Replacing soldered RAM voids the entire warranty.

Yes, the whole thing. You can’t just break a soldered component and expect the rest of the laptop to stay covered.

Manufacturers treat the motherboard as one unit. If you crack open the case and start desoldering, you’re damaging the mainboard — not just the RAM chips. Even if you somehow only touch the RAM, the damage risk to surrounding components is too high for them to honor any claim. Expect a flat denial for everything, from the keyboard to the USB ports.

Think of it like surgery: you can’t crack someone’s ribs to fix their appendix and then claim the ribs are still under warranty. Same idea here.

If you want upgradeable RAM, buy a laptop with replaceable SODIMM slots next time. That’s the only way to avoid this whole mess.