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JCMoorehead on Replace HDD in Fat model

Fri, 22 Oct 2010 12:58:40 +0000

Gonna add on another warning to be careful regarding the screws and such. There is actually a design flaw in the PS3 models regarding this so if you find them too hard to get out phone up sony and request a new HDD Shell to put your new on inside. It'll take a while to arrive but it's better then damaging...

Tosh on Replace HDD in Fat model

Wed, 20 Oct 2010 17:07:40 +0000

Jay said:

yeah had to use needle nose pliers to grab the outside edge and twist it lol

Same thing happened to me, lol. I think I have a new screw in there now.

Jay on Replace HDD in Fat model

Wed, 20 Oct 2010 15:32:18 +0000

yeah had to use needle nose pliers to grab the outside edge and twist it lol

premiersoupir on Replace HDD in Fat model

Wed, 20 Oct 2010 13:56:05 +0000

Wow, it stripped after just one time replacing the HDD? I'll make certain to be careful. Thanks, cats!

Jay on Replace HDD in Fat model

Wed, 20 Oct 2010 13:47:57 +0000

if it fits in the bay, it will/should work. The blue screw is the biggest pain in the ass, though. the head of mine is stripped lol, so I only have it pretty much finger tightened if I ever need to remove it again. I have a 500GB HDD installed

premiersoupir on Replace HDD in Fat model

Wed, 20 Oct 2010 11:55:38 +0000

Great, that's a relief. Thanks, Tosh!

Tosh on Replace HDD in Fat model

Wed, 20 Oct 2010 10:06:49 +0000

I remember reading people putting 640GB Hard Drives in there PS3's. As far as the filesystem, the PS3 will format it when you put it in for the first time.

Adam T is right about the screws, use a bigger screwdriver than you'll think you need.

premiersoupir on Replace HDD in Fat model

Wed, 20 Oct 2010 08:58:04 +0000

Good to know -- thanks!

Adam T on Replace HDD in Fat model

Wed, 20 Oct 2010 05:19:43 +0000

Just a warning... don't lose the screws or cross thread them... they are tough to get and you need them...

premiersoupir on Replace HDD in Fat model

Tue, 19 Oct 2010 19:39:09 +0000

Does anyone know whether there is an upper limit to the size of a HDD in a PS3 fat? I'm not going to put anything crazy big in it, but I was thinking maybe half a terabyte. I read one site that claimed that the max size is 320 Gb -- surely false, yes? I also read that the HDD must spin at at least 5400...