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M.Blackmore wrote: > On Sat, 2008-10-11 at 16:08 +0100, Ray Smith wrote: >> I ended up getting a laptop from PCworld (shock horror) > > Hope nothing goes wrong with it 'cos apparently PCW says installing any > other software (or is it OS) invalidates the warranty. > > I'm waiting for someone to challenge that particular insanity via > trading standards and consumer law unless it has already been done. > > Anyone ever managed to break a computer component using software (since > the early 80s, one could then with assembler)? A few thinkpads (can't remeber what model it was) got broken by lmsensors a while back. Can't remember what it was that got broken, but it was something fairly vital, and irreparable. -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html