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Counterfeit retro mainboards with fake AGP slots surface

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Counterfeit retro computer mainboards featuring fake AGP slots are appearing on the market, targeting enthusiasts building systems from the Pentium 4 era. These boards deceptively include non-functional AGP slots, which were a standard interface for graphics cards in that period. This issue was highlighted by a builder who encountered such a board while sourcing components for a retro PC project. AI

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Counterfeit retro mainboards with fake AGP slots surface

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  1. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    📰 Counterfeit Retro Mainboards with Fake AGP Slots Are a Thing Sometimes that retro gaming itch strikes, and you just have to source components for a Pentium 4

    📰 Counterfeit Retro Mainboards with Fake AGP Slots Are a Thing Sometimes that retro gaming itch strikes, and you just have to source components for a Pentium 4 build, like [Computer Retro Bus] did recently. Unfortunately, along the way he learned …read more 📰 Source: Hackaday 🔗 L…

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