Neowin News Feed for: Warranties

The FTC has sent warnings to ASRock, Zotac, and Gigabyte about their warranty policies

John Callaham — Wed, 03 Jul 2024 20:02:01 +0000

The US Federal Trade Commission has sent formal warning letters to ASRock, Zotac, and Gigabyte, stating that their current warranty policies could violate laws concerning consumer rights to repair. Read more...

Hard drive makers cutting warranty periods

John Callaham — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 17:44:58 +0000

Two of the major hard drive makers, Western Digital and Seagate, will be cutting back, sometimes drastically, on the time periods of their warranties for their products starting in late 2011 and 2012. Read more...

Extended Warranties on Ubuntu Systems Back Soon

Wed, 06 Jun 2007 20:11:46 +0000

Recent reports have noted that Dell had stopped offering extended warranties or CompleteCare on Ubuntu-based systems. The problem occurred due to an ordering system glitch over the weekend, but Dell is working to get the... Read more...

Hard drive makers weaken warranties

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 27 Sep 2002 11:46:54 +0000

Three of the major hard drive makers will cut down the length of warranties on some of their drives, starting Oct. 1, to streamline costs in the low-margin desktop disk storage business. PC makers have... Read more...