On 07/15/2013 12:14 AM, Josh Dersch wrote:
Just ran across an interesting oddity --
I ordered a few 7475s to replace the ones with corroded legs on my
Imlac's memory control boards; upon replacement I note a dead short
between 5V and GND (as evidenced by the 5V supply being drawn down to
1.5V or so on powerup). After pulling the chip out, it's pretty clear
that pin 5 (VCC) is shorted to pin 12 (GND), as are pins 4 and 13.
Verrry odd. I grab the other replacements I ordered and they test the
same way.
My curiosity getting the better of me, I break the top off the chip
(not entirely successfully). You can see the results here:
http://yahozna.dyndns.org/scratch/imlac/fake7475.jpg
The picture's not great, but you can see that pins 4,5,12, and 13 are
connected to asolid piece of metal! There does appear to be adie in
the chip, interestingly enough(not pictured). Defective chip? Other
chip relabeled to be a 7475? Who knows...
Unfortunately, I can't find the invoice for these items (I ordered
these a couple of months back), so I don't know where it came from; it
was probably either Jameco or Digi-Key...
Ugh, I wonder how many others of these chips I ordered are fakes...
- Josh
Post a clear picture of the top of the ICs - Digi-Key only sells a few
brands (and only ALS or HC versions) and it would be fairly easy to see
if they were the source.
Jameco does show a 7475 @ $2.95 each...you should be able to get
confirmation from them if the date codes, etc. match.
Plus both Jameco and Digi-Key email invoices so (assuming you keep your
emails) you should have those and they wuld show order dates. Digi-key
keeps your order history and you can check that online, I'm not sure if
Jameco does too, but I imagine they do.
Counterfeit parts are a real pain!
John :-#(#
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