4gb mem sticks running slow?

[sek]

Was wondering if anyone here has experienced of have heard reports of
4gb memory sticks running slow. Slow as in transfering files onto the memory stick and even games becoming laggy or jerky?

I ask this cause i am experiencing this problem. Copying and deleting files onto the mem stick seems slower than usual. at least slower than my 2gb mem stick. I've also noticed that when i play pro evo soccer 6 and lumines the games become laggy/jerky. Both these games are > 1gb in file size. I have not experienced this issue with games that are smaller in file size....

I recently just bought this 4gb Sony mem stick and have formatted it via the psp menu option and then basically copy and pasted my files from my 2gb stick to this one.

any suggestions / help???

[Phuqer]

Well, I've heard that the sony sticks are slower performers than the sandisk sticks. I haven't had any problems with my 4gb sandisk pro duo.

[shadyx]

i'm experience the same problems as you sek. i recieved my 4gb sony mem stick duo II last week. transferred stuff from my 1gb stick onto it and almost every game i've tried so far is laggy as hell and the transfer rate seems slow. its particularly noticable in games that stream like gta:vcs, and movie sequences like ace combat x/tekken.

any information would be appreciated before i take this piece of **** back

[machione]

what loader are you guys using? coz i can't seem to make mine work. im using DH 0.51 and all the games that i've been trying doesn't work.

[kaisaa]

i have a sandisk pro duo 4gb memstick and the games mentionned (pes6 [cso], gta [iso! cso lags, but with a ripkit its pretty small and it's worth it], ace combat x[i think it was cso]) are all working great. i had a 1gig sony memstick before and i didn't mention any slowdowns with the 4gig while copying data etc.

i heard, that sony memsticks are less fast than sandisk (rumors, i also heard that the transparent gaming edition of the sandisk memsticks are slower than the normal pro duos but who knows :confused:) but i also heard of faked (sony) memsticks from ebay etc. which are really crappy so be careful where you buy it.

[serials.killer]

Hi everyone,

I just had a SONY MEMORY STICK Pro Duo (High Speed) 4GB and i'm having some trouble to launch games, from devhook 0.51 or 271 SEC, when i transfer Iso's or Cso's from my PC to ms0:/ISO folder, i can't see the games on the PSP, it's like i did not copy anything at all, sometimes when i copy only one iso, i can see the game in the psp, but when i try to launch it, i got a black screen or the psp just block. When i try to copy a MOVIE in ms0:\MP_ROOT\100MNV01\ i see a corrupted icon file...
So i do exactly the same manipulation on my 1GB memory stick and every work completely fine, any suggestion ?

Cheers

[realg187]

I hear there are fake MSs out there!:

http://forums.delphiforums.com/n/mb/message.asp?webtag=bestforumever&msg=96.1

[serials.killer]

Thanks for the reply

i already check that, but it's not really helping since mine is a 4gb and i don't really wanna try to open the MS with a cutter...

Thanks

[realg187]

I never checked mine either, for the same reason!!!!

[serials.killer]

Don't you have any problems with yours

[realg187]

no issues, mines not a 4GB, its a 2, i never got one cuz there are almost as expensive as the PSP, how much did urs costs, cuz if it was surpisingly cheap....

[serials.killer]

Well, i got it for a very small price...
Anyway i'm almost sure that it's a fake one but i don't understand, there is no transfer problem or detection problem so i though maybe i have do to something else in order to get it work properly...

Cheers

[realg187]

Whats ironic is I hear that the high speed oens are fake, is yur high speed?

[serials.killer]

Yes exactly it's an High Speed, but i did not have a lot of choice, they were all High Speed

[realg187]

Acocding to dat video its a fake, since its most liekyly a fakse anyways, why not take it apart, maybe contact sony....

[serials.killer]

Yes maybe your right i should contact Sony (before "taking apart"), but the point is that, i'm not really sure from where this memory stick come from, since it's a fake, i think, i'm not really sure if sony is going to help me, but i'll try to so something with it maybe sony is going to advise me a replacement :eek: , would be great ;-)

Cheers

[realg187]

Sony should know if its a fake, i bet they dont like companies counterfitting their products...

