Question about SSD's, resold devices and RMA/Warranty

[HBen-]

Hi,

I would like to ask some generic question: many Hyper Scaler companies (Facebook, Amazon, Google, etc...) sometimes sell hardware due to upgrade, way before the warranty on those devices have been expired. For example: Facebook sold tons of Intel NVME SSD's due to upgrade to the Optane line, even when those drives are barely 2 years old.

Those drives most of the times find their way to sites like eBay, Amazon etc and are sold as "used".

So my question is: Does Intel still honors the warranty of those devices? can an RMA be opened for a faulty device even if it was sold by Intel to another customer?

Thanks

[AlHill]

Warranty applies to the original purchaser.

https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/articles/000006268/services.html

Doc

[n_scott_pearson]

Al is correct; once an Intel product is resold, any remaining warranty is lost.

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