Hacking UK Supplier of 100% compatible 2GB MicroSD?

[D-an-W]

I am trying to find a 100% compatible 2GB MicroSD card for my R4DS in the UK, can anyone please recommend me a supplier that has these for sale?

I have been using the list here as a reference...

 

[Lee79]

Kingston Micro SD - 2GB VAT Free! £12.99 Free shipping 4-7 days

 

[D-an-W]

Thanks Lee, would that be a...

"Kingston 2GB TF (Taiwan) 1.11 No Problems. with new release of card and 1.11 software. N/A"

Or a...

"Kingston 2GB micro SD (JAPAN) 1.11 Slowdowns in Tony Hawk

J, no freezes in PoR since 1.11 update. N/A"

...though

 

[Lee79]

Not sure when i got one it was Japan but that was a few months ago i suggest you send them an email.

 

[Aidan James]

that's the 2gb card i've been using since april, i've had NO lag on ANY games whatsover, including castlevania: por. picstop are simply amazing, fast, on-time elivery. tf stands for trans flash, which is now micro sd. hmm, i don't know why ihave the american flag in my profile, i need to figure out how to change it to the gb flag.

 

[D-an-W]

Can you take a picture of your Micro SD please Aidan and show it me?

 

[Lee79]

Aidan James go to "my controls" near the top of the page then "Edit Profile info" on the left panel. Then "Country
Where do you live?"

 

[D-an-W]

So, if you folks have the Japan versions and there ok then I guess getting either one would be fine...

 

[macherie]

Yeah from what i've read in various places, apparently the Japanese 2GB Kingston is probably one of the best.

http://www.dealextreme.com/productimages/sku_1458_7.jpg

That's what the Japanese 2GB kingston looks like from China, you can check if it's made in Japan on the back of the actual SD card.

 

[mr deez]

Format it right and most cards work perfectly. Comparing my Sandiscs/Taiwan Kingstons etc versus my Jap Kingston showed no difference.

 

[Aidan James]

D-an-W, my apologies, mine is actually made by sandisk but i've read of a few rumbelings about kingston (take it for what it's worth). most of my removable media is made by sandisk. again, i assure you, you will expirience no lag whatsoever. picture here: http://s236.photobucket.com/albums/ff75/Ai...10112007237.jpg . Lee79, thanks for that mate

 

[D-an-W]

My Sandisk Ultra II causes crashes in PoR, thats why I was replacing it (Using Sandisk elsewhere), I formatted with FAT and 32k Clusters but it still happened...

 

[D-an-W]

Just spoke to Peter @ PicStop and he confirmed they were JAPAN made cards. One should be arriving in the next couple of days...

 

[Slybo]

Just a quick note.

Play.com are offering Sandisc 2GB at 12.99 at the moment.

 

[D-an-W]

My 2GB Kingston JAPAN Micro SD arrived today and so far I can't make it crash in PoR (U) using the save that's floating about on here. I formatted it using the Panasonic utility (FAT & 32k Clusters), it is slightly smaller than the Sandisk one, 1.87GB v 1.89GB but that's not a problem really.

Thanks for everyone's help...