Swapping out hard drive fro SSD - does this invalidate the warranty?

I'd like to install a Seagate Momentus XT 500GB SSD Hybrid Internal Hard Drive http://bit.ly/SSDHybrid in a MacBook Pro I'm buying.
Will I be invalidating the warranty...?

Hi
I phoned Apple Care to ask the same question as I changed the stock RAM sticks and hard drive a month ago.
I even phoned up twice and spoke to two different staff to make sure I get the same answer.
Basic as the previous post stated, the warranty remains the same apart from the new parts you replace. However, Apple Care people told me if something went wrong when you are installing the new parts, then your warranty is not valid.
The process itself is pretty easy, I believe there are instructions on how to do it in the manual. There are also lots of videos on YouTube as well. You can also get Apple approved repair center to do the change if you prefer.
P.S. I kept the original RAM sticks and hard drive incase something goes wrong. Then I can simply put them back in the macbook to see if its the additional parts which are coursing the problem or the rest of the stock system. This will help me greatly when it comes to claim warranty repair.

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So basically, I want to replace my optical drive with an SSD. Seen a few discussions on it, know basically how it works, am aware of the warranty voiding issue, and also aware of how people at apple who made my computer are 12034725801x smarter than me and I shouldn't do it. I'm gonna do it anyway.
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5. Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) Click on the
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The last time I was working on my iMac, it froze and I force quit Safari, I then used the power button on the back of the machine to turn it off. The 150GB hard drive is full with only about 10GB free space. Before checking the machine to see if it would start up properly again, I foolishly took out the hard drive and replaced it with a larger one. My intention was to copy back my data from my external backup drive via Carbon Copy Cloner onto this new larger drive. Unfortunately I can't get the computer to start now. I've attempted to start from the OSX disk and the c key, but that does not work. I've tried to start from an external disk via shift-command-option-delete to no avail. I've put the old drive back in but can't get it to be recognized either. I've pulled both 1GB RAM modules and returned the original sticks, just to see if the RAM was bad, not difference. I can't get the disk utilities window either.
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