There is a new wave of counterfeit DT300 usb flash drives being offered on eBay China, beware of fraud. If you bought a flash memory item from any of these eBay sellers: xiangw*e – znn-znn2010 – quyan89 – habetter268 – mingwei.chen you are advised to test item(s) immediately for advertised capacity. Read: H2testw 1.4 – Gold Standard In Detecting USB Counterfeit Drives . You may have purchased a fake flash memory product.
If your memory item fails testing report immediately to SOSFakeFlash . If your eBay seller is deregistered from eBay, it is urgent you report in to SOSFakeFlash. If you do not, they will not be able to investigate and to record in their database to publish an official alert listing all items sold. eBay is suspending fake flash memory sellers to avoid buyers leaving feedback or recording the truth.
Never use any flash memory item without testing for capacity. If you purchased a fake you could lose your files and data. Read: Why Is Fake Flash Memory So Dangerous?
Please see Validation Memory links for brand names and flash nand memory chip decoding. Reminder, Gb is Gigabits, not Gigabytes. 8 bits is 1 byte. You must divide by 8, if manufacturer lists size as Gb. Exercise care in disassembly of your item to decode.
If you need help and information on eBay read:
Check your eBay Sellers feedback, type in the id: http://toolhaus.org/cgi-bin/negs
xiangw*e – China
2011 New USB 2.0 256GB Flash Memory Pen Stick Thumb Drive
znn-znn2010 – China
New USB 2.0 256GB Flash Memory Pen Stick Thumb Drive
quyan89 – China
2011 New USB 2.0 256GB Flash Memory Pen Stick Thumb Drive
habetter268 – China
2011 New USB 2.0 256GB Flash Memory Pen Stick Thumb Drive
mingwei.chen – China
2011 New USB 2.0 256GB Flash Memory Pen Stick Thumb Drive
Kingston read:
Kingston Technologies Offers Help To eBay Victims Frauded With Counterfeit Flash Memory