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| warranty | service | involves |
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| a | Machine |
| or | part, | the | item | IBM |
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replaces | becomes | its | property |
| and | the | replacement |
| becomes | yours. | You | represent | that | all |
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removed |
| items | are | genuine | and |
| unaltered. | The | replacement | may |
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| be | new, | but | will | be | in |
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working |
| order | and | at |
| least | functionally | equivalent |
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| warranty | service | status | of the | replaced | item. |
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Any |
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| or | your | reseller | services must | be | installed |
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| is | 1) | for | certain | Machines, | the | designated, | Machine | and | 2) | at | an |
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| conversion, | or |
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conversions, | or | upgrades | involve | the | removal | of |
| parts | and | their | return | to | IBM. | A |
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replaces | a | removed | part will |
| assume | the | warranty | service | status | of | the | removed |
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Before |
| IBM | or | your | reseller | exchanges | a |
| Machine |
| or | part, | you | agree | to | remove | all |
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options, | alterations, |
| and | attachments not | under |
| warranty | service. |
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1. ensure that the Machine is | free |
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| obtain | authorization | from | the | owner |
| to | have |
| IBM | or |
| your |
| reseller | service | a | Machine | that | you | |||||||||||||
| do | not | own; | and |
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| a. | follow | the | problem |
| determination, | problem | analysis, | and |
| service | request | procedures | that |
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| b. | secure | all | programs, |
| data, | and | funds |
| contained | in | a |
| Machine, |
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| c. | provide | IBM | or | your |
| reseller |
| with | sufficient, | free, |
| and | safe | access | to | your | facilities to | |||||||||||||||
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| d. | inform | IBM | or | your |
| reseller | of | changes |
| in | a | Machine's | location. |
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IBM | is | responsible | for | loss |
| of, | or | damage | to, | your Machine | while | it | is | 1) | in |
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2) | in | transit | in | those | cases | where |
| IBM | is | responsible | for |
| the | transportation | charges. |
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Neither |
| IBM | nor | your |
| reseller |
| is | responsible | for |
| any | of | your |
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information |
| contained | in | a | Machine | which | you | return |
| to | IBM |
| or | your | reseller | for | any |
| reason. |
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You |
| should | remove | all | such | information | from | the |
| Machine | prior | to | its return. |
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Each | IBM | Machine | is | manufactured | from | new | parts, or | new | and used | parts. | In | some | cases, the | ||
Machine | may | not | be | new | and | may | have | been | previously | installed. | Regardless | of | the | Machine's | |
production status, |
| IBM's | appropriate | warranty | terms | apply. |
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Limitation |
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Circumstances | may | arise | where, | because | of | a | default | on IBM's part or other | liability, | you | are | ||||||||||||||
entitled | to |
| recover | damages | from | IBM. | In | each | such | instance, | regardless | of | the | basis | on | which | |||||||||
you | are | entitled | to | claim | damages | from |
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misrepresentation, | or | other | contract | or | tort | claim), | IBM | is | liable | for | no | more | than |
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1. | damages | for | bodily | injury | (including | death) | and | damage | to | real | property | and | tangible |
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2. | the | amount | of | any |
| other | actual | direct | damages, | up | to | the | greater | of | U.S. | $100,000 | (or | ||||||||
| equivalent | in | local | currency) | or | the | charges | (if | recurring, | 12 | months' | charges | apply) | for | the | ||||||||||
| Machine | that | is | the | subject | of | the | claim. |
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| This |
| limit | also | applies to IBM's suppliers and | your | reseller. It | is | the | maximum |
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| IBM, |
| its | suppliers, | and | your | reseller | are | collectively responsible. |
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