Anyone upgraded their PS3 HDD?

[kevan321]

Hey,

should hopefully be verifying for my PS3 this week, thinking about getting a replacement hard drive for it, just wondering if anyone's done it? and if they can recomend a replacement hard drive?

I was looking at Millennium Computers 2001 Ltd > 160 GB IBM/HITACHI 2.5" SATA 150 5400RPM 8MG CACHE HDD but I don't know much about what's needed other than that it needs to be a 2.5 inch, and preferably 5400RPM (so I've heard).

Thanks in advance

Kev

[hystrix cri]

I replaced my hard drive with this one Western Digital 250GB 2.5" Hard Drive SATA150 5400rpm 8MB Cache - OEM - Ebuyer basically you want a 2.5" SATA hard drive thats 5400rpm. It's very easy to do but the screws are very tight as they will have been machined in. I used a watch repair screw driver which I put in my drill to get the first turns. without doing this you will probably not be able to get the screws off or end up destroying the srew. after that you basically just put it in screw it back up then turn your ps3 back on and format the drive over night

[kevan321]

Thanks for that, think I'll go for same when I get it.

Cheers

[hystrix cri]

the only thing with that hard drive is its only about 230gb because of the way they go off how many bits there are and do it by 1000s but thats the same with alot of hard drives like the one in my laptop is supposed to be 100gb but its only really 90gb. I got that one after reading alot of reviews of people who had used it in their PS3.

the other thing, you don't really need to upgrade your hard drive, games don't take up that much room. I did it because I download stuff like Lost and films and things and I don't have alot of room on the laptop and you can transfer videos and music and pictures over your internet connection by using windows media player. so I'm using it more as an external hard drive.

but yeah if you are going to download lots of stuff and use your PS3 for everything that it can do and not just playing games then you might need a bigger hard drive

[kevan321]

Ye, that's what I intend to use it for aswell.

Thaks a lot,

230gb is much better than 40

[salzy]

on my ps2 i installed a 300gb HD and was able to load games straight onto it and play off that.
i hope they come out with something like that on the PS3

[chris_5252]

How do you download lost onto your ps3?

[wolf]

Originally Posted by chris_5252

How do you download lost onto your ps3?

illegally presumably

[omairt]

Originally Posted by chris_5252

How do you download lost onto your ps3?

Generally speaking, if your PS3 firmware is updated, you should be able to play DivX videos on it. Just copy and paste the video onto the HDD using a USB Drive or USB HDD.

[Doctor]

Originally Posted by salzy

on my ps2 i installed a 300gb HD and was able to load games straight onto it and play off that.
i hope they come out with something like that on the PS3

You don't know where I could get my hands on a modchip for the PS2 do you?
Searched high and low

[salzy]

Originally Posted by Doctor

You don't know where I could get my hands on a modchip for the PS2 do you?
Searched high and low

try northern computer fairs if one takes place around you
theres usually a chap that comes and does them.
but i don't know if he still does the ps2 though

[hystrix cri]

Originally Posted by chris_5252

How do you download lost onto your ps3?

I download it onto my computer first and then add it to windows media library. if you go onto your settings on windows media there is a thing called media sharing, if you have your PS3 on the same connection as your computer then your PS3 will show up in the box and you just say it is ok to share media with it. then when you go on your PS3 under video, music, picture tabs your computer will show up and then you can either just stream the files so they will play on your TV or copy them directly to your PS3


the sharing thing on media player, goto options then library then configure sharing and check the box to say share media. if your ps3 is online then it should be in the list as an unknown device aslong as nothing else is connected to your internet you know it's your ps3. just click the options to let it share and the types of file you want it to share

[chris_5252]

What video formats does the ps3 support?

[ravness]

most codecs are supported except xvid codec which is found on some .avi and .divx files which i hope they will add soon!

[kevan321]

here's a list:

Memory Stick Video Format
- MPEG-4 SP (AAC LC)
- H.264/MPEG-4 AVC Main Profile (AAC LC)
MP4 file format
- H.264/MPEG-4 AVC High Profile (AAC LC)
MPEG-1 (MPEG Audio Layer 2)
MPEG-2 PS (MPEG2 Audio Layer 2, AAC LC, AC3(Dolby Digital), LPCM)
MPEG-2 TS (MPEG2 Audio Layer 2)
AVI
- Motion JPEG (Linear PCM)
- Motion JPEG (μ-Law)
AVCHD （.m2ts / .mts）
DivX
WMV
- VC-1（WMA Standard V2）