[Xenogears V]

Generally. more people sya tha Sony Memory stick are slow.

For game, you revolve modifing Cpu speed (For Ex 333 Mhz)

For Video playback, or Mp3, heavy and long, I think there is no anything to do.:(

[NephilimNX]

Was wondering if anyone here has experienced of have heard reports of
4gb memory sticks running slow. Slow as in transfering files onto the memory stick and even games becoming laggy or jerky?

I ask this cause i am experiencing this problem. Copying and deleting files onto the mem stick seems slower than usual. at least slower than my 2gb mem stick. I've also noticed that when i play pro evo soccer 6 and lumines the games become laggy/jerky. Both these games are > 1gb in file size. I have not experienced this issue with games that are smaller in file size....

I recently just bought this 4gb Sony mem stick and have formatted it via the psp menu option and then basically copy and pasted my files from my 2gb stick to this one.

any suggestions / help???

Reason is PSP reads/writes slower on FAT32 but reads/writes faster on FAT16. 2GB is formatted to FAT16 by default and 4GB is formatted to FAT32 by default.

To increase your 4GB MS speed just like your previous 2GB, you need to format it as FAT16. Now, before you flame me saying 2GB is max for FAT16, you need to research more. However, 4GB FAT16 is not compatible with lower Windows versions (Win95/98/Me/MSDos) but is perfectly compatible with PSP and WinNT and WinXP. This is due to Microsoft hardcoded max cluster to 32k on Win95/98/Me/MSDos but they changed it on WinNT/XP to max cluster of 64k.

To format your 4GB to FAT16...
1. Go to Start Menu->Run...
2. Type 'Format X: /FS:FAT' (without quotes)

[makkan00]

May I ask ya that how to check your memory stick? If I wana check mine whether is it on FAT16 or on FAT32, than how can I check that. thanx in advance,

[RageKage14]

NephilimNX's thing worked. It's cutting minutes off my transfer time on my 4GB, and it still says I have all my space. In-game, it cuts a few seconds off of load times, too. I don't know if it fixes game lag, since I never had lag in the first place.

To check the memory pro duo format, go into USB mode with the pro duo in and go into My Computer. On the list of drives, click the one connected to your memory pro duo, and on the left side, under details, it will say "File System", and that's it.

Thanks for the tip, NephilimNX.

[Hardepiemel]

thnx m8, just reformatted my 4 gb to fs16 and it's much faster in transfer rate now and game loading. also cso lag in gta is gone now when running at 333 mhz. thnx for the tip m8!

[realg187]

game lag is due to cso cso takes less space on ms but lags u all have 4gb so i dont think u needto compress to cso (compressed iso) i dont think iso lags never had any issues just w/ cso

[realg187]

game lag is due to cso cso takes less space on ms but lags u all have 4gb so i dont think u needto compress to cso (compressed iso) i dont think iso lags never had any issues just w/ cso

[JusR23]

I had the same problem months ago and had to research this but yes that method of formating is a god send but now I have a sandisk 4GB (transparent red) and that works a dream my old Sony 4GB is now living in my phone

[serials.killer]

Well i don't even got the chance to have any lags (in games) since My 4GB SONY is not working properly, even in a phone...maybe the phone was not compatible , but realg187, i mean depend on games but... Loading are faster in ISO...(i tried with my 1GB)

[tblacksheep]

Reason is PSP reads/writes slower on FAT32 but reads/writes faster on FAT16. 2GB is formatted to FAT16 by default and 4GB is formatted to FAT32 by default.

To increase your 4GB MS speed just like your previous 2GB, you need to format it as FAT16. Now, before you flame me saying 2GB is max for FAT16, you need to research more. However, 4GB FAT16 is not compatible with lower Windows versions (Win95/98/Me/MSDos) but is perfectly compatible with PSP and WinNT and WinXP. This is due to Microsoft hardcoded max cluster to 32k on Win95/98/Me/MSDos but they changed it on WinNT/XP to max cluster of 64k.

