Authentic Kingston CF Card?

snowspeeder · 1st December 2005

Not sure if anyone had this before. Today I just purchased a Kingston 1 GB CF Elite Pro. Went to the warranty/product verification at the Kingston website to key in the relevant details:

http://kingston.com/asia/verify/

Then I received this email saying that my CF card is not authentic:

ID Number: CF/1GB-SFE
Serial Number: TTXXXXX-0XXXXX0X
Email Address: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Store Name: XXXXXXXXXX
Purchased Date: 12/1/2005

The digital media product you inquired about is not an authentic Kingston
product. We suggest that you double check the information on the product
label. (Refer to the Kingston Verification website for details).

I did double check the product info and got the same email again. Should I bring this back to the store? Pls advise.

user12343 · 1st December 2005

you can try bringing back to the shop but i doubt they'll exchange if it's not found to be defective.

also you might wanna check with convergent systems, as they are the agent for kingston stuffs.

snowspeeder · 1st December 2005

Good idea. Anyway I'm also going to convergent tomorrow to talk to them about my recently exchanged 1GB lexar card that has started to give "No Image On Card" problem.

snowspeeder · 2nd December 2005

Today I went down to convergent to change my Lexar card. I also told them about the authentic issue with the kingston card. They tried to verify it online like the way I did the day before. But unfortunately, the kingston online system is down. They said the card 'looks' original and in any case they will also service it if anything crops up.

2100 · 2nd December 2005

Is the read speed fast btw? Elite Pro is not the fastest, but it's definitely not slow. I get about 5-6MB/s from my slow USB 2 card reader. I don't think crooks use fast flash chips.

drumma · 3rd December 2005

good luck dude! hope u dun kana the same sh!T as me.

snowspeeder · 3rd December 2005

Originally Posted by 2100

Is the read speed fast btw? Elite Pro is not the fastest, but it's definitely not slow. I get about 5-6MB/s from my slow USB 2 card reader. I don't think crooks use fast flash chips.

It's a 50x card. Will be running some tests before ever using it on events.

snowspeeder · 3rd December 2005

Originally Posted by drumma

good luck dude! hope u dun kana the same sh!T as me.

You kenna from kingston cards? Have u verified if it is original?

1st December 2005	#1
snowspeeder Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: 35A East Coast Rd Posts: 3,438	Authentic Kingston CF Card? Not sure if anyone had this before. Today I just purchased a Kingston 1 GB CF Elite Pro. Went to the warranty/product verification at the Kingston website to key in the relevant details: http://kingston.com/asia/verify/ Then I received this email saying that my CF card is not authentic: ID Number: CF/1GB-SFE Serial Number: TTXXXXX-0XXXXX0X Email Address: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX Store Name: XXXXXXXXXX Purchased Date: 12/1/2005 The digital media product you inquired about is not an authentic Kingston product. We suggest that you double check the information on the product label. (Refer to the Kingston Verification website for details). I did double check the product info and got the same email again. Should I bring this back to the store? Pls advise.

1st December 2005	#2
user12343 Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 485	Re: Authentic Kingston CF Card? you can try bringing back to the shop but i doubt they'll exchange if it's not found to be defective. also you might wanna check with convergent systems, as they are the agent for kingston stuffs.

1st December 2005	#3
snowspeeder Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: 35A East Coast Rd Posts: 3,438	Re: Authentic Kingston CF Card? Good idea. Anyway I'm also going to convergent tomorrow to talk to them about my recently exchanged 1GB lexar card that has started to give "No Image On Card" problem.

2nd December 2005	#4
snowspeeder Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: 35A East Coast Rd Posts: 3,438	Re: Authentic Kingston CF Card? Today I went down to convergent to change my Lexar card. I also told them about the authentic issue with the kingston card. They tried to verify it online like the way I did the day before. But unfortunately, the kingston online system is down. They said the card 'looks' original and in any case they will also service it if anything crops up.

2nd December 2005	#5
2100 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 3,116	Re: Authentic Kingston CF Card? Is the read speed fast btw? Elite Pro is not the fastest, but it's definitely not slow. I get about 5-6MB/s from my slow USB 2 card reader. I don't think crooks use fast flash chips.

3rd December 2005	#6
drumma Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 5,824	Re: Authentic Kingston CF Card? good luck dude! hope u dun kana the same sh!T as me. __________________ weddings . Blog