Well ...  When I looks around the few PSP in my house ... ALL OF THEM WERE FAKED. I'm not sure it affect much on the gaming performance but certainly the technical spec of original is ahead

As i survey around LYN's PSP sales, most of them are also not able to supply original card due to competitive market pricing i guess

Worst still if my new 8GB perform badly .. figure out another 180 to get Sandisk M2

You mean you want to checl wether your memory stick is a fake one or not?
If so,scroll to any tabs in your main menu(Like video or music etc),then hit triangle.
If it says "Memory Stick : Unknown",then it's a fake memory stick.If it says MagicGate Supported,then it's genuine.

if am buying 2nd hand

is 3.71 M33-2 Software.

good ? i am not a very hardcore gamer.