Talk:blacktop

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Latest comment: 5 years ago by Equinox in topic Also a fraudulent thing done to a microchip?
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Also a fraudulent thing done to a microchip?

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  • "I noticed that the top of them were slightly darker than the bottom, meaning they could be well "blacktopped" chips (aka removed from boards, had the original laser-etched part number removed and re-labeled as a different one)" [1]
  • "Moulding marks very rarely have a texture in them, they are normally shiny. Texture in the molding marks suggests potential “blacktopping” (where chip is sanded down and then the top is painted with a black paint to recreate the texture of the package top)" [2]

Equinox 19:26, 6 June 2019 (UTC)Reply