Fake or not?

[cedrik]

While sorting my Sk A CPUs i found 6 of them which have strange markings:

- 3 of them have a very small "T" in Athlon
- second in the first row has a poor quality code or what is that...
- bad quality printing...


Please tell me if they are fake or not....

Thank you

[Neon_WA]

good chance some or all could be remarks.. but need better quality pics to really tell

in actual fact a small t is standard... I would be more concerned if it had a tall t

from best I can tell.. only top right is a fake

side note.. just noticed this one in Genna's collection
http://cdn.cpu-world.com/CPUs/K7/L_AMD-AXDA2500DKV4D.jpg

[gshv]

I agree, the top right one is a fake. The CPU on the bottom right is genuine. It difficult for me to see serial number on the bottom left chip, can you post it please? The font on the first two processors in the left column looks suspicious to me.

Gennadiy

[cedrik]

i'll remove the fake one and the genuine one and for other 4 i'll post tomorrow better pics.. thank you

[cedrik]

better pics for the 4 suspicious cpus.

[gshv]

Second processor: fake. The serial number doesn't match data matrix image.

The last picture: The serial number starts with the same 8 digits as the second chip. It's possible that this chip has the same lot number as the second one. I don't remember how many digits are in the lot number so I can't prove it. The markings on this CPU use some weird font. So in my opinion it's likely a fake.

The first picture: Same weird font, so I think it is likely a fake. AMD used different font during that time.

The third CPU: I have no idea. It could be genuine.

Gennadiy

[Neon_WA]

bit hard to tell.. but I would have to agree with Genna.

cant remember if any real ones ever had a 2D matrix on die & text area

[cedrik]

Thank you for your answer.. it seems that the fake section of my collection is gettin' bigger