To format your 4GB to FAT16...
1. Go to Start Menu->Run...
2. Type 'Format X: /FS:FAT' (without quotes)


THANKS!

I was pulling my hair out why my w2k machine was only seeing 2gb of the new 4gb memory card and the psp was taking an extra 10seconds to boot...

Fat formatted and it works fine!!

thanks again!

[realg187]

phones take ms?

[lenselijer]

sony ones :) you can store alot mp3 onto it :D

[Triggerman]

Reason is PSP reads/writes slower on FAT32 but reads/writes faster on FAT16. 2GB is formatted to FAT16 by default and 4GB is formatted to FAT32 by default.

To increase your 4GB MS speed just like your previous 2GB, you need to format it as FAT16. Now, before you flame me saying 2GB is max for FAT16, you need to research more. However, 4GB FAT16 is not compatible with lower Windows versions (Win95/98/Me/MSDos) but is perfectly compatible with PSP and WinNT and WinXP. This is due to Microsoft hardcoded max cluster to 32k on Win95/98/Me/MSDos but they changed it on WinNT/XP to max cluster of 64k.

To format your 4GB to FAT16...
1. Go to Start Menu->Run...
2. Type 'Format X: /FS:FAT' (without quotes)

Exactly! I had the same problems with my High Speed 2GB Sony and 4GB Ultra II Sandisk.
But I formatted my Sticks by using the function offered directly in my PSP menu.

So I think you should be good to go if you format your Sticks with your PSPs and delete all the unnessecary folders.
Please tell me if it works for you. :)

[serials.killer]

So yesterday i found out something interesting in another forum, i think it's psp-hack, "if you want to check if your MS is a fake, go to the memory stick on your psp, push TRIANGLE>information> and if it's write "SUPPORTED" next to Magic Gate, that means it's not a fake, and if it's "UNKNOWN" it's a fake"

So i checked with my MS and this seems to work, unfortunately for me my 4GB is "Unknown" ... :(

Cheers

[tblacksheep]

Despite the FAT format really sorting the stick out in terms of speed (it was unuseable)... the stick now randomly corrupts files and folders...

back to the 2 gig and i'm getting a refund on the crappy fake 4gig.

[vansslipon]

sorry (here was a double post)

[vansslipon]

same problem here!
but seam i have another problem .. i have made everything step by step but no luck ... stil writes FAT32 :( and its give me some warning ....

[vansslipon]

wooooohoooooooooo no lags ......i love you! :D:D:D:D

[NephilimNX]

Exactly! I had the same problems with my High Speed 2GB Sony and 4GB Ultra II Sandisk.
But I formatted my Sticks by using the function offered directly in my PSP menu.

So I think you should be good to go if you format your Sticks with your PSPs and delete all the unnessecary folders.
Please tell me if it works for you. :)

Yes but PSP *always* formats your 4GB to FAT32 for the reason of compatibility to Win9x. But if you are using WinXP, then I recommend formatting it to FAT. The increased speed is worth a try.

[realg187]

Yes but PSP *always* formats your 4GB to FAT32 for the reason of compatibility to Win9x. But if you are using WinXP, then I recommend formatting it to FAT. The increased speed is worth a try.
cant 9x read fat? also i thought sony dmmt want 9x cuz dey never made a driver..

[realg187]

Yes but PSP *always* formats your 4GB to FAT32 for the reason of compatibility to Win9x. But if you are using WinXP, then I recommend formatting it to FAT. The increased speed is worth a try.
cant 9x read fat? also i thougt sony dont want 9x cuz dey nevr made a drivr..

[realg187]

So yesterday i found out something interesting in another forum, i think it's psp-hack, "if you want to check if your MS is a fake, go to the memory stick on your psp, push TRIANGLE>information> and if it's write "SUPPORTED" next to Magic Gate, that means it's not a fake, and if it's "UNKNOWN" it's a fake"
i only see user capacity and free space. i tink mine is real cuz it has a shiny ting on da package like wat ygo cards had back when i played dat..

