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Getting Help
Returning Items for Repair Under Warranty or for Credit
Prepare all items being returned, whether for
repair or credit, as follows:
Call Dell to obtain a Return Material 1.
Authorization Number, and write it clearly
and prominently on the outside of the box.
For the telephone number to call for your 2.
region, see “Contacting Dell” on page 46.
Include a copy of the invoice and a letter 3.
describing the reason for the return.
Include a copy of the Diagnostics Checklist 4.
(see “Diagnostic Checklist” on page 45),
indicating the tests that you have run and
any error messages reported by the Dell
Diagnostics (see “Dell Diagnostics” on
page 32).
Include any accessories that belong with 5.
the item(s) being returned (power cables,
software, guides, and so on) if the return is
for credit.
Pack the equipment to be returned in the 6.
original (or equivalent) packing materials.
NOTE: You are responsible for paying
shipping expenses. You are also
responsible for insuring any product
returned, and you assume the risk of loss
during shipment to Dell. Collect On Delivery
(C.O.D.) packages are not accepted.
NOTE: Returns that are missing any of the
preceding requirements will be refused at
Dell’s receiving dock and returned to you.