HP Blackbird 002-01A, Blackbird 002-21A User Manual

Limited Warranty and Support Guide

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Hardware Limited Warranty

HP Product Duration

Hardware One-year limited warranty

One-year technical support

General Terms

This HP Hardware Limited Warranty gives you, the customer,
express limited warranty rights from Hewlett-Packard, the
manufacturer. Please refer to HP’s Web site for an extensive
description of your limited warranty entitlements. In addition,
you may also have other legal rights under applicable local
law or special written agreement with HP.

HP MAKES NO OTHER EXPRESS WARRANTY OR
CONDITION, WHETHER WRITTEN OR ORAL, AND
HP EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES AND
CONDITIONS NOT STATED IN THIS LIMITED WARRANTY.
TO THE EXTENT ALLOWED BY THE LOCAL LAW OF
JURISDICTIONS OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES,
HP DISCLAIMS ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR
CONDITIONS, INCLUDING ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES
OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
PURPOSE. FOR ALL TRANSACTIONS OCCURRING IN THE
UNITED STATES, ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY OR
CONDITION OF MERCHANTABILITY, SATISFACTORY
QUALITY, OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE IS
LIMITED TO THE DURATION OF THE EXPRESS WARRANTY
SET FORTH ABOVE. SOME STATES OR
COUNTRIES/REGIONS DO NOT ALLOW A LIMITATION
ON HOW LONG AN IMPLIED WARRANTY LASTS OR THE
EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF INCIDENTAL OR
CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES FOR CONSUMER
PRODUCTS. IN SUCH STATES OR COUNTRIES/REGIONS,
SOME EXCLUSIONS OR LIMITATIONS OF THIS LIMITED
WARRANTY MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.

THE LIMITED WARRANTY TERMS CONTAINED IN THIS
STATEMENT, EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT LAWFULLY
PERMITTED, DO NOT EXCLUDE, RESTRICT, OR MODIFY
BUT ARE IN ADDITION TO THE MANDATORY STATUTORY
RIGHTS APPLICABLE TO THE SALE OF THIS PRODUCT
TO YOU.

This Limited Warranty is applicable in all countries/regions
and may be enforced in any country/region where HP or its
authorized service providers offer warranty service for the
same product model number subject to the terms and
conditions set forth in this Limited Warranty.

Under the HP Global Limited Warranty program, products
purchased in one country/region may be transferred to
another country/region, where HP or its authorized service
providers offer warranty service for the same product model
number, without voiding the warranty. Warranty terms,
service availability, and service response times may vary
from country/region to country/region. Standard warranty
service response time is subject to change due to local parts
availability. If so, your HP authorized service provider can
provide you with details.

HP is not responsible for any tariffs or duties that may be
incurred in transferring the products. Transfer of the products
may be covered by export controls issued by the United
States or other governments.

This Limited Warranty applies only to HP-branded hardware
products (referred to in this Limited Warranty as
“HP Hardware Products”) sold by or leased from
Hewlett-Packard Company, its worldwide subsidiaries,
affiliates, authorized resellers, or country/region distributors
(collectively referred to in this Limited Warranty as “HP”)
with this Limited Warranty. The term “HP Hardware Product”
is limited to the hardware components and required
firmware. The term “HP Hardware Product” DOES NOT
include any software applications or programs;
non-HP products or non-HP branded peripherals. All
non-HP products or non-HP branded peripherals external to
the HP Hardware Product—such as external storage
subsystems, displays, printers, and other peripherals—are
provided “AS IS” without HP warranty. Upgrades or
additional costs incurred at your request while the Hardware
Product is in the possession of HP are not covered under this
Limited Warranty and are expressly not included in the term
HP Hardware Product. However, non-HP manufacturers and
suppliers, or publishers may provide their own warranties
directly to you.

HP warrants that the HP Hardware Products that you have
purchased or leased from HP are free from defects in
materials or workmanship under normal use during the
Limited Warranty Period. The Limited Warranty Period starts
on the date of purchase or lease from HP or from the date
HP completes installation. Your dated sales or delivery
receipt, showing the date of purchase or lease of the
product, is your proof of the purchase or lease date. You
may be required to provide proof of purchase or lease as a
condition of receiving warranty service. You are entitled to
hardware warranty service according to the terms and
conditions of this document if a repair to your HP Hardware
Product is required within the Limited Warranty Period.

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Unless otherwise stated, and to the extent permitted by local
law, new HP Hardware Products may be manufactured
using new materials or new and used materials equivalent to
new in performance and reliability. HP may repair or
replace HP Hardware Products (a) with new or previously
used products or parts equivalent to new in performance
and reliability or (b) with equivalent products to an original
product that has been discontinued. Replacement parts are
warranted to be free from defects in material or
workmanship for ninety (90) days or, for the remainder of
the Limited Warranty Period of the HP Hardware Product
they are replacing or in which they are installed, whichever
is longer.

