As far as I understand from your discourses, there is no difference between the two chips, right?
But although I checked it many times, I did not find any short circuits or dust particles. I also checked the pcb paths.
Also, if there was a malfunction in the pcb paths, when I dropped the frequency with the external element, I should not see the same input signal at its output. However, when I look with the oscilloscope, I can see the output (at lower frequency).
This is really interesting and I can't find why !
Thank you.