It is illegal, in the US to refuse to honor a warranty because of the use of third-party components, unless it can be proven that the third-party component caus

It is illegal, in the US to refuse to honor a warranty because of the use of third-party components, unless it can be proven that the third-party component caused the failure. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnuson%E2%80%93Moss_Warranty_Act http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnuson%E2%80%93Moss_Warranty_...