Computers & Networking

[georgeblack54]

I bought a laptop for my personal use an year back.. Although, it was from a leading computers' manufacturing firm, I've gone through series of hardware failures within the one year. That's not the end, I was covered with warranty so I managed to replace the items which were malfunctioning or completely gone dead. Now I am out of warranty and am not wiling to spend any money for repairing or replacing it unless I get a minimum of 3-5 years warranty cover for hardware components from the manufacturer or any third-party trustful source at convenient charge. What do you think should I look out for some source or simply dump the one which is causing trouble??

[Nokia]

If your warranty has already expired, you won't be able to purchase another.

[JoshSB]

Some insurance companies can indeed sell warranties on product, but they are rare and usually expensive.

Also, the only parts that are usually replaceable to people without extensive technical knowledge would be the RAM and the HDD, which will usually come with 3-5 year warranties on the HDD and lifetime warranties on the RAM (check the packaging BEFORE purchasing it to verify).

Anyways, most other parts will have to be purchased from the MFG but will usually only come with a MAX of a year warranty, normally 90 days for aftermarket parts like the motherboard/monitor etc.

[Neihn Valued Contributor]

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JoshSB wrote:

Some insurance companies can indeed sell warranties on product, but they are rare and usually expensive.

Also, the only parts that are usually replaceable to people without extensive technical knowledge would be the RAM and the HDD, which will usually come with 3-5 year warranties on the HDD and lifetime warranties on the RAM (check the packaging BEFORE purchasing it to verify).

Anyways, most other parts will have to be purchased from the MFG but will usually only come with a MAX of a year warranty, normally 90 days for aftermarket parts like the motherboard/monitor etc.

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That only applies to aftermarket purchases. Like going to Best Buy and buying a new hard drive or memory to put in the system. The memory and hard drive that ship with the computer from the manufacture do not have those kinds of warranties.