3Com Corporation LIMITED WARRANTY
For first five years +5 Lifetime Limited Warranty
The SuperStack II PS Hub 40 (3C16405 and 3C16450) and PS Hub 50 (3C16450) benefit from 3Com’s
enhanced +5 Lifetime Limited Warranty. This prov ides a full 5 years of advanced hardware exchange from
your date of purchase in accordance with 3Com’s standard terms and conditions. To qualify, you must
submit your warranty registration card to 3Com. After the initial 5 year period, the warranty reverts to
3Com’s standard lifetime limited warranty. The +5 Lifetime Limited Warranty is not offered or is void
where restricted or prohibited by law.
After first five years Limited Lifetime Warranty
The duration of the 3Com standard lifetime limited warranty is lifetime, excluding the power supply and
fans. See below for terms and conditions of this warranty.
HARDWARE 3Com warrants its hardware products to be free from defects in workmanship and materials, under
normal use and service, for the following lengths of time from the date of purchase from 3C om or its
Authorized Reseller:
If a product does not operate as war ranted above during the applicable warranty period, 3Com shall, at
its option and expense, repair the defective product or part, deliver to Customer an equivale nt product or
part to replace the defective item, or refund to Customer the purchase price paid for the defective
product. All products that are replace d will become the property of 3Com. R eplacement products may be
new or reconditioned. Any replaced or repaired product or part has a ninety (90) day warranty or the
remainder of the initial warranty period, whichever is longer.
3Com shall not be responsible for any software, firmware, information, or memory data of Customer
contained in, stored on, or integrated with any products returned to 3Com for repair, whether under
warranty or not.
SOFTWARE 3Com warrants that the software programs licensed from it will perform in substantial conformance to the
program specifications therefor for a period of ninety (90 ) days from the date of purchase from 3Com or
its Authorized Reseller. 3Com warrants the media containing so ftware against failure during the warranty
period. No updates are provided. 3Com's s ole obligation with respect to this e xpress warranty shall be (at
3Com's discretion) to refund the purchase price paid by Customer for any defective software produ cts, or
to replace any defective media with software which substant ially conforms to 3Com's applicable published
specifications. Customer assumes responsibility for the selection of the appropriate applications program
and associated reference materials. 3Com makes no warranty or representa tion that its software products
will work in combination with a ny hardware or applications softw are products provided by third pa rties,
that the operation of the software products will be uninterrupted or error free, or that all defects in the
software products will be corrected. For any third party products listed in the 3Com software product
documentation or specifications as being compatible, 3Com will make reasonable efforts to provide
compatibility, except where the non-c ompatibility is caused by a “bug” or defect in the third party's
product.

STANDARD WARRANTY

SERVICE
Standard warranty service for hardware products may be obtained by delivering the defective product,
accompanied by a copy of the dated proof of purchase, to 3Com's Corporate Service Center or to an
Authorized 3Com Service Center during the applicable warranty period. Standard warranty service for
software products may be obtained by telephoning 3Com's Corporate Service Center or an Authorized
3Com Service Center, within the warranty period. Products returned to 3Com's Corporate Service Center
must be pre-authorized by 3Com with a Return Material Authorization (RMA) number marked on the
outside of the package, and sent prepaid, insured, and packaged appropriately for safe shipment. The
repaired or replaced item will be shipped to Customer, at 3Com's exp ense, not later than thirty (30) days
after receipt of the defective product by 3Com.
Network adapters Lifetime
Other Hardware products One year (unless otherwise specified above)
Spare parts and spare kits 90 days