Fake Xecuter CoolRunners

[garyopa]

Xecuter Unlocked DG-16D4S PCB Warning!



Team-Xecutor has been kind enough to inform our valued Maxconsole members that there is an 'rip-off' factory producing cheap knockoffs of their CoolRunner and 'Unlocked' PCBoards!

Attached is a few detailed high-res photos so you can spot the fakes, when ordering please ask for 'photos' of the product, and only deal with trusted resellers of 'Team-Xecutor' products.

It has come to our attention that a small factory in China is making cheap, low quality copies of the hugely successful Xecuter CoolRunner & Xecuter Unlocked Replacement DG-16D4S PCB. They do say that imitation is the highest form of flattery, however these came through our retail channels due to a high number of faulty returns and there were attempts at having them replaced on the official Xecuter Warranty. Not only are they poor quality, but they are wholesaling them for the same cost at what we are wholesaling the genuine products to our wholesale network, so it's pointless buying them in the first place.

If you are looking for genuine Xecuter retailers then they are listed on our Official Resellers Page. If you suspect that an official reseller has sold you a fake Xecuter product please get in touch with us immediately.

Remember that when you buy fake copies, even though you are paying the same price as the genuine product you will get no support, and no warranty. Here are some comparison photographs to see if you have a fake or genuine CoolRunner / Unlocked Replacement PCB.

With the CoolRunner you can see that half the components used are not the same brand as the original and the print quality is shoddy at best. They have also shaved off the corner dot on the main IC.

NEWS SOURCE: Fake CoolRunners (via) Team-Xecuter

[saleem]

what will people say if some expert put them under the knife and says the clone is actualy better?

i buy original product btw.

[iLLNESS]

what will people say if some expert put them under the knife and says the clone is actualy better?

i buy original product btw.

seeing as though tx said theyve been getting them sent in for warranty id say thats not the case lol

[saleem]

i wouldnt accuse anyone of anything but what makes you think that they actualy have?

how do you know they have not had more tx coolrunners returned and less copies?

devices do fail.

[IJTF_Cinder]

What I find funny, is that the clones actually look like they're put together better...the originals in those pictures look like sloppy work when it comes to soldering and connector placement.

[JonathanD]

I have to fess up here, sometimes the clones are just fine... lol but at the same time, sometimes the clones suck.

I have installed probably a dozen or so clone WiiKey's and they update to the latest firmware and no problems reported. I have bought a few clone no name DS cards and those all died after like 2 years while the original M3 Simply I bought for myself is still trucking along.

I would say that clones are fine as long as you know what your getting, that is something that is less expensive but quality is the mystery factor.

The only time I buy clones, is when the price difference is so massive I can afford to buy a dozen of the things for the same price as 1 original. If the price difference is just a few bucks. Do yourself or your customers a favor and splurge. lol

I paid like 2$ each for those Wiikey clones and got super lucky the quality was fantastic on them. The DS flash carts where like 4$ each and the quality was hmm great for what was paid, they never updated the firmware though and I was never able to get any sort of alternate firmware running. Then the problem solved itself and they died en mass.

As a side note to all this, the first chip I got for my Wii was an original Wiikey that died like 2 weeks after I installed it, replaced with a clone thats still trucking...

Edit: I looked into this, the place I found them at it looks like the clones are running about 15$ and the originals are going for about 20$ so the price difference really isn't enough to bother with getting into the clones unless you need like 500 of them or something lol