The Guide To Fake Memory Sticks

[mikesta99]

Think you have a fake memstick? Or want to buy one in the future and want some knoledge on which one is real, and which one is fake?

read on...

1.
A REAL memory stick has the proper part numbers which are stated below...

* PRO series: 1gb (MSX-1GS), 2gb (MSX-2GS).
* PRO Duo Hi-Speed series: 1gb (MSX-M1GN), 2gb (MSX-M2GN), 4gb (MSX-M4GN).
* PRO Duo series (previous): 1gb (MSX-M1GST), 2gb (MSX-M2GS), 4gb (MSX-M4GS), 8gb (MSX-M8GS).
* PRO Duo series (current): 2gb (MSX-M2GS/X), 4gb (MSX-M4GS/X), 8gb (MSX-M8GS/X).

But fake memory sticks have an extra character (an extra T

If you have a psp, you can check if it is MagicGate supported. What you have to do is just locate over the memory stick icon and press triangle, then information, if it says MagicGate supported it is real. If otherwise, then you have a fake memory stick.

2. The packaging
REAL packaging has heat seals around the edges. Fakes have round glue seals and can be opened too easily.


The real memory sticks also come with a golden 3D holographic sticker. Some new fakes have this aswell so be careful
3. The front

The font on the fake usually is bolder, sometimes messy, out of focus and can rubs off easily. Newer fakes may not have this flaw.
Fakes are also usually thicker.


4. Capacity and speed

A genuine 4gb displays the default capacity as 3839mb and a genuine 2gb displays the default capacity as 1909mb (some devices will show 1910mb). Some older fake 2gb sticks shows 1948mb and 1959mb of memory space when being tested. Newer fake 2gb sticks may now show any of these figures including the 1910mb of a genuine. However some 2GB fakes only have a true capacity of only 512mb/1gb. Try transferring as much data as possible to your card and also read data from the card to see if it will actually hold the stated capacity with no sign of data corruption.

The genuine hi-speed card (with the red-stripe) has a transfer speed of about 80mbps. Fakes have a slower transfer speed with a 1948mb fake only doing about 65mbps to 70mbps and a 1959mb fake only doing at the most, 60mbps.
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Fake sticks don't usually last that long and files stored can become corrupt after reading them 1 or 2 times.

If you're buying a stick online, beware. Sellers can also mislead you by posting genuine photos and not ones of the actual product they are selling. Remember to check the packaging and maybe sometimes things can be "to good to be true".


More info and references:
How to spot a fake Sony Memory Stick - Video Games

eBay Australia Guides - FAKE Sony Memory Stick Pro Duo MagicGate Cards Exposed

[Monkey Business]

Tenner says you didnt write this.

[psplayer]

50 squid says you copieed and pasted.

[High Roller]

References at the bottom :P
Credit where credit is due - it does add to the information resourcefulness of the site - even if it is copied
Most top researchers dont write their own material - they use sources and references

[mikesta99]

50 squid says you copieed and pasted.

Tenner says you didnt write this.

I wrote this, but I got information to do it.

[mikesta99]

Dont ignore it, its informative and a lot of help, I bought two different memory sticks on ebay using this method (One just came in today!!!)

[psplayer]

Telling people in the thread to use it is not going to work.

Also spamming around the forum telling everyone to look at it wont help either.

Just lea it here and if anybody asks about anything to do with buying mem sticks... Then refer them to your thread

[High Roller]

youre using Spam out of context - yet again

n.
Unsolicited e-mail, often of a commercial nature, sent indiscriminately to multiple mailing lists, individuals, or newsgroups; junk e-mail.
tr.v., spammed, spam·ming, spams.

1. To send unsolicited e-mail to.
2. To send (a message) indiscriminately to multiple mailing lists, individuals, or newsgroups.

[From SPAM (probably inspired by a comedy routine on the British television series Monty Python's Flying Circus, in which the word is repeated incessantly).]
spammer spam'mer n.

[psplayer]

Well What i said was actually the correct context.

Saying the same thing over and over is a for of SPAM.

I at no point said that he has done it but i was saying Not to do it

[High Roller]

You're always right eh? Actually NO

So please actually accept responsibility when u are wrong

I am not saying you said he would "spam" or repeat, i said you got it out of context, so get the facts straight

Spam stands for

spam is an acronym for "sales promotional advertising mail"

So, in this case, it would NOT be spam, it would be repetition

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1. The act or process or an instance of repeating or being repeated.
2. A recitation or recital, especially of prepared or memorized material.

[Middle English repeticioun, from Old French repeticion, from Latin repetītiō, repetītiōn-, from repetītus, past participle of repetere, to repeat. See repeat.]

Case closed

Theres also nothing wrong with being helping and linking confused people to the correct article. I dont know why you are being so rude to mikesta