Upgrading The Hard Drive In Your Play Station 3

Good news for Playstation 3 users: You do not have to settle for a puny 20 or 40 GB hard drive that comes with PS3.Play Station 3 allows you to remove and hot-swap your hard disk, and not that hard do. This means that you can upgrade your PS3 HDD to as 200 GB hard drive, and maybe even more. You can keep more data from your games, files and other types of media on the Play Station 3 game consoles with no major changes.

Play Station 3 user manual actually tells how to do it. There are three pages in the manual that tells you step-by-step how to upgrade your hard disk, and also says it will void your warrantee, unless the new hard drive causes damage to the console somehow, which is unlikely. However, he warns that if you have the console to get fixed, you should put the old hard drive back in

All you need is a few screwdrivers, and the right type of hard drive put in. PS3 will take all of 2.5 mm SATA hard disk. Those who have upgraded already warned that it will not take a regular IDE hard drive laptop, it should be 2.5 SATA.PS3 has a 5400 RPM hard drive, so speed will work best, although other speeds are used successfully.

The procedure only takes about two minutes to do, and it is so simple that all with separate thumbs could get the job done. (Not recommended that PS3 owners have put to the test, for best results, it should be done by man ).

You just open the little plastic cover on the rear of the machine. There will be a screw to open the flap, and then the four screws inside that will publish the drive cage. Remove the old and put in new, and you'll be ready to go. I still might want to look at manual before you start tinkering. When you turn the console back on, but will recognize the new drive and ask if you want to format. Keep in mind that formatting your new hard disk will delete the saved games that are out there.

Upgrading the PS3 hard drive will not play any faster or better, but it will make your machine a lot more storage capacity. Some PS3 owners were able to increase their storage capacity up to 200 GB, while others are still to push higher this capacity.

the ability to upgrade your PS3 is a great feature of the system. You can save money by getting a 20 GB drive, and then pushes it up. It's an easy job, but it is relevant to the user's manual first to make sure you're on the right track.