Beware of Fake 32 GB Kingston Pendrive

Sarvodaya · 15th November 2009, 16:23

Hey, guys, there is news that fake 32 GB Kingston pendrives are doing rounds in the market at throw away prices. Actually, inside it is 1gb or 2 gb capacity. The storage chip is from SAMSUNG and the controller is from Alcor Micor.

What they have done is assembled the controller and memory chip and have created a firmware which shows non-existent sectors .Every time you paste something larger than the actual capacity the data is written into these virtual sectors and is lost.

Here is the complete report: THE FAKE 32 GB's

So buy the Pen Drive from genuine shop with all relevant bills and warranty card. The above link has instructions to check the actual capacity of your PEN DRIVE.

Abbas · 15th November 2009, 16:30

Yeah saw many of these at palika bazaar , delhi. I was lucky, i almost got conned.

humyum · 15th November 2009, 16:39

My friend got duped some months back in his office where a guy with a thela of 32 gb pen drives had come, he got one 2 for 500 bucks, nothing more than 250 mb fitted in them.

Also when he checked on the computer, it showed 32 gb but the actual data that could be transfered on it was 250 mb.

greenhorn · 15th November 2009, 17:48

just scroll below - there is already a thread
for those of you lazy folks

http://www.team-bhp.com/forum/gadget...pen-drive.html
http://www.team-bhp.com/forum/gadget...ash-drive.html (512GB Flash Drive.)
there had been a market for 8/ 16/ 32 - heck, 512 even GB fake mp3 players long before the thumb drives started hitting the scene

Eddy · 15th November 2009, 17:51

Thanks greenie !

Please continue in the above threads.

Thread Closed.

15th November 2009, 16:23	#1
Sarvodaya BHPian Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Bangalore Posts: 259 Thanked: 57 Times	Beware of Fake 32 GB Kingston Pendrive Hey, guys, there is news that fake 32 GB Kingston pendrives are doing rounds in the market at throw away prices. Actually, inside it is 1gb or 2 gb capacity. The storage chip is from SAMSUNG and the controller is from Alcor Micor. What they have done is assembled the controller and memory chip and have created a firmware which shows non-existent sectors .Every time you paste something larger than the actual capacity the data is written into these virtual sectors and is lost. Here is the complete report: THE FAKE 32 GB's So buy the Pen Drive from genuine shop with all relevant bills and warranty card. The above link has instructions to check the actual capacity of your PEN DRIVE.

15th November 2009, 17:48	#4
greenhorn Distinguished - BHPian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: TN-22 Posts: 6,003 Thanked: 265 Times View My Garage	just scroll below - there is already a thread for those of you lazy folks http://www.team-bhp.com/forum/gadget...pen-drive.html http://www.team-bhp.com/forum/gadget...ash-drive.html (512GB Flash Drive.) there had been a market for 8/ 16/ 32 - heck, 512 even GB fake mp3 players long before the thumb drives started hitting the scene Last edited by greenhorn : 15th November 2009 at 17:49.

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15th November 2009, 16:30	#2
Abbas BHPian Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Visakhapatnam Posts: 403 Thanked: 15 Times View My Garage	Yeah saw many of these at palika bazaar , delhi. I was lucky, i almost got conned.

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humyum Senior - BHPian Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Leicester/Mumbai Posts: 1,326 Thanked: 160 Times	My friend got duped some months back in his office where a guy with a thela of 32 gb pen drives had come, he got one 2 for 500 bucks, nothing more than 250 mb fitted in them. Also when he checked on the computer, it showed 32 gb but the actual data that could be transfered on it was 250 mb.

15th November 2009, 17:51	#5
Eddy Team-BHP Support Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Delhi Posts: 4,653 Thanked: 672 Times	Thanks greenie ! Please continue in the above threads. Thread Closed.