PS/3 hdd borked?

[TdC]

Dudezors,

just sold my old ps/3 last week to a mate, and after a week of playing he calls me to say the thing is telling him "HDD inaccessible" or words to that effect.
Is this a known event? The unit is just a smidgin over two years old (2y and three weeks actually).

Now I actually have a laptop hdd here, a 160GBer. Can I fit that in the unit? Can any lappy hdd go in the ps/3? The unit is one of the original 40GB models.

Cheerzors!

 

[Ch3tan]

Phone Sony, their customer support is usually a freephone and is quite helpful.

Lie to them btw, and get him to say he bought it new 6 or 7 months ago and now it has failed. They won't check and will usually just swap the unit over.

 

[TdC]

but it's one of the original 40gigers? surely they will discover my fibs?

 

[Zenith.UK]

Yes, you can use any laptop sized (2.5") SATA hard drive.

 

[TdC]

sweet, so I can fit another if they don't want to play

 

[Ch3tan]

but it's one of the original 40gigers? surely they will discover my fibs?

You'd think that, but no. They are still in the retail chain.

 

[Yaka]

try pulling out the hdd then firmly pushing it back in. it did that when i first got my ps3 and i replaced the hdd.

 

[TdC]

nice tips, cheers Yaks and Chets.

won't I void all the warranties (as far as they still exist) if I open it though?

 

[Ch3tan]

No the HDD on the ps3 is removable and user serviceable. - Please check this fact before doing it though! Pretty sure it shows you how to do it in the manual.

How to upgrade your PlayStation 3 hard drive - Features at GameSpot

 

[Yaka]

very simple to do. carful with removing the drive cage screw tho, they chew up pretty easily

 

[TdC]

cheers buds! the pissthree was moved recently, perhaps that has something to do with the hdd? I'll reseat the thing and see.

 

[megadave]

I replaced mine with a 320gb HDD since i kept having to delete stuff to make space, took about 2 minutes

 

[TdC]

yesh indeedy. thanks for the tips guys, I swapped out the hdd with great ease. the unit was borked and refused to start though, so I had to boot it and perform the update ritual with an USB stick and some freshly downloaded firmware. is that normal when you swap out the disk?

 

[Moriath]

no

 

[Yaka]

nup your mate musta done somat if its working now

 

[TdC]

yeh I had to reflash it with the start/select thing and everything. after that it was at factory defaults and he had to redo all his settings.