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mazzinia_

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February 11th, 2021 07:00

Question about extending a warranty

Hello,

 

I'm curious to know how much would cost to extend my current warranty by 1 year  , or by 2 years. I think SupportAssist or another utility shown it, a few months ago ( I may easily be mistaken ), but definitely i don't see the information now.

So, I would be curious about this + if there's a time limit ( like , can it be decided and done 1 day before the warranty expires ? )

Thanks

  • ejn63

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    Posted February 11th, 2021 16:00

    It depends on the system and the warranty chosen -- it does cost quite a bit for an extension vs. an extended warranty up front, regardless of the system.  High-end notebooks can easily run over $400-500 for just a year's extension -- desktops (assuming the T7800 is the one you're asking about) should cost less, but will likely still be a couple of hundred dollars.  There's little inside a desktop system that's very expensive - unlike a notebook, where a system board can cost upward of $1,000, so it may not make economic sense to extend a warranty on a desktop system.

     

  • mazzinia_

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    Posted February 12th, 2021 02:00

    Well,

    right now I've Prosupport next business day (with onsite after diagnosis) + Keep Your Hard Drive/Keep Your Hard Drive for Enterprise Service.

    And the system is a precision T7820 workstation, yes. 

    I'm being curious because the warranty ends in 4 months ( I wasn't the original owner, only got it last year. So the company that initially made the purchase decided not to extend to 4 or 5 when they ordered. Maybe their plan was to refresh the hardware after 3 years )