Author Topic: fake memory stick (Read 12161 times)

anthonyta · « **on:** January 10, 2008, 11:47:21 PM »

how do you know if a memory stick is fake? i just bought a 4gb sandisk and its pretty wierd. my songs dont transfer right and the ones that do change into this wierd file that cant get deleted from the computer. also when i format theres these 2 extra files that pop up (MEMSTICK.IND and MSTK_PRO.IND)
what the

are those? its probably fake huh =\

Siggen · « **Reply #1 on:** January 10, 2008, 11:54:11 PM »

Did you buy it of ebay(or other action houses)
or did you buy it in a RL store?

if you bought it in a RL store, bring it back for a refund

anthonyta · « **Reply #2 on:** January 11, 2008, 12:03:33 AM »

ebay =\ .. so its fake huh (from hong kong)

Siggen · « **Reply #3 on:** January 11, 2008, 12:23:54 AM »

probably, afaik the fake once came from Chinese, and Hong Kong is in China......

mootoo · « **Reply #4 on:** January 11, 2008, 12:36:41 AM »

Try test transferspeed with TotalComander

ProperBritish · « **Reply #5 on:** January 11, 2008, 09:17:32 AM »

those .IND files appear on my MS from time to time. Doesnt mean its fake. Pics would help.

lewson · « **Reply #6 on:** January 11, 2008, 10:48:50 AM »

There on mine 24-7 and mine i think is genuine ive had it years.

gawl47 · « **Reply #7 on:** January 11, 2008, 11:12:59 AM »

Quote from: lewson on January 11, 2008, 10:48:50 AM

There on mine 24-7 and mine i think is genuine ive had it years.

Same here, they're on both of mine, both real.

Quote from: anthonyta on January 10, 2008, 11:47:21 PM

how do you know if a memory stick is fake? i just bought a 4gb sandisk and its pretty wierd. my songs dont transfer right and the ones that do change into this wierd file that cant get deleted from the computer. also when i format theres these 2 extra files that pop up (MEMSTICK.IND and MSTK_PRO.IND)
what the are those? its probably fake huh =\

Did you check to see if it's magicgate supported?

nez · « **Reply #8 on:** January 11, 2008, 11:19:44 AM »

Man ya i get thos files too it nothing it doesnt mean a thing realy.

l30 · « **Reply #9 on:** January 11, 2008, 12:20:59 PM »

Quote from: lewson on January 11, 2008, 10:48:50 AM

There on mine 24-7 and mine i think is genuine ive had it years.

same here, just part of the MS.

Canadajames · « **Reply #10 on:** January 11, 2008, 12:29:09 PM »

just go to video in xmb click triangle and see if it says magicgat unknown... if so its a fake.

Dazzerr-- · « **Reply #11 on:** January 11, 2008, 01:13:19 PM »

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just go to video in xmb click triangle and see if it says magicgat unknown... if so its a fake.

Indeed

(if its from hong kong it IS fake) <<gotta be

psp_nl · « **Reply #12 on:** January 11, 2008, 01:36:24 PM »

Most real memory sticks have text on the back...

Dazzerr-- · « **Reply #13 on:** January 11, 2008, 02:37:24 PM »

Not neccesarally, fake ms can too because... its a replica of a real one but its fake. You should know if its fake because it may not read as a mem stick or it has dodgy pins or something?

anthonyta · « **Reply #14 on:** January 11, 2008, 04:24:01 PM »

it says magic gate unknown... its a fake

that sucks for people in china with a psp they get fake memorysticks. ahah

seikene · « **Reply #15 on:** January 11, 2008, 04:47:06 PM »

Hmm.. that sucks, I always check my micro SD memory cards (even tho it doesn't have much to do with psp memory sticks) but they are samsung and I figured out which are fake and which are not. I think theres a guide in ebay that tells you how to tell the immediate diff between fake and real memory sticks.

Maximize · « **Reply #16 on:** January 11, 2008, 04:48:26 PM »

anybody know if there is a list of fake mspd card dealers

ProperBritish · « **Reply #17 on:** January 11, 2008, 04:49:22 PM »

YAYY... My MS is FAKE!

It says MagicGate 'Unknown'. Done Pandora with it, so i dont particularly care

Maximize · « **Reply #18 on:** January 11, 2008, 05:13:20 PM »

that sucks, I got mine from newegg, but I would like to get another 4gb for cheap, but don't want to get scammed.

vskid · « **Reply #19 on:** January 11, 2008, 05:42:58 PM »

If you can wait til November (day after Thanksgiving/Black Friday), they are really cheap then. Last year, a 4GB MS could be had for as low as $35, which is why I got one.

anthonyta · « **Reply #20 on:** January 11, 2008, 07:16:04 PM »

got my fake one for 33 ahah

Maximize · « **Reply #21 on:** January 11, 2008, 07:45:43 PM »

oooh Nooooo... this is why we need a list!

psp339 · « **Reply #22 on:** January 11, 2008, 10:57:04 PM »

I bought a fake 4GB in china before. I bought it with my blue psp. Later I sold the fake 4GB for $60 and the blue psp for $180(same prices i got for).

