Do exactly as the warranty says, and take it where the warranty says, so you have recourse when stupid shit happens like them stealing your hardware, or not fixing it.

and, most importantly, ignore idiots on the internet. You paid for the warranty, use it. If the products shit, you'll get your moneys worth out of it.

I know I did when I got a dell laptop, for years after i paid like 150 bucks a year for extended warranty.. and I 100% know that dell lost massive amounts of money on that deal, considering how many times they had to send people to where I was located to fix the damn thing, not to mention the multiple just straight full up exchanges they did.

and none of that would have happened if I had been a gonk and taken a screw driver to it and fucked it up worse.

If you have an active warranty, use it for all its worth.