Originally posted by: MrMark0673
I've had several. I play them in either a top loader or a modded toaster, so it's never been a problem.
I've had several with socketed CIC chips, some with sockets but no chips. No idea why that would be needed for a dev, but I never really thought to dig into it at all.
I'm going to guess that they frequently recycle proto boards, especially when developing different regional ports simultaneously or back-to-back.