[realg187]

wooooohoooooooooo no lags ......i love you! :D:D:D:D
you love who???

[NephilimNX]

cant 9x read fat? also i thought sony dmmt want 9x cuz dey never made a driver..

Win9x (Win95/98/Me) can't read all storage that is 4GB and FAT16. Microsoft hardcoded the OS' max cluster to 32k. WinNT/XP changed max clusters from 32K to 64K that's why it can read 4GB/FAT16 properly. Unless your not using your MS pro duo on Win9x, I suggest formatting it to 4GB/FAT16 so PSP can read/write faster on it.

[realg187]

I thought FAT32 was newer and 16 was older, but I guess thats microsoft!! Check my sig for details!

[bat_sign]

did anyone can help me... or have the same problem with your memory stick 2mb?
my sony memory stick pro duo 2 mb high speed can't be detected form my PSP and computer...
last night I update my PSP from 2.70 IC1003 ----> 1.50----> 3.03 OE-A is't all gone smoothly... and this orning my memory stick start reading slow.. and when i transfer some of pic, or MP3 on the memory, sometime got corupted, so this night i plan for re-format my memory stick.. at first it's said my memory stick cannot be formated... when i try it 2nd time.. my PSP cannot detect my MSD... what happen to my MSD....?
and body here has the same problem with their memory stick like me? or it's just me? can I claimed to Sony support Center?
i just by it from someone via internet 2 days ago...

[realg187]

So yesterday i found out something interesting in another forum, i think it's psp-hack, "if you want to check if your MS is a fake, go to the memory stick on your psp, push TRIANGLE>information> and if it's write "SUPPORTED" next to Magic Gate, that means it's not a fake, and if it's "UNKNOWN" it's a fake"

So i checked with my MS and this seems to work, unfortunately for me my 4GB is "Unknown" ... :(

Cheers


I dont see Magicgate, oh yeah MG sux cuz itss copyright protection!!

http://forums.maxconsole.net/showthread.php?p=360433#post360433

[Wakutan]

What the hell, my 2GB says on magicgate : unknown.

I have this sticky more than a half year, it runs everything perfectly, homebrew, isos, devhook, psx, ps2, and xbox360.

Just ignore the last two though.

[realg187]

What FW do U have I cant see if my MS is magic gate supported I i only see uers capacity and free space!!

[apuk2004]

i've been following this thread for a few days now and yesterday i formatted my 4gb Pro Duo to FAT16 as suggested and it did seem a bit faster copying ISOs and also GTA wasn't laggy anymore.

my 4gb pro duo is a not a high speed version and i bought it for £30 from ebay. the seller was from the UK and says they are genuine but on my PSP it says magicgate is unsupported.

I would like to know if anyone has seen a 'high speed' 4gb pro duo made by SONY as i can't see them anywhere and thought only sandisk made high speed ones.

I would also like to know how long it takes people to fill a 4gb stick. It takes me about 30 mins with the PSP plugged into USB2 port.

[realg187]

Ironic how "High Speeds" run slower!

[serials.killer]

Well mine is a " High Speed" it's not slow at all, around 7500Ko/s by transfer (big files) but still not supported and still not working properly ...:o
My firmware is Dark Alex's 303OE A

[realg187]

Is it MG supported?* What do u mean not working proporly, if its fast..

Maybe its yur CFW causing issues!

* HOW DO U FIND OUT IF MG IS SUPPORTED?
I went and I dont see it I have 2.71...

[serials.killer]

No it's not MG supported that's why i'm telling "still not working properly"
I can do all the transfer i want ISOs or MOvies whatever, transferring is fast, but i always get corrupted files(movies) or i transfer like 3 ISOs (games) and i can only see one on the PSP, and even the one i'm seeing when i launch it i get a black screen and nothing happen, after that i have to reboot manually


Maybe its yur CFW causing issues!

Maybe, I don't know, i don't think so cause i have a 1GB SONY MS and everything is fine with it


* HOW DO U FIND OUT IF MG IS SUPPORTED?
I went and I dont see it I have 2.71...

