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Counterfeit DFI Motherboards Surface In Indonesia

Posted by kdawson on from the wonder-whose-chips-those-are dept.

crazyeyes writes "Those crazy counterfeiters have done it again. First they made counterfeit Intel boxed processors, now they are counterfeiting DFI motherboards! Quoting: 'The detail to the packaging, documentation and the motherboard printing really makes you wonder if the people responsible for this have only limited their activities to DFI motherboards. It's quite possible that there are fake ASUS or Gigabyte motherboards in the market as well.'" Update: 04/15 12:59 GMT by Z : As noted in the comments, the articles offer no speculation as to the origins of the counterfeits. Updated to clarify that.

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  1. The Irony by amasiancrasian · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The irony is that most of the "genuine" boards are made by Chinese companies, such as ASUS (CEO is ethnically Chinese, but born in Taiwan) who has operations in China. How do you tell a fake from a real these days? A friend of mine told me that the same factories that make real DVD boxes during the day are run at night and make *exactly* the same packaging for counterfeiting. Sometimes the counterfeit is the real McCoy.

    1. Re:The Irony by amasiancrasian · · Score: 5, Insightful

      I should also add the only way they'd be able to detect in some cases is that the serial number isn't listed in the official database. The packaging will be exactly the same if they're knock-offs during the night; they'll just be unrecorded in the books.

    2. Re:The Irony by McGiraf · · Score: 5, Insightful

      "BTW I'm not racist and certainly the Chinese have the right to economic development. I just think it's time they started playing by the rules."

      How do you think the USA jump started their economic development after the revolution?

      And who do you think control the current "rules" and to who's benefit?

      The Irony indeed ...