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It doesn't just have the wrong processor, it's been modified at the firmware level to reflect in the system a CPU that's not installed.
So just plain fraud
They've been doing this for probably as long as they've been in business.
Completely.
Whoa. That's fucked. I expected the story was more of a "we should have called this one the LaptopBook XI instead of X like the last model, and resellers really fucked up the listing."
I was extremely wrong.
Reality is it's more of a "5090 on eBay is really a 5060ti with flashed baloney firmware" job. (I'm an AMD guy don't @ me)