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Getting Help
Returning Items for Repair Under Warranty or for Credit
NOTE: Before you return the product to
Dell, make sure to back up any data on
the hard drive(s) and on any other storage
device in the product. Remove any and
all confidential, proprietary and personal
information, as well as removable media,
such as CDs and PC Cards. Dell is not
responsible for any of your confidential,
proprietary or personal information; lost
or corrupted data; or damaged or lost
removable media that may be included with
your return.
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.
NOTE: For the telephone number to call your
region, see “Contacting Dell” on page 63.
Include a copy of the invoice and a letter 2.
describing the reason for the return.
Include a copy of the Diagnostics Checklist (see 3.
“Diagnostic Checklist” on page 62), indicating
the tests that you have run and any error
messages reported by the Dell Diagnostics
(see “Dell Diagnostics” on page 47).
Include any accessories that belong with 4.
the item(s) being returned (power cables,
software, guides, and so on) if the return is
for credit.