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SYNC YOUR TROPHY INFORMATION if you're interested in such things. Think about how you might have compressed this list to maybe 4 or 5 steps instead of 12.13. Unplug your PS3, then pop the hard drive cover off the PS3 using a small flat head screwdriver.3. Unscrew the screws keeping your hard drive in place. Or 13 for that matter.This hard drive is currently serving its purpose quite well. Use a USB flash drive, external hard drive, or iPod (I used my 120 GB classic). Put the new hard drive in the cage. Use the PS3's backup feature to backup all your existing hard drive's information.
I bought this to replace the miniscule 40 GB drive in my PS3, which I filled to capacity by merely playing PS3 games that required up to 6 GB of space to install. Put the cover back on.8. Screw it in.6. Use the PS3's internal restore feature to restore all the information you previously backed up.10. This will take a small Philips screwdriver, the kind used for computers and the like. Don't use a big one unless you enjoy stripping screws and cursing a lot.4. Why PS3 games require such a ridiculous amount of space is certainly a topic worthy of discussion, however, this is not the forum. Installing this hard drive was a breeze.
Enjoy your massive new hard drive.12. Plug your PS3 back in and turn it on. Put the cage back in place and screw it in.7. Go ahead, can't do any harm.9. Unscrew the other screws keeping it in place in its hard drive cage.5.
Syncing with the server will put them all back in place.11. It's also noticeably quieter than the factory 40 GB, a big plus. I almost had a heart attack when I thought I'd lost all my trophies. For those who need help, a little instruction:1. It will ask you to format.
Pop the hard drive out of its cage. 2. Pull the old hard drive out.
After 3 months, I got a bunch of bad sectors on the disk and had to return it.
it was real easy to change out the old one for new one. keep in mind that after formatting hdd you'll end up with about 290gb.
that was a bit tricky for you have to format external hdd to a FAT32 in order for PS3 to recognize it. the enclosure i used was the Vantec NexStar SX NST-285S2-BK 2.5-Inch SATA to USB 2.0 External Hard Drive Enclosure sold here on amazon.
i used this to upgrade my hdd on PS3 AND It worked great so far. i put the old hdd in an enclosure to make it an external hdd.
it took about 10 days to ship which was pretty long. i've had it for about a month so far.
go on youtube.com and search how to upgrade PS3 hard drive for videos.
Great value. This product has been great so far, I used it to upgrade my PS3 HDD from 80GB, the HDD is great and is so far very fast and quiet, I can't hear a beep out of it nor it spinning up for that matter. its been almost a month now, and I don't have any complaints at all.
The faster speed really isn't needed. If your looking for a 320GB Hard Disk Drive for your playstation 3, this is it. Don't forget to backup your material. Buy this one and you'll save money. Works perfectly. It doesn't matter if the RPM is 5400 or 7200.
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