| View previous topic :: View next topic |
| Author |
Message |
Guest
|
 Posted: Sat Aug 27, 2011 10:36 am Post subject: Fake chip or misprint? |
 |
|
So, do you think this chip is a fake or could it just be a misprint?
imageshack.us/photo/my-images/220/p8270003.jpg/ |
|
| Back to top |
|
 |
Neon_WA
Joined: 08 Nov 2008
Posts: 7146
Location: Margaret River, West Australia
|
| Posted: Sat Aug 27, 2011 10:44 am Post subject: |
|
|
the left one is a fake (remarked) processor
most likely was a 166MHz originally
_________________
There are 10 types of people in this world:
those who understand binary and those who don't. ~Author Unknown
http://www.x86-guide.net/Neon-WA/en/collection.html |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
johnvosh
Joined: 27 Aug 2011
Posts: 67
Location: Stony Plain, Alberta
|
| Posted: Sat Aug 27, 2011 5:06 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| I kinda of thought is was a fake. It's funny though as I pulled it from a machine a couple years ago. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Neon_WA
Joined: 08 Nov 2008
Posts: 7146
Location: Margaret River, West Australia
|
| Posted: Sat Aug 27, 2011 7:19 pm Post subject: |
|
|
about 2 - 3% of the Pentium 1s I find in machines locally are fakes, so was a reasonably common event
_________________
There are 10 types of people in this world:
those who understand binary and those who don't. ~Author Unknown
http://www.x86-guide.net/Neon-WA/en/collection.html |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
![[ Hidden ]](https://cdn.cpu-world.com/forum/templates/CPUWorld/images/lang_english/icon_email.gif "[ Hidden ]"){kind=icon}
