Fake Memory Chips Usage Increasing

NUS Data Recovery has become increasingly aware of the use of fake memory chips within many flash media storage devices such as USB Memory Sticks & SD Cards.

Over recent months the increasing use of "fake" memory chips within certain brands of USB Memory Sticks and certain SD Cards has become apparent with many of these devices failing, very often, within a few days of being used by the buyer. They are mainly purchased via online auction sites where they "appear" to represent good value due to their significantly lower cost.

Buyers of these devices are rapidly finding out about them and our recent experience of these devices leads us to think that many people will continue to buy these over the coming months leading to increased incidents of failure.

Most users of these devices won't even realise they don't have a genuine device until the device fails and a data recovery specialist advises them of what they have bought. Very often these cards can only old minimal amounts of data before they fail. Typically these devices hold approximately 10% of the supposed capacity of the chip. For example a 2GB device will actually only be a 256MB size of chip. The reason they show as a 2GB size is that they have probably been "doctored" to appear bigger than they really are.

Our advice is to simply steer clear of any of these devices and to try and also buy your memory stick or SD card from a proper supplier and to purchase a properly branded device.

However if you are the victim of purchasing a fake device or suspect that you may have purcahsed one then please don't hesitate to contact us via the contact panel on the right or via our telephone contact number of 08452 006 721

13, Aug, 2009