer advice Marvin.

Disclaimer. I in no way intend to try this, or reccomend that others do so

I aim to please!

It was a while ago though...

Trusty · 28 Apr 2011 at 19:10

I don't look at my components long enough to get annoyed to be honest.

Predicament · 28 Apr 2011 at 19:14

Trusty said:
I don't look at my components long enough to get annoyed to be honest.

hehe yep I feel the same way.

MikeHunt79 · 28 Apr 2011 at 19:18

I don't like it when I see it on a PSU.

What if you need to open it up and clean the dust out? :confused:

Marvin · 28 Apr 2011 at 19:20

MikeHunt79 said:
I don't like it when I see it on a PSU.

What if you need to open it up and clean the dust out?

And then when you send it back after it fails and they say 'it failed because of the amount of dust, warranty void.' Yay...

MikeHunt79 · 28 Apr 2011 at 19:22

Marvin said:
And then when you send it back after it fails and they say 'it failed because of the amount of dust, warranty void.' Yay...

A classic case of catch 22

dan1903 · 28 Apr 2011 at 19:25

stulid said:
The Gainward Phantom?

yeah there are about 3 different stickers on the PCB.I had also ordered 4GB OCZ Special Ops. The RAM is the worst, the stickers are almost the full height of the heatsink!

As its a first build I won't take any of them off, just in case I mess everything up...

gary996 · 28 Apr 2011 at 19:47

Predicament said:
hehe yep I feel the same way.

Nice looking rig you got in your sig mate

Trusty · 28 Apr 2011 at 19:48

^ Was gonna say the same thing, mental! Absolutely mental!

wentalong · 28 Apr 2011 at 20:20

dont just pull the stickers off, most of the time they had two sides that when you peel the sticker off it, it leaves bits of the sticker on the componant so you cant just take it off and on,

INSTEAD...

use a hair dryer of heat gun or something hot and blow it on the sticker for a while then with tweezers or something likke VERY small plyers or a knife blade to peel the sticker off slowly whilst holding the hair dryer over the sticker

done this before *i know i shouldnt have*

but it does the job and works for any stickers, even xbox ones

also, dont put the hair dryer too close or let it get too hot as it'll wrinkle up and melt, only heat it enough to melt the glue on the sticky side,,

Surveyor · 28 Apr 2011 at 20:26

gary996 said:
Nice looking rig you got in your sig mate

Trusty said:
^ Was gonna say the same thing, mental! Absolutely mental!

Or is he just listing the most expensive things he can think of?

Azuse05 · 28 Apr 2011 at 20:27

MikeHunt79 said:
I don't like it when I see it on a PSU.

What if you need to open it up and clean the dust out?

Of the many things that people shouldn't do with their pc, opening the psu it right at the top. Still doesn't stop twits hurting themselves though :rolleyes: