i had bought a psp with a 4 gb memory stick with it and within 2 weeks of using it the memory stick is useless. do you think it is fake one? went to search for a 4 gb memory stick in a sony shop or power buy. they dont have a 4 gb max is 2 gb. so do you think that 4 gb memory sticks available are fake?

There are 4 GB memory sticks for PSP listed here from both Sony and Sandisk. Isn't your memory stick covered by a guaranty?

My 2GB stick has a year warranty, bought from Carrefour 525 baht...

So take it back and get a new one..

I googled "fake memory stick" and came up with a lot of hits and I clipped this from a site called my.qj.net

Sony has added into the 3.00+ firmwares an easy way to check whether memory sticks are genuine or not...

While on a 3.00+ firmware, whether your actually on one, emulating with Devhook or your using 3.02OE:

1: Browse to your memory stick under game, video, photo or music.

2: Press triangle and select information

3: If it says its magic gate compatible its real. If not then its fake.

This is an excellent way for people to be absolutely sure that their memory stick is real.

Good luck!

TheWalkingMan

Unless you bought it from Sony or some other reputable seller, there is a good chance that it is a fake. The real ones are up to 8 gigs, and this is since last year. I got mine directly from sony on January and it has been working flawlessly since then... I also have another 4 gig from sony which works as well.

The fakes look so real now its hard to tell to the untrained eye. If you have a warranty, take it back!

i had bought a psp with a 4 gb memory stick with it and within 2 weeks of using it the memory stick is useless. do you think it is fake one? went to search for a 4 gb memory stick in a sony shop or power buy. they dont have a 4 gb max is 2 gb. so do you think that 4 gb memory sticks available are fake?

You might try to reformat it and see if it becomes readable again.

i cannot reformat it or do anything to it as it does not show on the computer nor the psp at all. anyway thank you all for your replies.

We once approached a counter and immediately asked which ones were fakes. The guy was pleased to show us.

i went to mbk again and got to know that the one i bought (4gb) when i bought the psp was a fake as it was about 1500 baht which doesnt have give warranty and found out again that the original in a sony shop of 4gb costs 3290 baht but a sandisk costs even more about 5000 so bought an original one as it also gives a 5 year warranty. thank you everyone for your response.