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Playstation 3 Hardware \ Upgrading PS3 HDD

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Greetings.

I have heard rumours (people bragging) that they have managed to upgrade their PS3 Hard Drives from the standard 40 60 80gb. to a 250gb of the same make and model, just larger capacity. Those that have said they have ugraded their system say that by Sony's T & C's its got the ok and does nothing wrong to the system.

I was just wondering if any of you fellow MyPS3 members have jumped into the darkness and tried this? I mean im not at the point where im exactly crammed for space on the hard drive right now, but it would help me shutup some 360 fanboys at work ... and if it does nothing wrong, why not?

(Came across this on Gamespot and other forums when i was looking for keyboard n mouse compatible ps3 games ... but as soon as i picked up that sixaxis, the ps2 days kicked back into gear)

Farewell!
- h2go [PSN: hospitaliser ... playin COD4]

26/11/2007

Perth, Western Australia

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longarms says:

I havent done it my self. but basicly you can put any 2.5MM SATA laptop hard dive into the playsation 3 .They are very easy to find and buy.

26/11/2007

Central Coast (NSW)

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wutang01 says:

Western Digital 250G SATA 5400RPM,8M notebook HDD costs $235 from Umart.

Just wondering if I should wait the WD 320GB one

27/11/2007

Brisbane

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Matster says:

i haven't really cecked out my ps3 all that well.. so is there a slot to put the hard drive into or do you have to open the case??

27/11/2007

Qld

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Matster says:

Also guys i've been using itestate.com.au in sydney laptop hard drive's are $209 for 250gb

27/11/2007

Qld

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Astrolite says:

If your laying your PS3 down, there is a small plastic cover you can remove on the left. Check your PS3 manuel to be sure, but I think you just remove 1 screw to take out the hard drive.

27/11/2007

PSN: Astrolite

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Matster says:

cool.. thanks, do you just load the firmware disc (v2.0 with Assassins Creed) on after that then?

27/11/2007

Qld

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Astrolite says:

Umm?! That's why I've had a 60 gig HDD for 8 months. I just got a tiny 250 External one for all my movies and stuff. Left the HDD purely for games and stuff. But I wanna hear more too!

27/11/2007

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wutang01 says:

Anyone seen the WD 320GB around? I want to find out what's the average price figure for a 2.5" 320GB ...

27/11/2007

Brisbane

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Flame says:

Google "ps3 replace hard drive" and you should be able to find some good info. Here's an older one that I've read through--pretty simple process really!

www.gamersreports.com/

27/11/2007

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Xzadur8 says:

nice find there Flame, thats pretty simple to understand.
Im not sure if i'll replace the "original HDD" or just buy an "External HDD"
I only have 20Gig left or so, but im kinda trying not to fill it with random things which i end up deleting..

27/11/2007

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Matster says:

Gotta be hand to have a 320gb hard drive though when your using linux and anydvdhd to rip blu rays, going to need around 20 for a movie.

27/11/2007

Qld

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h2go says:

Cheers for the feedback.

STill unclear on how it would effect the warranty of the unit but seeing as i have a 300gb external that goes unused beside me laptop i guess ill just use that.

Thanks again!
-hospitaliser

27/11/2007

Perth, Western Australia

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skua says:

well it dosent affect your warranty, by pulling the sticker off the bottom of the ps3 does

27/11/2007

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hammy360 says:

I have updated my ps3 hard drive to a 160gig about 3 months ago. If upgrading the hard drive which is easy you need to first use the ps3 backup util and also backup your music,video clips and picture first. Then remove the ps3 hard drive,replace it with any size 2 1/2" sata hard drive,on first boot just format it and use the restore util in the ps3 and then copy your music,video's and pictures back to the new hard drive

27/11/2007

Melbourne

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RenegadeKL says:

what happens to the games you've already bought from the playstation store, can you still back them up?

I wouldnt buy a Western Digital since i had problems with my 10gb hard drive which save all my music and stuff ages ago but died like no less then 6 month after i bought it... just to let people know about so you dont go losing alot valuable data and making the same mistake as i did...

27/11/2007

Melbourne Victoria

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wutang01 says:

I haven't had any problems with Western Digital. I have four WD 500GB SATA2s in my computer right now

And yea ... I finally upgraded my PS3 hard drive from 40GB to 250GB

It's so sweet. I transferred all my pictures/music/videos/game saves to a USB first. Replaced, formatted. Then transferred them back onto the HDD

08/12/2007

Brisbane

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Vinzor says:

i'll wait till huge ones are cheap and they find a way to copy ALLLLL stuff from the ps3 hdd to the new hdd.

dont wanna download all that crap again.

08/12/2007

hello kitty land.

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dingoboy says:

any one who needs more than 60 gig is seriously using their ps3 to the extreme

08/12/2007

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geno says:

dingoboy said: any one who needs more than 60 gig is seriously using their ps3 to the extreme

not really, i have 20gb of music on my ps3. plus movies and demos. i only have 5 gb left.

08/12/2007

If the cops started arresting more criminals then they hired then the legal system would actualy work....................Brisbane, QLD (PSN = denim_geno)

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Vinzor says:

dingoboy said: any one who needs more than 60 gig is seriously using their ps3 to the extreme

yeap. it's my media centre away from the pc.

08/12/2007

hello kitty land.

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Guyver says:

This is an interesting topic, I've barely scratched the surface of my 40gb so I wont be needing an upgrade for along time, I would like to get my PS3 to recognize my laptop so I could just stream data across.

08/12/2007

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wutang01 says:

Is there a way to transfer files onto the PS3 hard drive via wi-fi?

Like ... as though you're transferring files from computer 1 to computer 2 via Shared Documents?

09/12/2007

Brisbane

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dingoboy says:

why put 20 gig of music on your ps3?
whats wrong with the pc?

09/12/2007

brisbane

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mateo1 says:

he obviously wants to listen to some tunes through his fully hektic tv stereo speakers

09/12/2007

Brisbane, QLD {PSN = aimar120}

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