i hear that, i got a counterfeit flash card off ebay awhile back. it was an excellent look alike but would only hold a gig b4 messing up. was a sony 16gb card ms pro duo.FlyingPenguin wrote:As I said before, I have seen a LOT of failing RAM lately. It's like a plague. My theory is that there's a lot of knock-off and counterfeit low quality crap out there. Most of this stuff is made in Taiwan, China, Korea - places where it's common for people to smuggle out chips that failed quality control and then they fab their own counterfeits.
Heck, it's happening with flash memory so it's almost certainly happening with RAM.
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I don't buy cheap or questionable RAM & usually only buy on Newegg (of course after recent events, apparently even they are susceptible to fakes). Heck the failed one is Patriot Viper series which has an excellent reviews. That said, I've even had corsair & crucial fail me lately. Geil on the other hand has impressed me greatly (both in reliability & overclockability).
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That's the problem. These cheap knock-offs are working their way into the normal supply chain. For example NewEgg or Dell orders a bunch of brand name RAM from a supplier but it turns out that supplier may unknowingly have received a pallet load of fakes, or maybe the employees themselves are swapping out inventory late at night replacing the good stuff with the fakes.
Since all this stuff eventually comes from the far east, there's a lot of shady stuff that can happen in the pipeline.
Since all this stuff eventually comes from the far east, there's a lot of shady stuff that can happen in the pipeline.
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i got burned a couple of years ago .right here on pca on a knock off sony thumb drive. i endd up dropping in the round bin next to my computer .after i spent like $100 for the POS.
i will say it was not from a regular forum member i bought this from .the price seem to good and it was !
i will say it was not from a regular forum member i bought this from .the price seem to good and it was !
the Last time I was Talking to myself . I got into such a heated argument . that is why I swore I never talk to that guy again. you know what it worked now no buddy talking to me. 