How to recognize a fake Memory Stick Pro Duo

The person who sold me this fake Memory Stick Pro Duo (MSPD) was so kind to refund my money and pay for the returning of the package. He even asked me how I found out it was fake. I think he didn't even know himself it was a fake one.

Most sellers won't be as nice as mine, so for you're own sake, don't buy MSPD's that are incredibly cheap or fit the description given in my video. Fake MSPD's will give you trouble. The built quality is bad and the speed too. It can be used though (not on PSP's with CFW), but it won't be as good as a real one.

Music: Seether - Fake it (licence by EMI)

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• memory
• stick
• pro
• duo
• sony
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[wainwright3]

You missed the EASIEST way of spotting the fake.

Simply hold it up to the light and if there are tiny thin line shaped air gaps at the end of the metal contacts (viewable from both sides) then it is a FAKE.

I got sent four of them, only two from Ebay, the others from a so called genuine retailer. Got them all changed or refunded.

[Mikeilex]

@wainwright3 You missed a part @ 1:28

[brianesquinas]

hey a little info dude: if the Magicgate says Unsupported, it means not fake but the psp cant support it due to

-Version need to be updated 5.xx above

-old psp means bought from the release date( likely the fat) slim are ok

-high capacity for the psp (likely fat with old version form release date)

[Mikeilex]

@brianesquinas

Some facts for you, dude:

-I used a PSP with version 5.00

-It's a slim

-I currently have a 16 gig MSPD in it and it works fine. It's a genuine and MagicGate is supported.

It's unlikely that a Sony product (like a PSP) does not support MagicGate from an MSPD. All Sony Memory sticks are equiped with MagicGate since 2004. The first PSP was released in 2004 and it's absurd to think that a company like Sony would release the PSP if it doesn't support their Magicgate technology

[Mikeilex]

MagicGate encryptes files as part of copy-protection technology.

It's not that fake MPSD's tend to fail because they don't have MagicGate.

It's the just a fact that an MSPD is fake when it has no MagicGate.

A fake MSPD fails because it's crappy built and usually says it's memory and speed is more than it actually is, not because it doesn't have MagicGate.

A real MSPD with MagicGate-failure will work as good as any other.

[XzDaLeGendzX]

please answers whats the adapter for anyways??

[hicham1215]

everything you said is true

and the form of the package cganges too:

-the real has the memory stick near the adaptor

-the fake one has the memory stick up and the adaptor under

[punkzoz]

i have fake MSPD 4gb :d but it cost only 14.95€ !! and works 100%

[brianesquinas]

dude i have a 16gb now and i can use it both fat and slim...