Maybe you have to update to a newer version FW to see "SUPPORTED" next to MagicGates, and i don't think it's very important if everything is working fine with your PSP and your MS

[realg187]

I was in 2.71 and MagicGate never showed, but after I updated to 3.03 OE it said mine was supported...

[Wakutan]

Looky here:

I just bought a 4GB memorystick, i already was prepared to format it to FAT16. But when i checked my 4GB ms, its already formatted as FAT! Neato!

Just to test it fully, i filled it with 2 big isos, GTA LCS and GTA VCS. And both run just as perfect as on my 2GB highspeed ms.

[ownliwon]

Okay... I formatted my 4GB sandisk II to Fat using what was mentioned in this thread due to the fact that my stick had a couple of symptoms after upgrading to 3.03 OE-B
- Justice league heroes suddenly had lag
-XMB took a couple of seconds just to show the amount of free space
So i'm happy to say that the format solved my problem...

But here's the problem....I also use Mac and I just found out the hard way that OSX won't read fat drives......
Anybody got a solution to this...? Maybe a way to partition the stick??????:confused:

[matriculated]

OSX reads my stick just fine.

[serials.killer]

Lucky you, mine still got the same problem,

Did someone no how to format my MS but only half of it like only 2GB, maybe that way it's could work with my PSP, i don't know i'm trying to find a way to work this out.

Or maybe a way to Format the MS by checking the MS while is being format ?

[hiaaa]

did anyone can help me... or have the same problem with your memory stick 2mb?
my sony memory stick pro duo 2 mb high speed can't be detected form my PSP and computer...
last night I update my PSP from 2.70 IC1003 ----> 1.50----> 3.03 OE-A is't all gone smoothly... and this orning my memory stick start reading slow.. and when i transfer some of pic, or MP3 on the memory, sometime got corupted, so this night i plan for re-format my memory stick.. at first it's said my memory stick cannot be formated... when i try it 2nd time.. my PSP cannot detect my MSD... what happen to my MSD....?
and body here has the same problem with their memory stick like me? or it's just me? can I claimed to Sony support Center?
i just by it from someone via internet 2 days ago...

I got the same problem as yours. I bought it on Ebay ( I know it is fake) and after I used it for few minutes, it became very slow, then after I cold start my PSP, its gone, I mean dead, it can't be detect on my PSP or PC:eek:

I send it back and got my replacement, and this time the new one works.

I think your MSD is dead.

[realg187]

Mac sux! Cant device whcih I h8 more, Windows or Mac! Love Linux!

Anyways, mine is real I think u need 3.03 to check if MG is supported, cuz when i had 2.71 it never said, but after I upgraded to 3.03 [OE] is said...

[dadash]

I recently bought two "No-Name" 4GB MSDUO-Pro's cheap from internet here in Germany. They both work OK, though a lot slower than my previous "Sony" HighSpeed 2GB DUO-Pro's. I use one in my Sony DSC-H5 camery and one in my PSP.

I formated my 4GB MSDUO-Pro with Fat16 and it didn't have the slightest effect!! It has the exact same write time as Fat32!!! So I don't know what you guys have been doing to make it go faster, maybe I've got a different batch which has the same write speeds for Fat16/32!! No noticeable difference!!

Here is a little comparison I made between my "No-Name" 4GB MS DUO-Pro and my "Sony" HighSpeed 2GB DUO-Pro:

Transfer 1,41GB ISO Datei von PC auf PSP
Sony 2GB = 6 Minuten 34 Sekunde
No-Name 4GB = 16 Minuten 22 Sekunde

Transfer 53MB Datei von PC auf PSP
Sony 2GB = 1 Minuten 29 Sekunde
No-Name 4GB = 3 Minuten 10 Sekunde

So there we have it, the "No-Name" 4GB MS DUO-Pro has a writing speed of around 1.5MB/s which is exactly the same as the SanDisk 4GB MSDUO Gaming Edition!!

[serials.killer]

Well even if your 4 GB are slow they working... ;-)
And yes i think you have to update the firmware to check if your MS is "SUPPORTED".

