• PS3 Format Question.
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My brother wants a PS3, I asked my friend if he would sell me his and he said that when the console powers on he gets a message saying "The hard disks file system is corrupted and will be restored" but the restore fails. That just means I need to format the hard drive using my computer doesn't it? Once the hard drive is formatted and inserted back into the console it won't have an OS will it so how do I download the standard PS3 one?
iirc the ps3's os is stored in ROM, not the hard drive
Ok, Thanks for the help. HexpunK also confirmed this.
Indeedily. Useful, as I would hate having to give up a fair amount of space on a storage device just for a firmware update.
Even if the PS3s firmware was 1gb that's relatively tiny compared to even the smallest PS3 hard drive. @ OP, the PS3 is designed so you can even upgrade your hard drive to a regular desktop PC hard drive, you you're good to go to just remove it and format it with a PC.
"PS3 hard drive"? err it just uses a generic 2.5" hard-drive [editline]09:09PM[/editline] and no you cannot put a regular desktop PC hard drive in there as it will not fit
I wonder if there'd be any benefits to an SSD in a PS3... Beyond installed or cached game load times.
it was actually tested a while back on gamespot i think it was, and there wasn't really a difference worthy of the price. seems a large enough portion of the times are due to programming or other hardware bottlenecking
[QUOTE=M_B;25348610]it was actually tested a while back on gamespot i think it was, and there wasn't really a difference worthy of the price. seems a large enough portion of the times are due to programming or other hardware bottlenecking[/QUOTE] That makes sense, because the PS3 doesn't operate like a PC does, and it's "OS" resides on a flash rom. And it's not like an SSD would speed up the OS booting anyways, because of how it's programmed. I just upgraded my 40GB PS3 with the 160GB HDD from my dead laptop. Many more movies can now be stored on it. :smile:
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[QUOTE=M_B;25342965]and no you cannot put a regular desktop PC hard drive in there as it will not fit[/QUOTE] I stand corrected, I meant notebook drive.
The PS3 will only read at 5400 RPM's, so don't bother buying a 2.5" SATA that's 7200. Save your cash.
7200 rpm drives work fine, and in some games actually increase loading times quite noticably. Some people don't like the idea of using them though, because they get hotter.
[QUOTE=psp401.com;25355967]The PS3 will only read at 5400 RPM's, so don't bother buying a 2.5" SATA that's 7200. Save your cash.[/QUOTE] read speed isn't measured in RPM and RPM doesn't have to directly affect speed, and it's not limited to 5400 anyway [editline]05:27AM[/editline] [QUOTE=TheGuru;25356083]7200 rpm drives work fine, and in some games actually increase loading times quite noticably. Some people don't like the idea of using them though, because they get hotter.[/QUOTE] increase?
[QUOTE=psp401.com;25355967]The PS3 will only read at 5400 RPM's, so don't bother buying a 2.5" SATA that's 7200. Save your cash.[/QUOTE] it reads 7,200 rpm drives fine, in fact i'm not at all sure how or why it would be speed specific anyway [editline]02:32AM[/editline] [QUOTE=TheGuru;25356083]7200 rpm drives work fine, and in some games actually increase loading times quite noticably. Some people don't like the idea of using them though, because they get hotter.[/QUOTE] the only place you should ever see a difference in loading would be for opening/playing and saving huge movies in the 8-20GB range.
[QUOTE=Odellus;25356472]increase?[/QUOTE] Gah I can't say what I mean in this thread. I meant to say decrease. As for the speed increase in games, I haven't tried it personally but I remember reading a big thread on the PS boards where they measured the loading times with 5400 rpm and 7200 rpm drives, and for some games the loading times were decreased by several seconds, and the install times in some cases by a few minutes. Again, not personal experience but I don't see why they'd all be lying.
