Hi!
I need to buy a network card Intel EXPI9301CT and want to know how to distinguish original card from counterfeit.
I know that original card have the following:
1) RJ-45 within opened bus pins and orange tape over it
2) Transformer 'Delta'
3) YottaMark golographic mark (for cards produced since 2009 year)
BUT cards I have seen in the market are differ from original one:
1) RJ-45 pinout contained in the black box
2) Transormer 'Pulse'
3) No any YottaMarks
They looks like as one the ebay page: INTEL EXPI9301CT Gigabit CT Desktop PCI-e Network Adapter 82574L Chipset NIC | eBay
Please help me to know how to distinguish original Intel expi9301ct:
1) Is Intel uses 'Pulse' transformers on its network cards? Is it means that the card is counterfeit?
2) Is YottaMark should be on ALL Intel cards?
Thank you!