MrTacoNinja Posted May 9 Share Posted May 9 A friend of mine broke the fan connector straight off the motherboard while attempting to clean it. He's planning on heading to Walmart to buy a new one then swap out the motherboard from the new one and replace it with the old motherboard with the broken fan connector and return it for a full refund. He's obviously going to keep the original shell so that the serial number matches the receipt when he returns the "new" console. I know it's a pretty grimy thing to do but he doesn't give a shit. Hell, neither do I, to be truly honest here. Sooooo.... in case I ever need to do this, how exactly does this work on Sony's end? Would they know if a console that was registered as returned is still being used? Would they even know in the first place; do they keep track of all that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheDarkKratos Posted May 9 Share Posted May 9 (edited) Why not just fix it? It's a surprisingly straightforward procedure... Spoiler Edited May 9 by TheDarkKratos 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HuntingFever Posted May 9 Share Posted May 9 24 minutes ago, TheDarkKratos said: Why not just fix it? It's a surprisingly straightforward procedure... Reveal hidden contents This^ I would just get it fixed, rather than doing something scummy/morally and potentially legally dubious else it wouldn't sit right with me and my conscience. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaivRules Posted May 9 Share Posted May 9 3 hours ago, MrTacoNinja said: Sooooo.... in case I ever need to do this, how exactly does this work on Sony's end? Would they know if a console that was registered as returned is still being used? Would they even know in the first place; do they keep track of all that? Yes, Sony can connect hardware serial numbers to accounts. Back in the day, only 5 devices could be registered per account and people would need to drop all 5 to register a new one, then go back and register the ones they want. I don’t think that’s been a thing for a while, so it’s probably fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poker_1987 Posted May 11 Share Posted May 11 Its like 300 bucks just buy another one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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