[QUOTE=ButtsexV2;25319782]iirc the ps3's os is stored in ROM, not the hard drive[/QUOTE] This is only true for the first couple original models. The newer models require the firmware on a USB device when updating the hard drive. Best place to get the PS3 firmware is from the PS site for your region. Copy the file to a FAT32 format USB device (From memory it only needs to be on the root of the USB device, unlike OS upgrades), connect to the PS3 and power it on with the wiped hard drive. The PS3 will reformat and install the OS. Some people have said you can take the hard drive out of the PS3, power it on and it will give a warning about lack of hard drive. Power PS3 off, put the drive back in and power on again and the PS3 would reformat it. Also read the manual for that model PS3, it'll say what to do and might say firmware on a USB device is needed to complete the process. I got a 60GB PAL PS3 here, upgraded the hard drive twice and never been asked for firmware when upgrading. A friend of mine has an 120GB PAL and has upgraded it's hard drive and was required to supply the PS3 with the firmware file.
[QUOTE=Jarnz;25357621]This is only true for the first couple original models. The newer models require the firmware on a USB device when updating the hard drive.[/QUOTE] Does that mean it's incredibly easy to downgrade new PS3s?
[QUOTE=Robber;25357771]Does that mean it's incredibly easy to downgrade new PS3s?[/QUOTE] I've wondered that myself, but there must be checks in there somewhere since a small part of the OS is still on flash memory (Like the software update area with the static ribbon background).
[QUOTE=TheGuru;25357294]Gah I can't say what I mean in this thread. I meant to say decrease. As for the speed increase in games, I haven't tried it personally but I remember reading a big thread on the PS boards where they measured the loading times with 5400 rpm and 7200 rpm drives, and for some games the loading times were decreased by several seconds, and the install times in some cases by a few minutes. Again, not personal experience but I don't see why they'd all be lying.[/QUOTE] well that doesn't even matter because they were probably using one decent/good drive at 7200 RPM and a fucking terrible one at 5400 RPM, like a Caviar Green or something it would only make sense if they somehow used the same drive but limited it to 5400 RPM
[QUOTE=M_B;25356506]it reads 7,200 rpm drives fine, in fact i'm not at all sure how or why it would be speed specific anyway[/QUOTE] Well it's common knowledge that a 7200 rpm harddrive has a faster read speed than a 5400 rpm harddrive.
[QUOTE=Pixel Heart;25364124]Well it's common knowledge that a 7200 rpm harddrive has a faster read speed than a 5400 rpm harddrive.[/QUOTE] common knowledge to illiterates a 5400 RPM drive can be the same speed a 7200 RPM drive
[QUOTE=M_B;25342965]and no you cannot put a regular desktop PC hard drive in there as it will not fit[/QUOTE] you can kinda hack some shit up with a SATA cable and a SATA power extender but it's not going to look pretty. I know a guy that threw a 1.5 TB drive on his PS3 that way [editline]12th October 2010[/editline] [QUOTE=Pixel Heart;25364124]Well it's common knowledge that a 7200 rpm harddrive has a faster seek speed than a 5400 rpm harddrive.[/QUOTE] ftfy
isn't it just a regular 2.5" drive bay
yes [editline]12th October 2010[/editline] but a desktop drive wouldn't fit
a 2.5" SSD/laptop HDD wouldn't fit?
no it would. but desktops primarily use 3.5" as to take advantage of room. yeah you can use a 2.5" drive in a desktop if you wanted to but that doesn't change 3.5" intended for desktop and 2.5" intended for laptop
well yeah I know
I'm now curious as to whether a PS3 will run on an SSD.
[QUOTE=ButtsexV2;25366299]ftfy[/QUOTE] Hence, making the 7200 rpm harddrive faster than the 5400 rpm harddrive... Example: Raptors run at 10K rpm, and they are fast as FUCK. :jerkbag: [editline]12th October 2010[/editline] [QUOTE=Makuuta;25371897]I'm now curious as to whether a PS3 will run on an SSD.[/QUOTE] Rated late, since I already asked the question.
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