HP will, at its discretion, repair or replace any component or
hardware product that manifests a defect in materials or
workmanship during the Limited Warranty Period. All
component parts or hardware products removed under this
Limited Warranty become the property of HP. In the unlikely
event that your HP Hardware Product has recurring failures,
HP, at its sole discretion, may elect to provide you with
(a) a replacement unit of HP’s choosing that is the same or
equivalent to your HP Hardware Product in performance or
(b) to give you a refund of your purchase price or lease
payments (less interest) instead of a replacement. This is
your exclusive remedy for defective products.

Exclusions

HP does not warrant that the operation of this product
will be uninterrupted or error-free. HP is not responsible
for damage that occurs as a result of your failure to follow
the instructions intended for the HP Hardware Product.

This Limited Warranty does not apply to expendable or
consumable parts and does not extend to any product from
which the serial number has been removed or that has been
damaged or rendered defective (a) as a result of accident,
misuse, abuse, contamination, improper or inadequate
maintenance or calibration, or other external causes,
including as a result of an option, setting, or component
chosen by you, against HP’s collective and expressed
recommendations, that has been advertised or is commonly
known to have potentially destructive tendencies;
(b) by operation outside the usage parameters stated in the
user documentation that shipped with the product;
(c) by software, interfacing, parts, or supplies not supplied
by HP; (d) by improper site preparation or maintenance or
lack of maintenance, such as neglecting to maintain cooling
systems that require regular maintenance, or failures cause
by dust, dirt, or smoke; (e) by virus infection; (f) from loss or

damage in transit; or (g) by modification or service by
anyone other than (i) HP, (ii) an HP authorized service
provider, or (iii) your own installation of end-user­replaceable HP or HP-approved parts if available for your
product in the servicing country/region. This Limited
Warranty does not apply to physical damages, lack of
performance, loss of data, or any other incidents caused by
overclocking of components (overclocking occurs when you
increase the performance of certain components beyond the
manufacturer’s recommended limits), including any collateral
damage to the HP Hardware Product or any peripherals that
is determined to be the result of overclocked components.
Any HP Hardware Product found to be overclocked after
delivery from HP will be excluded from the terms of this
Limited Warranty other than damaged or defective
components where the damage or defect are found to be
unrelated to the overclocking. This exclusion from the terms
of this Limited Warranty applies if you specifically request
an HP Hardware Product be overclocked beyond
HP’s recommended limits unless the overclocking of
components is done by HP as a part of a specific system
design and has not been requested by you. Any damage or
defect arising from the overclocking done by HP as a part of
its system design will be covered under the terms of this
Limited Warranty. HP may or may not choose to overclock a
system or its components beyond its advertised
specifications, based on the desired system performance
without your express request. In such a case, the terms of
this Limited Warranty will apply fully to the HP Hardware
Product as if not overclocked.

YOU SHOULD MAKE PERIODIC BACKUP COPIES
OF THE DATA STORED ON YOUR HARD DRIVE OR
OTHER STORAGE DEVICES AS A PRECAUTION
AGAINST POSSIBLE FAILURES, ALTERATION, OR
LOSS OF THE DATA. BEFORE RETURNING ANY UNIT
FOR SERVICE, BE SURE TO BACK UP DATA AND
REMOVE ANY CONFIDENTIAL, PROPRIETARY, OR
PERSONAL INFORMATION. HP IS NOT
RESPONSIBLE FOR DAMAGE TO OR LOSS OF ANY
PROGRAMS, DATA, OR REMOVABLE STORAGE
MEDIA. HP IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE
RESTORATION OR REINSTALLATION OF ANY
PROGRAMS OR DATA OTHER THAN SOFTWARE
INSTALLED BY HP WHEN THE PRODUCT IS
MANUFACTURED. UNITS SENT IN FOR SERVICE
MAY HAVE THE DATA ERASED FROM THE HARD
DRIVE AND THE PROGRAMS RESTORED TO THEIR
ORIGINAL STATE.

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Exclusive Remedy

TO THE EXTENT ALLOWED BY APPLICABLE LOCAL LAW,
THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS CONSTITUTE THE
COMPLETE AND EXCLUSIVE WARRANTY AGREEMENT
BETWEEN YOU AND HP REGARDING THE HP HARDWARE
PRODUCT YOU HAVE PURCHASED OR LEASED. THESE
TERMS AND CONDITIONS SUPERSEDE ANY PRIOR
AGREEMENTS OR REPRESENTATIONS—INCLUDING
REPRESENTATIONS MADE IN HP SALES LITERATURE OR
ADVICE GIVEN TO YOU BY HP OR AN AGENT OR
EMPLOYEE OF HP—THAT MAY HAVE BEEN MADE IN
CONNECTION WITH YOUR PURCHASE OR LEASE OF
THE HP HARDWARE PRODUCT. No change to the
conditions of this Limited Warranty is valid unless it is made
in writing and signed by an authorized representative of HP.

