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Solve : Newegg Ships Counterfeit Intel Core i7 920 CPUs? |
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Answer» Quote In an almost surreal tale of events, USA electronics retailer Newegg has discovered a reported 300 counterfeit Intel Core i7 920 CPU’s in its inventory, some of which were inadvertently shipped out to buyers! I don't think "inadvertently shipped" is the right set of words. Full storyQuote We contacted Newegg and a representative confirmed that they did in fact receive “INCORRECT inventory” in the form of fake processors from a vendor and that they were working to rectify the matter as quickly as possible. Unfortunately further questions about how they intended to resolve the matter with the unfortunate purchasers or details about where the counterfeits came from and how they managed to slip by screenings were ignored. They buy from thousands of different Vendors... Although that's not an excuse i'm sure they will get to the bottom of this and make things right with their Customers... Any other approach would be foolish.I'm a longtime Newegg customer. I'm sure those who were duped will be satisfied on the end. Worse has happened with military/government inventories.And there are stories about similar things recently There is one about a fake Nvidia GRAPHICS card. That's another story. But the Intel thing will affect more people and Intel will find a way to fix the problem. Can't say that for Nvidia. They just need to hope that closer examination doesn't produce any security issues. Although I'm not sure if that is a concern with a CPU. Quote They just need to hope that closer examination doesn't produce any security issues. Although I'm not sure if that is a concern with a CPU.No, it was not a re branded or stolen CPU. It was just some stuff made to look like a CPU. Even the heat sink was bogus. And spelling errors of the box.Any consumer product you see in daily life is being counterfeited in China right now... Some are real hard to spot...There was an update that was posted at that site after the ORIGINAL post here. Quote Update (03/05/2010 4:30PM PST) Newegg has released an official statement regarding the incident, attempting explain the ordeal as a shipment of “demo boxes” by a supplier. Frankly, this update doesn't make much sense to me. Was the shipping department trying new packaging? Why the mock ups?Mock ups are generally for DISPLAY and advertising purposes and not necessarily made by the manufacturer. It's too expensive to use the actual hardware because when you open it you bought it. Although that explanation doesn't make complete sense to me either. But I don't have a dog in this race either...So Newegg has egg on the FACE. An update. http://www.gearlog.com/2010/03/hands_on_fake_intel_core_i7-92_1.phpWow that's pretty crazy. I just skimmed the story headline before and assumed it was an actual processor, just overclocked or changed to match the i7 920. Didn't realize it was totally fake.Quote The CPU looked official at first glace, although the staple should have warned us. Right, you just don't notice a staple in the CPU core! |
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