Maximize · « **Reply #23 on:** January 11, 2008, 11:07:45 PM »

peanut butter jelly time, but... what about the person you sold to.

anthonyta · « **Reply #24 on:** January 11, 2008, 11:24:30 PM »

how harsh =\ anyway im selling mines for 40 to some dude =]

nez · « **Reply #25 on:** January 12, 2008, 12:53:23 AM »

man i bought mine from best buy cheap like thirty bucks. A sony brand works great. man that stinks

Dazzerr-- · « **Reply #26 on:** January 12, 2008, 03:20:45 AM »

Quote from: Maximize on January 11, 2008, 07:45:43 PM

oooh Nooooo... this is why we need a list!

Here is a list...

DO NOT buy ms from hong kong or China
DO buy from the UK

^^Pretty simple
Those foreighn countrys do not sell real stuff, they make them themselves. I am
currently buying a new case from hong kong for my psp. i know its fake, if you look very carefully at the pictures of what your buying abraud you should notice some differences from real stuff. (Example my fake case looks like its made from a mould)

Its hard really because you have to look at what your buying, friends will not notice it is fake because they dont really look at the product.
All pretty confusing i guess.

bncplix · « **Reply #27 on:** January 12, 2008, 08:25:08 PM »

About a year ago I bought a 2GB off ebay, from hong kong. Its one of the fake sony ones, havent had a problem with it.

anthonyta · « **Reply #28 on:** January 12, 2008, 08:27:45 PM »

i emailed the dude that i bought it off of. he said its not genuine but its not fake is what it is. so it will still be a memory stick but its not really sandisk or sony. but mines is hella wack so i dont even know

nez · « **Reply #29 on:** January 12, 2008, 09:01:28 PM »

dude are you sure hes not scaming you. try getting usb_format.exe and using that. it some times format the best and maybe fix your problem

Dazzerr-- · « **Reply #30 on:** January 13, 2008, 06:09:55 AM »

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About a year ago I bought a 2GB off ebay, from hong kong. Its one of the fake sony ones, havent had a problem with it.

He didnt ask if you had a problem he just wanted to know if it was fake. All fake memory sticks should work but they have problems depending on what you use them for (e.g they make your games jumpy?).
I have never come across a fake mem dtick tho lol

FaT3oYCG · « **Reply #31 on:** January 13, 2008, 06:48:27 AM »

that normally happens when a memory stick has been formatted incorrectly the psp and windows formatters dont work but for some strange reason the Pandora one does

that can also happen if one of the pins is damaged or scratched happened to someone who sent me a mem stick to pandora for them but they took responsibility as i did not damage it and they did not test it

anyway if you are still not sure sell it back on e-bay and buy a different one

Dazzerr-- · « **Reply #32 on:** January 13, 2008, 06:55:04 AM »

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Yes that is a pretty good way of putting it lol.

GhoSt · « **Reply #33 on:** January 16, 2008, 12:14:54 AM »

lol i managed to get a original 1gb sony mem stick off ebay took a lot of work tho

mizan215 · « **Reply #34 on:** January 16, 2008, 06:54:37 AM »

i've had my fake 4gb for over a year and i never had any problems.

there is nothing different from the fake ones and real one apart from the loading/transfer speed, real ones transfer a lot faster but why complain, fake ones are a heck of a lot cheaper.

when i first got my psp i paid £70 ($140) for a real 1gb scandisk then 6 months later bought a fake sony 4gb for £30 ($60)

Azie139 · « **Reply #35 on:** January 16, 2008, 12:11:01 PM »

Quote from: Siggen on January 11, 2008, 12:23:54 AM

probably, afaik the fake once came from Chinese, and Hong Kong is in China......

umm im pretty sure that Hong Kong is in japan not china

Siggen · « **Reply #36 on:** January 17, 2008, 03:30:33 AM »

Quote from: Azie139 on January 16, 2008, 12:11:01 PM

umm im pretty sure that Hong Kong is in japan not china

Hong Kong is in china, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong_Kong

psp_nl · « **Reply #37 on:** January 17, 2008, 09:08:11 AM »

Quote from: Azie139 on January 16, 2008, 12:11:01 PM

umm im pretty sure that Hong Kong is in japan not china

And Tokyo is in the US! No, j/k

nez · « **Reply #38 on:** January 17, 2008, 09:51:00 PM »

we all need a geography class. Were is russia located? what is the capital of russia? what is the capital of the US? Where is the US located?

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