Adding Memory to MBP question v.AppleCare

I just bought 4 gigs of RAM and want to install it in my MBP. Will this effect the warranty at all? I bought the applecare extended warranty and i dont want to f that up.

Hi randeep,
I see you already got an answer, but thought I would elaborate a little. Apple considers the RAM to be a user upgradable part in your MacBook Pro. In fact, you can find official Apple instructions for upgrading your RAM here: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1270
If you purchase the RAM from Apple, it will be covered under your AppleCare plan right along with the rest of the MacBook Pro. However, official RAM is much more expensive. I recommend checking out Crucial http://www.crucial.com and use their "Memory Advisor Tool" to find the compatible RAM. Once you have upgraded your RAM, make sure to keep the old DIMMs, as if you need to send your MacBook Pro in for service, you will want to put the original RAM back in. That way they don't accidentally lose it in the process, as they may replace the RAM as part of the fix, and they will restore it to the default (before your upgrade) condition. This actually happened to me with Dell, it was quite a battle to get my RAM replaced.
Good luck!
Rich

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