Newegg Counterfeit CPU Mess Finally Resolved

From DailyTech: Early this week, multiple reports popped up that Newegg shipped fake Intel Core i7 CPUs to customers unknowingly. HardOCP reported that D&H Distributing was to blame. Then came news that D&H had sent a cease and desist letter to HardOCP, requesting they "remove the contact and any reference to D&H from your website" and "post an immediate retraction and apology which shall remain posted for not less than thirty days."

Now the reason for that response has become apparent; while fake CPUs were indeed shipped, they came from an entirely different supplier, IPEX. D&H, who does ship legitimate Core i7s, was apparently a perfectly innocent party that became caught up in a mess of upset people jumping to the wrong conclusions.

Initially, Newegg had claimed that the shipped units (which numbered at 300 according to at least one estimate) were demo units. The site now realizes that they were complete fakes.
A video from one of the customers who received the fakes can be found here. It shows a box that looks like an Intel box, but bears clear spelling errors. Inside there's a chunk of plastic that looks like a fan, but is not, a blank manual with a single staple, and a metal "CPU" with no pinouts.

For anyone who received one of the defective units, you can contact Newegg's customer service right here. And it seems like some sites in the online news community indeed owe D&H, typically an outstanding supplier, an apology for smearing their good name.

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