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Screwed by PartMiner again; Counterfeit Cypress SRAM CY7C199D-10VXI

Hello all,

We've received a reel of 1,000 SRAM parts from PartMiner that were deemed counterfeit by the folks at Cypress. Due to availability issues in March we were forced to buy from this broker, even though they've screwed us in the past with counterfeit parts and I've pleaded with them not to buy from them (or any broker) again. The failure rate of the chips at initial test is about 10%. The chips in question are 256kb async SRAMS marked:

CY7C199D-10VXI

0544 G 04 637944

After contacting Cypress, their response was:

"Based on the information (top marking) that you provided , our lot history verification showed that it is "not" a Cypress device. Please be guided that Cypress guarantees only parts that were bought from Cypress or authorized distributors. Attached is the official Cypress Broker Letter."

Reply to
JW
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Well, geeze, you knew that PartMiner screwed you once, and you bought again? And who's fault was that?

Cypress is not even in the equation, and asking them to warranty counterfeit parts is not a sensible thing to do.

What did/does PartMiner say? You left that out of your post.

Reply to
PeterD

You might like to point out to them that if their availability was better you wouldn't have to look elsewhere....

Reply to
Mike Harrison

I wouldn't buy from one of those brokers just on principal, their search engine spam makes it very difficult to find info or vendors for a lot of parts.

Reply to
James Sweet

On Fri, 30 May 2008 09:04:48 -0400 PeterD wrote in Message id: :

Our purchasing dept. I suppose. As I said above, I've always advocated against using brokers. BUT, when it comes down to shipping product or not shipping product, your choices kind of go away.

I said no such thing, did I? I merely went to them for assistance.

Still waiting on that one... I'll post back when I get the word.

Reply to
JW

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