[simpaticoder]

No, it did not. And you had one of their representatives in this thread verify that fact. They expected you to do the repair with a soldering iron.

[sowbug]

My question was about what happened during your warranty period. nrp's response was independent of warranty obligations.

[simpaticoder]

The issue did not arise until after the warranty period expired. The manufacturing flaw drained the real-time clock battery which lasted about a year. Their first fix was to send a new battery; the second fix was a soldering job. I am not a lawyer, but this does not seem like it is legal. The manufacturing flaw was present from the beginning but was masked by the battery's charge.

[rwbt]

They just offered free batteries.