Limitation of Liability

IF YOUR HP HARDWARE PRODUCT FAILS TO WORK AS
WARRANTED ABOVE, HP’S MAXIMUM LIABILITY UNDER
THIS LIMITED WARRANTY IS EXPRESSLY LIMITED TO THE
LESSER OF THE PRICE YOU HAVE PAID FOR THE PRODUCT
OR THE COST OF REPAIR OR REPLACEMENT OF ANY
HARDWARE COMPONENTS THAT MALFUNCTION IN
CONDITIONS OF NORMAL USE.

EXCEPT AS INDICATED ABOVE, IN NO EVENT WILL HP BE
LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES CAUSED BY THE PRODUCT
OR THE FAILURE OF THE PRODUCT TO PERFORM,
INCLUDING ANY LOST PROFITS OR SAVINGS OR
SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES.
HP IS NOT LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM MADE BY A THIRD
PARTY OR MADE BY YOU FOR A THIRD PARTY.

THIS LIMITATION OF LIABILITY APPLIES WHETHER
DAMAGES ARE SOUGHT, OR A CLAIM MADE, UNDER
THIS LIMITED WARRANTY OR AS A TORT CLAIM
(INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE AND STRICT PRODUCT
LIABILITY), A CONTRACT CLAIM, OR ANY OTHER CLAIM.
THIS LIMITATION OF LIABILITY CANNOT BE WAIVED OR
AMENDED BY ANY PERSON. THIS LIMITATION OF
LIABILITY WILL BE EFFECTIVE EVEN IF YOU HAVE ADVISED
HP OR AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF HP OF THE
POSSIBILITY OF ANY SUCH DAMAGES. THIS LIMITATION
OF LIABILITY, HOWEVER, WILL NOT APPLY TO CLAIMS
FOR PERSONAL INJURY.

THIS LIMITED WARRANTY GIVES YOU SPECIFIC LEGAL
RIGHTS. YOU MAY ALSO HAVE OTHER RIGHTS THAT MAY
VARY FROM STATE TO STATE OR FROM
COUNTRY/REGION TO COUNTRY/REGION. YOU ARE
ADVISED TO CONSULT APPLICABLE STATE OR
COUNTRY/REGION LAWS FOR A FULL DETERMINATION
OF YOUR RIGHTS.

Limited Warranty Period

The Limited Warranty Period for an HP Hardware Product is
a specified, fixed period commencing on the date of
purchase. The date on your sales receipt is the date of
purchase unless HP or your reseller informs you otherwise in
writing.

Types of Warranty Service

To enable HP to provide the best possible support and
service during the Limited Warranty Period, you may be
directed by HP to verify configurations, load most recent
firmware, install software patches, run HP diagnostics tests,
or use HP remote support solutions where applicable.

HP strongly encourages you to accept the use of or to
employ available support technologies provided by HP. If
you choose not to deploy available remote support
capabilities, you may incur additional costs due to increased
support resource requirements. Listed below are the types of
warranty support service that may be applicable to the
HP Hardware Product you have purchased.

Customer Self Repair Warranty
Service

In countries/regions where it is available, your HP Limited
Warranty may include a customer self repair warranty
service. If applicable, HP will determine in its sole discretion
that customer self repair is the appropriate method of
warranty service. If so, HP will ship approved replacement
parts directly to you to fulfill your HP Hardware Product
warranty service. This will save considerable repair time.
After you contact the HP Technical Support Center and the
fault diagnosis identifies that the problem can be fixed using
one of these parts, a replaceable part can be sent directly to
you. Once the part arrives, replace the defective part
pursuant to the provided instructions and documentation. If
further assistance is required, call the HP Technical Support
Center, and a technician will assist you over the phone. In
cases where the replacement part must be returned to HP,
you must ship the defective part back to HP within a defined
period of time, normally thirty (30) days. The defective part
must be returned with the associated documentation in the
provided shipping material. Failure to return the defective
product may result in HP billing you for the replacement.
With a customer self repair, HP will pay all shipping and
part return costs and determine the courier/carrier to be
used. If customer self repair applies to you, please refer to
your specific HP Hardware Product announcement. You can
also obtain information on this warranty service on the
HP Web site at:

http://www.hp.com/blackbird/support

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