An estimated 1.7 million consumers will be eligible for a year’s free warranty coverage for their Gateway computers under a settlement of a 2009 putative class action alleging the company left them in the lurch.

Documents filed on May 12 in U.S. District Court of the Central District of California show Gateway Inc. and National Electronics Warranty LLC agreed to spring for the extra warranty months, which the companies valued at about $60 for each covered computer.