Counterfeit DFI Motherboards Surface In Indonesia

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.

Re:Well great

[malinha]

Look for the "Vista capable" logo!?

Re:Just how counterfeit are they?

[BadAnalogyGuy]

Wouldn't these companies be producing chips whether they were getting paid or not? Real chipmakers do it because it's what they love to do.

I wasn't going to pay full price for a super-duper chip anyway. It's not like they lost a sale on me.

Re:Just how counterfeit are they?

[luke2063]

exploding batteries are the risks of poor control in the non-proper channels.

Looks like there was a run on forged Sony laptops last year...

Re:It IS crazy thinking about what the can fake

[Anne Thwacks]

airplane spare parts,

There have been several air accidents due to fake aircraft parts, not to mention fake Titanic rivets.

Re:You one dumb MoFo !!

[canUbeleiveIT]

dOES YOU MAMA NO YOU ARE SO stpuid!!

Know she doesn't!

Re:The Irony

[Hoi Polloi]

If you buy a knock-off you won't have access to all that great customer support that always comes from hardware vendors!

Re:The Irony

[archkittens]

I'm pretty sure they're still waiting on security to get there... clearly, IP laws breed insurgency!

Re:The Irony

[Anonymous Coward]

I love the Chinese food buffets in my area, they keep the stray cat population in check.