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Old 04-04-2007, 09:04 AM
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Hard drive upgrade
Has anyone upgraded their PS3's hard drive yet?

If so was it easy? And whats the max drive size the PS3 can take?
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Old 04-04-2007, 11:05 AM
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where the hell is this so called removable HDD anyway?.................
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Old 04-04-2007, 12:55 PM
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i have and the bigest you can get is 160 gigs because they use a 2.5" laptop HDD
if they hade used a 3.5" you can goes as big as 700 gigs as far as i know
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Old 04-04-2007, 03:48 PM
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It was fairly simple, although I had some trouble with one mounting screw on the bracket. Like Siege said, the largest you can go at this point is 160 GB, although 200 GB and 250 GB 2.5" SATA drive are in development. I have listed the steps to replace yourIf you want to swap the hard drive, just make sure you buy a 5400 RPM SATA-150 2.5" drive (Preferribly Seagate). To change the hard drive, all you have to do is remove the plastic hard drive bay cover on the left side of your PS3, then unscrew and remove the metal hard drive cover, pull the hard drive out, remove its brackets, put the new drive in the brackets and stick it back into the PS3. Be sure to backup your files before you change your hard drive, so you can restore all of your data onto the new hard drive.
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Old 04-04-2007, 06:52 PM
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how much does a 160 gig cost?
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okay I have the 160 in and cost me $109 USD it's about as simple as it gets. if you stand your PS3 on end it would be at the bottom. you'll see a little cover that denotes it's the hdd. remove the blue screw ,slide sideways,remove drive, remove four screws from caddy, replace drive with bigger one, replace in opposite order and boot up. follow prompts and congrats.
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i busted the nut on the hd tray. where can i buy new tray? who is selling it n how much?
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What size scredriver do you need?
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are you serious? take the damn cover off and look and you will see what size
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lol wow that sucks that you busted a nut
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are you serious? take the damn cover off and look and you will see what size
Well sorry! I honestly used something way smaller than it it was and it worked ok but the problem is I plan on upgrading again and i don't want to rerisk doing i again with the wrong screwdriver.
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y upgrade 2x go big or go home your best bet is to get a 500 gig usb hdd and use if for music and videos and keep all your saves on the ps3 hdd save time and money and maybe a nut an screw
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are you serious? take the damn cover off and look and you will see what size

i need ps3 cradle and the screw. can anyone care to help me find it. i need to buy those.. thanks
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well c'mon lets get serious how long does it take to pop that cover off? ok maybe I was a little harsh
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well c'mon lets get serious how long does it take to pop that cover off? ok maybe I was a little harsh
i bought it from gamestop store. it was opening box. during that time it was hot hot item. the item was open. they told me it was open cause they to inspect the quality n part. for while now. i did not need to have bigger hd. now it is kinda close to full. i decided to open n upgrade it. i found out it got busted tread on it. i cant open it. that is why i need a new cradle and screw.
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you can maybe drill out the screw
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well c'mon lets get serious how long does it take to pop that cover off? ok maybe I was a little harsh
I was actually more of asking about the 4 screws. Because I found it hard to remove without the right screw driver and I might need to get one and I do not know how I will bring the tray or the screw as it is inconvenient for me.
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HDD screws
ok yo