I ordered 5 pcs UAA170 from this dubious looking listing on Aliexpress:
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/-/32805454426.html
To my amazement, they arrived today. They were all scratched up and clearly RECOVERED FROM OLD BOARDS via solder pot! So these are the real thing. I put a socket on one of my PL400II displays to test and found that 2 of the 5 UAA170s actually work perfectly. 2 of them have issues (not filling the LEDs from end to end correctly), and 1 completely bad.
But anyway, $7 shipped for 2 real UAA170s doesn't seem bad. I contacted the seller. Will report if they send additional to replace the bad ones. Thought I would pass along my success story!
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/-/32805454426.html
To my amazement, they arrived today. They were all scratched up and clearly RECOVERED FROM OLD BOARDS via solder pot! So these are the real thing. I put a socket on one of my PL400II displays to test and found that 2 of the 5 UAA170s actually work perfectly. 2 of them have issues (not filling the LEDs from end to end correctly), and 1 completely bad.
But anyway, $7 shipped for 2 real UAA170s doesn't seem bad. I contacted the seller. Will report if they send additional to replace the bad ones. Thought I would pass along my success story!