Cheers

[dadash]

Well even if your 4 GB are slow they working... ;-)
And yes i think you have to update the firmware to check if your MS is "SUPPORTED".

Cheers
Yes they are "working" :p
But 30 Minutes to copy 2.5GB unto a 4GB DUO is a little long for my liking :rolleyes:

[Mitchybums]

http://forums.maxconsole.net/showthread.php?p=386231

I ran a bench on both a 2gb sandisk gamer, and a sony 4gb, and posted results there.

4gb is quite a bit slower

Sandisk Gamer 2GB (blue)
[PerformanceIndex 6.57]

Sony 4GB
[PerformanceIndex 2.77]

[dadash]

Thanx for the info, I'll try the benchmark when I get the PSP back from my son!!!
There is definitely a large speed difference between 2GB and 4GB DUO cards (see my tests on the last page) 2 GB's are about 2.5x faster than 4GB cards. Which sort of half defeats the object of having bigger capacity cards :cool:

[realg187]

When in my 2.71 it didnt say that, but when I went up to 3.03 [OE-A, now at B] it says my MS is supportted..

[nadav_h]

Reason is PSP reads/writes slower on FAT32 but reads/writes faster on FAT16. 2GB is formatted to FAT16 by default and 4GB is formatted to FAT32 by default.

To increase your 4GB MS speed just like your previous 2GB, you need to format it as FAT16. Now, before you flame me saying 2GB is max for FAT16, you need to research more. However, 4GB FAT16 is not compatible with lower Windows versions (Win95/98/Me/MSDos) but is perfectly compatible with PSP and WinNT and WinXP. This is due to Microsoft hardcoded max cluster to 32k on Win95/98/Me/MSDos but they changed it on WinNT/XP to max cluster of 64k.

To format your 4GB to FAT16...
1. Go to Start Menu->Run...
2. Type 'Format X: /FS:FAT' (without quotes)

I did as NephilimNX suggested and it works great:). I'm a little disappointed that there's still little lag in GTAVS and other "heavy" games, for example: Need for Speed: Carbon:confused:. But still, there is still improvement in alround preformence.

I guess there will be no better solution. It's kinda weird having lag on a console, cause all the games are built specifically for this console, which means all games should run flawlessly on the console.

[realg187]

are ur games CSO or ISO?

[dadash]

I ran the new Blackspeed test with my 4GB "No-Name" MSDUOPro. I did one test with FAT32 and one with FAT16. FAT32 was a spot better:

FAT16:
[PerformanceIndex 2.69]

FAT32:
[PerformanceIndex 2.85]

Not bad for a cheapo no-name card, same as an 4GB Sony DUO.

My year old fake "Sony" 2GB DUO Highspeed:
[PerformanceIndex 7.78]

[realg187]

whats blackspeed? Is it free?

I use nero to tst:
Goto prefs, cache, and hit test drive speed, it then gives out a number in KB/s or Kb/s, I think Kb/s...

That option was made to find out how fast each drive is if u wanna use it for yur Nero cache, but I can test anything for other purposes too!

[dadash]

whats blackspeed? Is it free?
...
Look here ;) (http://forums.maxconsole.net/showthread.php?t=46210)

[realg187]

its an app for PSP dat tests MS speed? Is it homebrew?

[neatyned2]

:( Hey Guys,
I reformatted the stick with FAT 16 using the instructions on this thread, however, when I try to put ISOs on the stick,they won't show up as games. I make the ISO folder in the root and I put CSOs ISOs but neither work. I even tried POPS, but they didn't work either. I have 3.03 OE-C. I got this to work b4, but when I reformatted and recreated the ISO folder, it doesn't work anymore. ANYONE KNOWWHAT ISWRONG?

