@kraal,
No offense to you but this is what ticks me off big time.
None taken, but same here
Guys only looking for legal reasons why something should or should not be done.
Why "only" why "should" ? The OP wanted to know if opening the chassis would void the warranty.
You seem to have a clear answer, I don't, so I'm asking for your sources.
Any modification you perform on a device which alters the design (and yes, EVEN when it means improving that design !), is subject to warranty discussions.
Exactly, let's discuss ! The OP wanted to know where the limit stands. For you it's obvious and logic, not for me.
Proceed on your own risk, I say then. And if things turn sour, don't start about warranty, please.
You're rewriting the story the other way around. He wants to know if opening the chassis will have an impact on the warranty in order to avoid having issues later. I find his process respectable and deserving answers as precise as possible don't you think?
That being said I agree on the "do it at your own risks" part. Removing a screw may (maybe) not void the warranty, scratching the PCB with a screwdriver will definitively void it.
If you are the one going to seek legal advice for each and every of these cases, be my guest.
I'm defenitively not seeking legal advice for every case. But I won't tell someone that something is obvious or logic just based on my own beliefs.
The OP asked a question and expects a precise answer not a guts feeling. That's why I recommended that he checks with his local regulations.
If I don't have a clear and precise answer I try to give hints where the answer might be found, or I keep it shut.
You call drilling a hole in the closure normal user operation ?
Where did you read this ? I never wrote such a thing.
What if it's a metal chassis and some slivers start wandering around and short circuit something ?
You cannot be serious. Are you ?
I hope you would have guessed that you remove the pcb from the case first, then clean everything properly before putting it back...
Side note: yes you should unplug the device from AC first, wear antistatic gloves / be properly grounded and avoid having wet hands (maybe you're also wondering about this).
Now even without drilling a hole, if you remove a screw then put it back. Are you considered, from a warranty perspective, a thug or not ?
What if the fan being added to the PSU results in wrong behavior of that device ?
Uh ? Ok 1) My guess is that you don't know what you are talking about or think I'm not knowing what I'm doing. Fine and fair enough I can't fight against it. 2) You missed the part where I told the OP to glue the fan and power it from an external source to avoid having to open the chassis and void the warranty.
Opening an SXT device potentially harming it's ability to be weatherproof after closing again is also normal ? Then WHY was the lid designed for inserting that SIM ?
To minimize risks that people who don't know what they are doing break things.
Potentially != definitively. And again the initial question was "does open ing my CRS326 void the warranty".
This is not accepted in my book. Never has been, never will be.
Fine.
Same kind of discussion about law suits for washing machine vendors where a special clause had to be mentioned in the manual this machine is not indented to put a living pet inside.
Let's get serious, please !!
Yes let's get serious... and get back to the initial question.