Introduction
Use this guide to replace your PlayStation 3 Slim's SATA hard drive with a much larger hard drive or a much faster SSD.
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Turn the PS3 over and lay it on its backside.
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Use the flat edge of a metal spudger to pop up the small access door on the bottom cover near the front of the PS3.
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Remove the blue Phillips screw hidden under the access door.
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Remove the four 4.3 mm Phillips screws securing the hard drive to its tray.
Just make sure you have the right screwdriver for the job - Due to over tight screws it is easy to make the screws be not able to unscrew.
so, if i change the hdd, what about the ps3 OS? is installed in some sort of rom?
Thomas -
Thomas - The OS gets re-installed when you power up for the first time with the new hard drive installed - It was a while back now when I did mine - You either get the PS3 to download it automatically or you can put the file you download from playstation.com on a memory stick and point the installer at that.
Swiss army knife with a phillips attachment worked perfectly. The cross handle undid in about half a second per screw what I couldn't undo for 10 min with a small electronics screw driver :/
I did not get an option to download, so had to use a memory stick.
Once you download the PS3UPDAT.PUP file from sony you need to put it on a FAT-32 formatted memory stick in the folder /PS3/UPDATE/
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To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
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Yes. Done it already.
Yes, but do not expect huge performance improvements, especially if you run games from a physical format (i.e. Blu-ray disc).
Забыли написать про процедуру скачивания и установки самой системы на новый жесткий диск:
You forgot write about downloading last firmware from sony’s website and transferig it to PS3 on USB Stick:
Этот гайд только показывает как заменить жесткий диск, но не как его потом настроить для использования после замены.
This guide only shows how to replace a hard drive, and not how to set up it for use after the replacement.
Michael -
The blue Phillips screw that allows me to access the hard drive way is so incredibly tight that it's, for me, impossible to remove. Do you have any suggestions?
The PS3 will format the drive for you. But you do need a USB drive formatted with a FAT32 file system and the firmware inside /PS3/UPDATE/ in order to install the OS into the drive you’ve just installed in your PS3.
The access door is self-retaining and hinged on the left side. Use the spudger to pop up the door a bit, then rotate the door out of the way.
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