[xxpathfinderxx]

:( Hey Guys,
I reformatted the stick with FAT 16 using the instructions on this thread, however, when I try to put ISOs on the stick,they won't show up as games. I make the ISO folder in the root and I put CSOs ISOs but neither work. I even tried POPS, but they didn't work either. I have 3.03 OE-C. I got this to work b4, but when I reformatted and recreated the ISO folder, it doesn't work anymore. ANYONE KNOWWHAT ISWRONG?You need to make a PSP\GAME and PSP\GAME150 Dir, too, in order to play ISOs...
I think this is a little bug or something...


btw: I have a fake Sony 4gb Memcard (they said it's high speed...lol...) and this are my results:

FAT32: 3.05
FAT16: 3.28

[dadash]

Does it have "high speed" printed on it? Otherwise it's a normal black one!! Look at this picture for a "true" Sony high speed :eek:

http://img292.imageshack.us/img292/3649/4gbhighspeedsonyww61gj5.th.jpg (http://img292.imageshack.us/my.php?image=4gbhighspeedsonyww61gj5.jpg)

[realg187]

My 2GB is MG supported but in Black Speed the bars are low comaprd to the average ones below!

[neatyned2]

Thanks guys,

It helped and now my ISOs show up again. I have another question though. How do you get VCS cheatdevice 2.3 to work without DEvhook? Like I said, I have 3.03 OE-C, so I was wondering if I could just place the prx into the seplugins folder. Does anyone know if this would work?

[spectre01]

YES! i formatted mine to FAT, now all the games run smoothly like water! thou the writing speed is still to slow...

[realg187]

I want a 4 GB for ISOs are larger videos. Should I get a Sony or Sandisk one? I dont think I can get a fake cuz I dont order off the net..

[xxpathfinderxx]

I want a 4 GB for ISOs are larger videos. Should I get a Sony or Sandisk one? I dont think I can get a fake cuz I dont order off the net..

I think the benchmarks show, that sandisks 4gb are faster than the sonys...If I bought a 4gb MS Pro Duo, I would buy me a Sandisk....

[realg187]

Get Sandisk? are they cheaper?

[kaisaa]

Get Sandisk? are they cheaper?
yes (at least at amazon in my country a sandisk 4gb ms pro duo is cheaper than one from sony), and they are faster. (and fake ones are mostly slower [bad for large isos/videos] and break faster)

[realg187]

Lotta fakes claim to be high speed, ironic how they are slower!

Also my MS is MG supported but slow, my 2GB shows up way slower than the samples in Black Speed, my brothers 512MB either comes close, equals and for one of the tests beats the sample for the 1GB!

[qman1]

if i format my fake 4gb ms to fat, no transferd data show up in psp xmb :( ideas? also format says 64kb cluster isnt safe, cant change that!

edit:

okay, if i try changing the cluster size to 16 or 32kb it will format only to
fat32! so i think the 64kb for fat is the right thing, it must be some other
error :confused:

[xxpathfinderxx]

if i format my fake 4gb ms to fat, no transferd data show up in psp xmb :( ideas? also format says 64kb cluster isnt safe, cant change that!

edit:

okay, if i try changing the cluster size to 16 or 32kb it will format only to
fat32! so i think the 64kb for fat is the right thing, it must be some other
error :confused:


Do you have set the right folder-structure?

You have to create a PSP\GAME and a PSP\GAME150 folder, in order to see your isos...imho a little bug or something...

[qman1]

Do you have set the right folder-structure?

You have to create a PSP\GAME and a PSP\GAME150 folder, in order to see your isos...imho a little bug or something...

yes, i backed up the whol ms! nothing shows up, no mp3, movies and so on :( maybe the stick is bricked :eek:

[realg187]

can u even brick a MS?

[ryanwalton50]

not brick but corrupt... a pro duo would make a crap brick/paper weight

[dadash]

not brick but corrupt... a pro duo would make a crap brick/paper weight
Format your MS-DUO (preferably FAT16) and it'll be as good as new again!!!

[realg187]

hardly ever is there real damage, just data loss, and I think Sony has a free things to recover data, but if u have ISOs and homebrews, then giving Sony ur MS may not be the best idea, when my USB hard drive F@#$ed up I took it to staples and for $60 they recovered most of my data and didnt care dat I had warez!!