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by ijhuygft776 859 days ago
> and the manufacturer's logo removed from the chip

pretty sure they are fake chips that never had a logo... usually they print a fake logo though, don't they?

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You'll find counterfeit chips stamped with a legit part number, you get blank chips that never had markings, and sometimes they even go to the ridiculous step of using a laser to etch away all the existing markings.

Most of the time it only makes it a little more difficult to reverse engieer what the part is.