Warranty and Upgrade Queries

Five questions
1. If I change (upgrade) the Hard Disk / RAM Chip by myself (ie, not changed by Apple Care), will it void the warranty ?
2. What is the maximum supported Hard Disk capacity for Mac Pro late 2011 model ?
3. Can I 'just' buy an HDD / RAM (of specified specifications) from market and put that on Mac ?
4. After upgrading HDD, how to get the OS X back ? Can it be downloaded (and installed) online ?
5. How do I know warranty expire date of my Mac ?
Thanks a lot

MacBook Pro
https://discussions.apple.com/community/notebooks/macbook_pro
https://discussions.apple.com/community/mac_os
http://www.apple.com/support/macbookpro
NOTEBOOKS are not as simple as with a desktop.
http://www.macsales.com/macbookpro
But yes, and you might be interested in an SSD.
The ideal way is to remove the hard drive, put it in an external case and boot from there, and with the new drive installed internally, then just clone the system back. You can do the reverse, clone first and then move to extenal - OWC sells kit to make it easier.
Using Cloning as a Backup Strategy
http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/7032/carbon-copy-cloner
http://www.bombich.com/software/updates/ccc-3.5.html
OS X Lion Install to Different Drive
How to create an OS X Lion installation disc MacFixIt

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I'd like to upgrade the hard drive on my x60s. I found the ThinkPad 250GB 5400 rpm Serial ATA Hard Drive through the "find compatable accessories for your computer" link on Lenovo's website.
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I'm thinking about buying my first Mac. I'm a power user, a programmer, and I like to tinker with my machine. I've used primarily pre-built Windows boxes over the years, though I've built one of my machines and upgraded the others a few times. I noticed that Apple hardware can be expensive, so I was thinking of buying a baseline Mac Pro system, and then upgrading the RAM (I know about the big heatsink issue) and later the HDs and video card.
How does Apple handle warranty support for when the end-user does the upgrades herself with third-party hardware? I heard that it doesn't void the warranty on the entire machine (unless it shorts out everything :P), but what if something goes wrong? How good are they at honoring the warranty and how much of my warranty will be voided as I do the upgrades?
I never really considered a Mac before because it was impossible to upgrade myself.
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If you look at the tabs on this window, there is "Manuals" and if you click there, you will see the "DIY" Do It Yourself Guides to upgrades you can do: RAM, disk drives, PCI Express, video and optical drives. We all wonder about some of that.
It is when you modify the case, the design, or attempt to over clock memory, bus or cpu etc that you are "on your own." or use flashed components.
They have helped make it easier to run Windows, and Intel hardware supports virtualization which helps too, so you can run multiple virtual machines.
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For as little as $199, depending on whether you're eligible for an upgrade with your carrier, or if you decide to purchase it out-of-pocket, and how much you can sell your broken iPhone 4S for.
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WHY?
It literally makes no sense at all. Apple itself has always had my back. UNTIL NOW. when my problems arise. i am a full time student and when working on video editing projects or ANYTHING that uses a graphics card (youtube, diablo 3, quicktime player, EVEN IPHOTO) causes my computer to BLACK SCREEN.
THIS IS AN ISSUE APPLE NEEDS TO RESOLVE, especially when they tell me i am not under warranty and have NO APPLE PRODUCTS REGISTERED? it is like they deleted it because last time i checked i had 3 ipods, an iphone4 and my macbook pro all registered. and when the store checked my account i have 0 apple products apparently.
I REGISTERED MY IPHONE IN THE STORE STANDING NEXT TO THE GUY WHEN I BOUGHT IT.
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no recall?
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denying my applecare's existence? (even when i brought the disk and all my applecare info?)
buying a new laptop today NOT A MAC... because a WORKING computer is a necessity.
I will still try to fix this mac as i have over 2,000$ invested in it. including parallels.
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i figure it is the logic board. and no it has never been changed. yes i have the box, the code. i keep everything for situations just like these and somehow they still try to **** me over.
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i've two questions.
**my macbook pro model is:
Model Name: MacBook Pro
Model Identifier: MacBookPro4,1
Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed: 2.4 GHz
Number Of Processors: 1
Total Number Of Cores: 2
L2 Cache: 3 MB
Memory: 2 GB
Bus Speed: 800 MHz
Boot ROM Version: MBP41.00C1.B03
SMC Version (system): 1.27f2
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Memory Slots:
BANK 0/DIMM0:
Size: 1 GB
Type: DDR2 SDRAM
Speed: 667 MHz
Status: OK
Manufacturer: 0xCE00000000000000
Part Number: 0x4D342037305432393533455A332D43453620
Serial Number: 0x762E7C8E
BANK 1/DIMM1:
Size: 1 GB
Type: DDR2 SDRAM
Speed: 667 MHz
Status: OK
Manufacturer: 0xCE00000000000000
Part Number: 0x4D342037305432393533455A332D43453620
Serial Number: 0x762E7E2C
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2. if the answer to the above is yes, can i go for this particular RAM? is it compatible with my model? http://www.ramjet.com/ItemDescription.asp?Item=MBKS2G
** 2GB SO-DIMM for MacBook Pro Core2 Duo
PC2-5300, DDR2-667, 667Mhz, Latency 5-5-5, Non-ECC, Unbuffered, 1.8V, 200pin SO-DIMM
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thanks for your replies..
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