Veteran turned Noob Q's for 3.40 OE

[Sonicboy 101]

My 4GB Sandisk came today, I formatted it and put stuff on it and it works fine.
If it says magicgate is supported, does that mean it's real?

[SpooForBrains]

My 4GB Sandisk somehow died about two weeks ago, without warning. I dunno what happened there, I just wanted to put something on the MS and it wouldn't work, then when I looked at my PSP, the memory stick light wouldn't stop blinking.

I had the same thing happen to my 2GB Sony. The chances are your file system is corrupted. The easiest way to get around this is to format it again. If you have data on there you can't lose, then you can use a file system repair tool (like fsck on Linux or chkdisk on Windows) to repair it.

And x999x, Sandisk memory sticks are fine.

Sonicboy 101: yes, that's usually an indication that the memory stick is genuine.

[x999x]

Thanks again folks!

I still haven't updated yet, lol. I'm waitin' just a wee bit longer to see if anything else develops on this front that might make me second guess :P

On the subject of memory sticks, I was thinking of going larger than 2gigs so I can throw some vids using the newer (new for me) codecs the PSP sports. Now, what's the deal with Ebay selling 4gig SONY mem sticks for 20 bux?

Those are fakes right? I had to buy Sandisk because I couldn't afford another mortgage on the house buying a Sony branded memstick at Fry's. I mean is that just too good to be true?

Now let's say they are fake, do they at least work? I mean if I can use my sandisk for flashing, and load a handful of beautiful HD vids on the fake stick I'd just be gambling with the integrity of my data and not my PSP's lively hood right?

Hah, thanks again folks!