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Hi Guys. I recently bough a 11.6 inch 2 in 1 HP 360x for university. It has a mechanical hard drive. I use a motorcycle to commute and carry the laptop in my back pack.
I was thinking about upgrading the hdd to a solid state drive, I am worried that the hdd might fail soon because of heavy handling it will go through, like bumpy roads and so on.
What do you guys think?
 
I'm not too familiar with that laptop but I've never had an issue with warranty after a drive swap.

Just hang on to the original drive in case you need to send it in for a warranty claim.
 
I have a similar question about a Gigabyte Sabre. Has anyone ever had an issue with Rectron not honouring a warranty because a laptop was opened to change out HDD and / or RAM?
 
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Thank for the replies. I will make sure I backup often until I can afford a 250GB SSD.
@TManJones I have an account at Rectron and they can be very strict with returns.
 
It's beyond the level of aholes how allot of these laptop manufacturers make it so hard to reach the HDD to replace it, and to then want to void warranty is just a greedy scheme to get you to buy their overpriced SSD model from the start.
 
Your motorcycle has suspension therefore your hard drive will be no worse for wear than travelling in a car.

I've carried laptops on my back for 15 years many with mechanical hard drives and never a failure to this day.

An SSD would make sense from an obvious performance point of view. I shouldn't void the warranty though to swop it, depending on how accessible the drive is.
 
I hear you, but the bike is a much harder ride. Besides that, the performance benefit would be nice. And as Ron said, it is so much more for the model that already has the ssd.
 
It's beyond the level of aholes how allot of these laptop manufacturers make it so hard to reach the HDD to replace it, and to then want to void warranty is just a greedy scheme to get you to buy their overpriced SSD model from the start.
I will have a look later and see if the hhd has easy access.
 
I hear you, but the bike is a much harder ride. Besides that, the performance benefit would be nice. And as Ron said, it is so much more for the model that already has the ssd.

It really shouldn't be.

Are you super lightweight? Maybe you should look at getting your suspension setup correctly.

What do you ride?
 
The only time you.need to worry about the hard drive having an issue is if you leave it on and running while driving. Most modern drives have 3D sensor or technology that will protect the heads from this.

Step 1 make sure you have a back up incase the drive does fail and then claim warranty.

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Just FYI from personal experience, HP's Warranty is useless anyway i wouldn't worry.
 
It's beyond the level of aholes how allot of these laptop manufacturers make it so hard to reach the HDD to replace it, and to then want to void warranty is just a greedy scheme to get you to buy their overpriced SSD model from the start.

How so ?
Perhaps they just dont want end users that have no idea what they are doing tampering with the machine,
breaking it, and crying about warranty.


Gigabyte for instance will do an SSD upgrade at rectron for you, with any SSD of your choice, you can infact take the unit and SSD from wherever to rectron,
the fee is 200 if i remember correctly.


Remember not everyone is tech savy
 
Hi Guys. I recently bough a 11.6 inch 2 in 1 HP 360x for university. It has a mechanical hard drive. I use a motorcycle to commute and carry the laptop in my back pack.
I was thinking about upgrading the hdd to a solid state drive, I am worried that the hdd might fail soon because of heavy handling it will go through, like bumpy roads and so on.
What do you guys think?

I recently owned an HP that suffered deep cell battery death from lack of use before I got it. When they sent me a new one they asked if I needed someone to come fit it or whether I would do it myself.

Check what the warranty conditions are, it might be that opening it won't void the warranty at all. Is there even a sticker?
 
How so ?
Perhaps they just dont want end users that have no idea what they are doing tampering with the machine,
breaking it, and crying about warranty.


Gigabyte for instance will do an SSD upgrade at rectron for you, with any SSD of your choice, you can infact take the unit and SSD from wherever to rectron,
the fee is 200 if i remember correctly.


Remember not everyone is tech savy
lots laptops have direct access bays to the hard drive, where it's as plug an play as an external drive. but like the hp 250 G3 I had to unscrew all the bottom screws, remove the keyboard, unscrew all the top screws, remove the top cover, and only then have access to the drive
 
lots laptops have direct access bays to the hard drive, where it's as plug an play as an external drive. but like the hp 250 G3 I had to unscrew all the bottom screws, remove the keyboard, unscrew all the top screws, remove the top cover, and only then have access to the drive

If they didn't want you to do that they would put a warranty void sticker, so I think OP will find similar. Although the manual does state on pg 26:

CAUTION: Components described in this chapter should only be accessed by an authorized service provider. Accessing these parts can damage the computer and void the warranty.

 
It really shouldn't be.

Are you super lightweight? Maybe you should look at getting your suspension setup correctly.

What do you ride?
Its a Yamaha BWS 100. I weigh around 80kg. I do think I need to have the suspension adjusted.
 
Its a Yamaha BWS 100. I weigh around 80kg. I do think I need to have the suspension adjusted.

In that case it might be that you are in fact too heavy for such a little bike and it can't deal with the weight.

Probably not much to adjust either.
 
Use heatgun/hairdryer for the little warranty void stickers?

Nah, go watch Catch Me If You Can.


You have to submerge the entire thing in water so that the glue dissipates and you can then lift it off no problem, just like the airplane toys in the bathtub.

Stick it back down and no one will know.
 

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