ED#87 : Fake DFI Motherboards

Dashken · 14th Apr 2008, 01:21 AM

DFI recently discovered the presence of fake DFI motherboards in the Indonesian market. It is not yet known if the problem is limited to Indonesia.

However, there is a real possibility of fake DFI motherboards being sold elsewhere. Currently, DFI has identified these two fake DFI motherboard models...

Here's a quote from the editorial :-

Quote:

"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."

Link : ED#87 : Fake DFI Motherboards

Lacus · 14th Apr 2008, 02:31 AM

Wow, thats scary..Cause i might get a DFI mobo for my machine. Is there anyway to identify it?

Adrian Wong · 14th Apr 2008, 02:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lacus

Wow, thats scary..Cause i might get a DFI mobo for my machine. Is there anyway to identify it?

Looks like you have to verify it with their list of motherboards online... and double-check with the local distributor.

It's quite common to buy a parallel-imported (gray market) motherboard and not know it. But it's quite another thing to buy a motherboard that was never manufactured by the company!!

Adrian Wong · 14th Apr 2008, 03:00 AM

BTW, this reminds me of the case where NEC discovered there was a fake NEC factory in China producing NEC-branded products that NEC never designed or produced.

Mac Daddy · 14th Apr 2008, 03:30 AM

First Intel CPU's and now Mobo's sheesh some people have no values at all do they

Well I hope none of our friends here got burned and Lacus hope your board checks out. I think people that try and trick the honest working person like this to scam there money should be shot

The_YongGrand · 14th Apr 2008, 08:08 AM

Oooh, that's really really scary!

I still haven't checked that Intel CPU boxes yet! I have at least a few boxes lying about there. And now it's those DFI ones.

Zenphic · 14th Apr 2008, 08:39 AM

Geez, the things people would do for money. This makes me sad

ChampionLLY · 14th Apr 2008, 08:08 PM

fake stuff aren't necessary a disaster..

there were actually branded ram modules using fake hynix chip which eventually turned out to be a success within the overclocker community in china..

CALLOFDUTY05 · 14th Apr 2008, 11:31 PM

Got this info few days ago in DFI newsletter.Really very scary.But i think, they are kinda easy to detect the fake boards as they place the DFI logo on the board where DFI don't place them.I hope, not many people have bought these fake boards.

Lacus · 15th Apr 2008, 12:12 AM

Well, anything seems to be possible now o_O. Well, planning to get a DFI mobo for my rig..But it seems this issue atm might stop me from getting 1

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Lacus Super Active Join Date: 28 Mar 2008 Posts: 1,023 Reputation: 166 Rep Power: 3	Well, anything seems to be possible now o_O. Well, planning to get a DFI mobo for my rig..But it seems this issue atm might stop me from getting 1