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the news is that newegg is aware of a shipping error that occurred with certain recent orders of the Intel Core i7-920 CPU. After investigating the issue intern
by MykalMorton 17y ago
the news is that newegg is aware of a shipping error that occurred with certain recent orders of the Intel Core i7-920 CPU. After investigating the issue internally it appears one of our long term partners mistakenly shipped a small number of demo boxes instead of functional units.
- nicolasgervais 17y agoDemo boxes? That would explain a lot
- jacquesm 17y agoHave a look here: http://hardocp.com/news/2010/03/07/intel_comment_on_fake_cpu_debacle_raises_more_questions http://hardocp.com/news/2010/03/07/intel_comment_on_fake_cpu... That makes the newegg spin definitely less believable.
- zck 17y agoIt doesn't make sense. If it were a demo, wouldn't Intel stamp "DEMO" on it all over, so it wouldn't be mistaken for the real thing? Also, as the article points out, why would there be a blank manual in a demo chip, and why would Intel make it look nearly identical to the shipping version, modulo typos?
- alecst 17y agoThis is a quote from the article which was rebuffed. Restating it here for no particular reason / without additional commentary is unnecessary clutter. Edit: Sigh, I'm pretty sure this is a bot account.
- MykalMorton 17y agoThis is kinda scary, there should be seal wrap , like asprin, to ensure that the product is correct.