On the other hand.. they have boards and they have chips..
What happens it they put those in work?
When do you mean? This isn't a sca, they are having issues and aren't aware that honesty is the best possibility
Assembled -> Having issues -> Thought could be resolved within a couple of days -> announced hashing anyway cuz deadline is near and investor wont notice if we started 1 or 2 days late -> Darn! taking more time than expected to resolve the issue -> severely delayed hashing + false announcement.