Hi all,
I have what I suspect to be a counterfeit / fake memory stick in. I wondered if anyone else could confirm? Memory stick has failed, so chip removal was required. However, I still cannot get the NAND to ID to confirm the capacity. It's quite possible that the NAND has failed, but I'm currently waiting for Ace TS to login and take a look just in case I have missed something.
The owner reports it as a 8GB memory stick. She also provided a second matching working 8GB memory stick purchased at her university, with the matching university branding. Under the plastic casing they are quite different.
The likely fake has a rectangular processor. I have only ever seen these before on fake memory sticks (eBay purchases etc, with 512Gb capacity for £15 etc) . It has ITE numbering, but for a processor number that does not exist (at least on Soft Center and PC3000 library) - IT1178E.
Moreover, the marking on the NAND chip on the underside of the chip is:
F17T482UCGE1GM
0 PW1512156 602
Made in TAIWAN
I cannot find any specification on this chip, but I'm taking a bet that in this case the '1G' at the end is indicating in this case that it is a 1GB NAND.
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Thanks for any comments,
J
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