Intel investigates after retailer (Newegg) sold fake CPUs

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unusual in this forum, some hardware news:
http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2010/03/08/counterfeit_intel_cpus/

Updated Intel says it's investigating the sale of fake desktop processors by online electronics retailer Newegg in a scandal that's prompting outrage among customers and recriminations among sellers.

The counterfeit Core i7-920 processor package was so crudely put together that it would have been easy to spot even by non-technical buyers. According to a user named Nix posting to a forum on Hardforum.com, the outside box was delivered open and misspelled the word “socket” as “sochet”. The label also contained a poorly spoofed hologram.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDU7Xoju4LM

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WOW…I never thought someone could fake a processor… ???

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lol OK, there’s of course no way to produce a counterfeited CPU, as opposed to a “fake” here, which is actually no processor at all, but just an empty piece of metal, watch the video on you tube :wink:

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Fake processor never heard of it. I bought numerous cpu from newegg and never have problem.