This is just too funny to pass up "Newegg Selling Fake IntelCPU's"
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From: Barry Watzman on 7 Mar 2010 03:54 This is not what I call a counterfeit CPU; a "counterfeit" cpu is at least a real CPU (typically, a lower speed version that has been "remarked" to be labeled as a faster CPU than it really is); this is a hunk of metal, and the "fan" is a photo of a fan and some foam rubber or plastic. But, regardless, "someone has some 'splainin to do". William wrote: > Newegg unknowingly got a hold of a bad batch of Core i7-920 CPU's from a > distributor who passed some counterfeits into the order. Apparently > about 200 out of 1000 purchased have these plastic fan/heat sinks units > with faked CPU's in the box. The box is a bad knock-off and leads one > to the conclusion the counterfeits originates in China, (grammar and > spelling is bad.) > > To make thing even worse for NewEgg, HardOCP is all over this story > giving NewEgg a hard time about the problem. See it at: > http://www.hardocp.com/article/2010/03/05/newegg_selling_fake_intel_cpus . > > So all you builders of motherboards using i7 cpu's purchased from NewEgg > better take a close look at the parts you just received from NewEgg > before the week end builders party begins. > > William
From: Percival P. Cassidy on 12 Mar 2010 20:32
On 03/05/10 07:22 pm, William wrote: > Newegg unknowingly got a hold of a bad batch of Core i7-920 CPU's from a > distributor who passed some counterfeits into the order. Apparently > about 200 out of 1000 purchased have these plastic fan/heat sinks units > with faked CPU's in the box. The box is a bad knock-off and leads one to > the conclusion the counterfeits originates in China, (grammar and > spelling is bad.) > > To make thing even worse for NewEgg, HardOCP is all over this story > giving NewEgg a hard time about the problem. See it at: > http://www.hardocp.com/article/2010/03/05/newegg_selling_fake_intel_cpus . > > So all you builders of motherboards using i7 cpu's purchased from NewEgg > better take a close look at the parts you just received from NewEgg > before the week end builders party begins. Some 25 years ago I was told that Sony UK ended up with a bunch of fake "Sony" audio cassettes in their own warehouse! It was conjectured that somebody bought a few cases of the genuine ones then returned the packages for credit with the fakes inside. By a similar method, Intel themselves could have ended up with fakes in their warehouse. Or the scan could have been perpetrated against NewEgg -- or is NewEgg simply an order-taker, with the goods actually being shipped by Ingram Micro or whoever? Perce |