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  1. #1
    Simon Dean
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    I know I only have myself to blame for trusting eBay, but I bought a
    Kingston 512Mb RS DV MMC memory card.

    Only compared to the 256Mb cards I bought previously, on the 512, there
    is No Packing, the carry case is decidedly cheap and tacky, the
    Converter to full size MMC doesn't detach properly and is obviously
    cheap, the label is smudged, and doesn't actually fit in the square
    "window" for labels, the back has considerably very dodgy circuitry, the
    contacts look wrong and not as professional, and as it's some kind of
    resin coating, the circuitry actually shows through.

    Looking up the code of MC2GH512DMCU on the internet, actually reveals
    this to be a Samsung!

    Now, before I jump unnecessarily, do Kingston use Samsung for MMC's?

    I mean, there's physically no problem with it, and it works fine, and I
    will be leaving positive feedback, I just don't like being sold a
    Kingston MMC that actually turns out to be a Samsung MMC.

    Any thoughts?

    Thanks
    Simon



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  2. #2
    Taylor
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    Re: Fake Kingston RS DV MMC

    "Stephen (Sausagefans.com)" <[email protected]> wrote in message
    news:[email protected]...
    > In article <[email protected]>, [email protected]
    > says...
    >> Now, before I jump unnecessarily, do Kingston use Samsung for MMC's?

    >
    > I think Kingston use a variety of sources including Samsung.


    They do indeed; but there's plenty of 'fake' memory on ebay, so unless it
    was an old dimm/simm for an older computer, I would stick to online
    merchants to be on the safe side.





  3. #3
    Tumbleweed
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    Re: Fake Kingston RS DV MMC


    "Simon Dean" <[email protected]> wrote in message
    news:[email protected]...

    >
    > Now, before I jump unnecessarily, do Kingston use Samsung for MMC's?
    >
    > I mean, there's physically no problem with it, and it works fine, and I
    > will be leaving positive feedback, I just don't like being sold a Kingston
    > MMC that actually turns out to be a Samsung MMC.
    >
    > Any thoughts?
    >


    There are only 3 manufacturers of the flash memory that is used to make
    these memory cards (Samsung, Sandisk, Toshiba IIRC). All the others hundreds
    of "manufacturers" either assemble or rebrand (depending upon costs at the
    time) memory and controllers from one of these 3. You could buy a card from
    Kingston or Viking or anyone else one day and it will be made by Samsung,
    the next and it might be mostly made by Sandisk, and partially assembled by
    Kingston, or their only step in the manufacturing process might be to put a
    label on it.

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