3Com EtherLink 3C509B User Manual page 3

LIMITED 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 3Com or its Authorized Reseller:
Bridge, gateway, and other internetworking products
Server products
Station products
Network adapters
LinkBuilder™ 10BT and 10BTi hubs
Other transmission products
Spare parts and spares kits
Instrumentation
If a product does not operate as warranted during the applicable warranty period,
3Com shall, at its expense, correct any such defect by repairing the defective
product or part or, at its option, by delivering to Customer an equivalent product
or part to replace the defective item. All products that are replaced will become
the property of 3Com. Replacement 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 pursuant to any warranty.
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 magnetic media containing software
against failure during the warranty period. No updates are provided. 3Com's
sole obligation hereunder shall be (at 3Com's discretion) to refund the purchase
price paid by Customer for any defective software products, or to replace any
defective media with software which substantially 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 that its software products will work in
combination with any hardware or applications software products provided by
third parties, 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-compatibility 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
One year
One year
One year
Lifetime
Three years
One year
90 days
90 days
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