At present, the most common counterfeiting methods mainly include: passing off as good quality, polishing, changing words and renovation. Shouting them as good ones means that profiteers undergo special treatment on some damaged but still usable memory modules to make some of the good memory particles work normally, and then sell them on the market as brand new products. Polishing is what we usually call REMARK. The profiteers erase the writing on the surface of the memory particles, and then re-label them with famous brand labels such as Kingston, Kingmax, and Hyundai. To modify the note is to rewrite some of the letters or numbers on the surface of the memory particles. Renovation is to re-solder the recycled "junk chips" onto the PCB circuit board and sell them as new products. These memories are often poorly produced and have not been tested before leaving the factory, so the quality is not guaranteed at all. In fact, it is just a tampering with the appearance of the packaging, and consumers who do not understand it will naturally have a hard time distinguishing it.

Guess which one is true and which one is fake?

Identification method

Comparison of chip particles

The authentic product in the picture below The memory is a close-up of Kingston 2GB/667 notebook memory particles that I took before. It uses the same Elpida particles as the fake Kingston memory. It can be clearly seen from the picture that the genuine memory particles are clearly printed, while the fake memory particles are very dim. The contrast is very stark.

In fact, for a memory, the PCB circuit board only accounts for less than 10% of the memory cost, and the particle price is the real "bulk". Therefore, usually PCBs are basically manufactured by regular OEMs, while the particles are made of what is known as "white flakes" in the jargon, which is what the industry calls defective particles. The price is very cheap, but the stability and compatibility are very poor.

Comparison of details

Two flaws can be seen from the above picture, the first of which is the miniature font printing of Kingston’s R-type trademark, around the registered trademark ?R? KINGSTON should be clearly printed in English. It cannot be clearly displayed here due to the author's camera, but it is much clearer compared to the random drawings on the fake memory.

Kingston official website? One-minute authenticity identification?

Another point, please look carefully at the watermark inside the label. There are obvious traces at the connection between the fake memory watermark and the KINGSTON font. It is obviously It was printed later, which will not be found in real Kingston memory.