Gigabyte motherboard online warranty check

[techtata]

Dear Friends,


I have Gigabyte motherboard G41MT-S2 (rev 1.5). I want to check its warranty expiry date online just like some well known manufactures of hardware namely Seagate and WD, but I could not find out any web based facility that one can use by entering the serial no of a Gigbyte product. I have been trying to call their toll free customer helpline no 1800-425-4945, but it is always busy. Here is the page that lists the no of helpline.


GIGABYTE - Support & Downloads - Warranty Service

Motherboard Toll Free Number : 1800-425-4945

So I call up one of the authorised service centers in Mumbai, here is the page that has a list of India-wide service centers.

GIGABYTE - Support & Downloads - Service Center


The gentleman told me that I should be able to get the exact expiry date of my motherboard online just using the serial no and nothing else and here the site/page that he told me to visit. But as you can see that there is no way one can access it.

GIGABYTE Global Customer Service

Can you please tell me as to how I can get what I am looking for? Seagate offers online checking of warranty here it is.

Warranty Validation

Same goest for WD.

https://westerndigital.secure.force.com/WarrantyCheck?lang=en

Please help me, thanks a lot.

 

[xyx2000]

Warranty is three years from the date of purchase ( proof of purchase i.e invoice needed )

 

[Sushubh]

yeap. i never understood why hardware warranties are based on manufacturer's own website. it should be based from the date of purchase. my dealer told me that for older stock, i should need an invoice for warranty. otherwise company's own verification works fine. i guess you still lose a couple of weeks worth of warranty.

 

[techtata]

yeap. i never understood why hardware warranties are based on manufacturer's own website. it should be based from the date of purchase.

my dealer told me that for older stock, i should need an invoice for warranty. otherwise company's own verification works fine. i guess you still lose a couple of weeks worth of warranty.

Warranty is three years from the date of purchase ( proof of purchase i.e invoice needed )

Yes, that is exactly what I have been told by a small hardware dealer who sold the motherboard, they often say so just to make a sale. But company sometimes looks at the serial no and as far as I know the serial number has few digits in it that specify the year of manufacture. In my own case my motherboard was manufactured in 2011 as per the serial no, but I purchased it in 2012 with a proper bill. So I am a bit confused about the exact date of expiry of warranty. The small hardware dealers are hardly aware of the real process a company follows.

In order to get myself out of this mess, I called one of the local service centers in Mumbai and they told me to show the bill and it will be 3 years from date of purchase only no matter what the date/year of actual production was. So Gigabyte just seems to be trusting the customers with their date of purchase, if so then this is great.

 

[Fiber_Optic]

Date of manufacture is considered only when the customer doesn't have any proof of purchase. That's why its important to keep the bill safely as far as electronics is concerned.I even have the bill for a sempron processor purchased more than 6 years ago

 

[Sushubh]

ooh. semprons were seriously shitty processors. even worse than celerons. i bought one and sold it within a few weeks of usage. it was just that bad.

 

[raj2007]

I even have the bill for a sempron processor purchased more than 6 years ago
Last month i bought i5 processor + HDD(for my friend). The dealer billed both the product in the same invoice. I gave the bill to my friend saying that he only needs the bill for HDD..not me. Hope my processor never die on me:imwink:

 

[Sushubh]

haha. processors are probably the most reliable component inside the computer. unless of course the guy who installed your machine ****ed up the application of thermal paste. that i believe is the only way, processors can die faster.

 

[raj2007]

haha. processors are probably the most reliable component inside the computer. unless of course the guy who installed your machine ****ed up the application of thermal paste. that i believe is the only way, processors can die faster.
THE GUY...ofcourse it's meleasantry: for the first time assembled my PC. The paste is already there with the heatsink. So there is no need to apply any aftermarket paste to it unless and otherwise required if things go wrong.
I've seen INTEL processors run for a few seconds without a heat sink and PC hangs(courtesy-my friend, who owns a internet cafe). INTEL processors doesn't burn/smoke, it simply stops working.
Power efficiency, stability of "INTEL" made my heart buy it even though my mind said "AMD"