another question about the Dual Adapter.
Do you have to use 2 micro sd cards, or it can also work with just one?

I believe I've read you need to use two, but I haven't had a chance to try one out myself yet.

Originally Posted by snives I believe I've read you need to use two, but I haven't had a chance to try one out myself yet.

its okay, I just read some info it says you can use one micro sd card as well as long as you put it in the the 1st slot.

Any way, thanks for this thread, i ordered the dual one from DX.
Wish I knew about this before other wise I wouldnt buy the 2gb memory stick for 10 and the 1 gig for 5.
sucks.... lol

So has anyone tried this on a PSP 3000?

I'd like to be able to download PS Store games on it....

Thanks.

Originally Posted by FuzyBaffy I would HIGHLY recommend the photofast 5400 from DealExtreme. I bought one played around with it and immediately saw it had no magicgate support. So I never bothered putting any purchased games from the sony store on it. It did work flawlessly for Mp3 and Movies. Well I was trying to get some homebrew to run on my official Sony memory stick I got from staples which said it had magic gate support in the menu of the PSP. Wouldn't allow me to install the software in XP in the official sony memory stick. I didn't think it could possibly work on this dual micro sd memory stick adapter, it said that all over the forums. But I tried and couldn't believe it worked perfectly on this hacked adapter. Then I tried downloading items purchased directly from the sony store and everything worked flawlessly even though the Dual micro SD says it does not have MagicGate support when you check on the PSP. This was tried on my stock firmware PSP 2000 your mileage may vary. The Dual Adaptor is really woth it's weight in gold. Micro SD cards are a helleva lot more useful and cheaper than proprietary sony crap.

I bought one of these this summer from Dealextreme and it works like a charm. I bought two 16gb micro cards from Frys.com for about $35 each after rebates and have been rocking with a 32gb set up since about June. I was able to fit my entire collection of 30 something odd psp games onto this one memory stick and carry them around with me everywhere my psp goes. Games load up and play quickly with no problems, though I chose to rip my games as ISOs and not crappy compressed CSOs. All in all, an excellent set-up and to hell with psp go.

I bought one of these a few weeks back and I've had issues with it. I bought it specifically to use with a digital camera and the camera won't recognize it. It works just fine in my PC but the camera gives me format error every time whether I format it via the camera or PC.

Thought I'd throw in my two cents. I bought the Photofast 2-MicroSD adapter last May from DealExtreme and it continually had issues with not recognizing the card, recognizing the card when the system came on and then not recognizing it after the system had been in Hold for any amount of time, and sometimes not recognizing the card in Slot 2 (which would really screw things up since it's supposed to read Slot's 1 and 2 as one card).

I was determined however and purchased two more from an Amazon reseller called "ETech". The first one worked like a charm... in slot 1. It did everything it advertised but would not read the card in slot 2 even after continual reformats. The second ETech purchased Photofast adapter however worked perfectly. In fact it still works today. I'm using it with two 16GB MicroSD cards and am currently the very satisfied owner of a 32GB PSP 2000. Eat your heart out PSP Go.

The card functions perfectly and behaves in everyway like a MSProDuo. The only thing it's a little slow on is populating the list of available video's on the card. Other than that it reads and writes just as fast as any other MS on the market you could throw in your PSP.

Word to the wise: DO NOT pick these up by anywhere other than the edges. They are insanely fragile, any small amount of force on the area the MicroSD cards plug in to will eff these adapters up. I believe that was what lead to the ruin of my first adapter. Still don't trust DealExtreme though and thoroughly believe it's worth paying the extra $6 for shipping from Amazon since DealExtreme is known for cheap Chinese knockoffs (and you don't want a cheap Chinese knockoff of a cheap Chinese memory stick adapter) and the adapters I recieved from ETech came packaged much more securely.

Originally Posted by Izod517 Some people have but that's not really a discussion for CAG, so, take it elsewhere.

yes sir mr hall monitor.


thanks for the inputs from others, i will buy this but from another retailer for use on the psp

Just letting you know douchebag. Obviously you haven't found out that mods frown on that type of discussion, that or you're just ignoring it.

does the dual card one only support up to 16gb max? or is there another adapter which allows for more than 16gb?

I have heard the stories of the fragile nature and reliability issues of this setup. I for one would not risk my games or saves to use this.

I have a 16gb Sony and when the 32gb comes down I will get that one (currently $199). The 16gb are about $65 right now.

Originally Posted by Nephilim I have heard the stories of the fragile nature and reliability issues of this setup. I for one would not risk my games or saves to use this. I have a 16gb Sony and when the 32gb comes down I will get that one (currently $199). The 16gb are about $65 right now.

The only thing fragile are the adapters themselves, the microSD cards are very hardy- And for a few dollars the adapters are easily replaced; add that to not having a pretty useless proprietary card format (that keeps getting changed and outmoded) and it is definitely worth it.

A quick bump since the dual adapter is on sale for $2.99 shipped at Meritline. Picked one up today.

linky

Is Meritline a good vendor?

Originally Posted by chsty Is Meritline a good vendor?

I've had no issues with Meritline. Only their shipping tends to take a while since it's coming from overseas.

Thanks! In for 1.

Originally Posted by Rictor Sweet. Didn't know these existed. I got rid of my PSPs, but I still have a Sony digital camera that uses Pro Duo cards.

I didnt know these existed either!!!!! Very cool! Thanks OP!

I have the Photofast 5400 with a pair of 8gb micro sds in it. Works great in my PSP 3000.

Really can't say enough positive things. Far cheaper than buying the official Sony product. So much cheaper, in fact, that it negates any worry I might have over the adapter being a little flimsy: I can buy another for just a few dollars.

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meh the price difference on amazon between micro sd and pro duo isnt enough to warrant rigging two cards together with this thing. I can vouch for dealextremes honesty though. I've bought a few things from them in the past and everything arrived in perfect condition and it was always exactly what I ordered.