[TizzyT]

Hmm, I think This will put a hold on my project as I was planning to attach a larger then 1TB drive....I guess I will need to test this out.

[haxxxen]

e3team claims 2,5tb max size for hdd as external enclosure. only testing should give answers...

[GregoryRasputin]

1.5TB is the maximum, i have seen many people test and none have managed to get 2TB running, here is a quote from the F.A.Q in my sig:

Some more PS3 HDD Information submitted by ieder-zijn-meis(Thanks again) - maximum height is 9,5mm (many 2.5? drives above 640GB are too high too fit inside) – maximum PS3 filesystem is 1TB (512KB block size) – maximum FAT32 theoretical size is 8TB, practical limit on the PS3 is 2TB – 7200rpm can be used, as well as Flashdrives (although the 1/5th lower loadingtime of GTA5 can be considered too low to justify the higher pricetag of SATA Flashdrives. – SATAII-300 can be used, although it will work on SATA1-150 speed interface. – If using external 3.5? drives hooked up to the internal SATA, you’ll need an external powersupply (some drivebays include them). – If on low budget or you like DIY: use a normal extension (male to female) SATA cable (and make sure it doesn’t get loose) and recycle the case + powersupply of an external USB harddisk (without using the USB connection/conversion). – Don’t use RAID or SAN drives with (e)SATA interface, just a plain single drive with a bare SATA connector (many controllers don’t work without drivers/software). – Games can be hardcoded for BluRay speeds (9MB/s) so sticking a 85~220MB/s harddrive inside will not speedup everything/allways (but most do). – If you plan on exchanging the drive, download the full PUP of your FW you are using and put it on an USB Mass Storage Device formatted with FAT32 in PS3UPDATEPS3UPDAT.PUP and disconnect the LAN before re powering the PS3 (or you’ll bound to end up with the latest (3.55 now) unjailbreakable/undowngradable version). – Use a good fitting X screwdriver, the screws fitted to the HD<>tray are made of very soft aluminum.

Here is a tutorial for using 3.5" as internal:
http://www.ps3hax.net/showthread.php?t=14877

[zecoxao]

Sorry for butting in, but, are SSDs really possible? Has anyone tried with one of those? Because SSDs are very fast... Just wondering though.

[KillerBug]

Originally Posted by VIRGIN KLM Are you sure? I think I saw people having over 1GB HDDs on their PS3's. Not that I would be surprised...!

I think that the older 1.5TB and 2.0TB drives work as well, but when I tried a newer 1.5TB drive with the larger sectors, it would not work...in spite of the fact that it was a seagate unit that claimed to be able to simulate the older drive layouts.

[VIRGIN KLM]

Originally Posted by KillerBug I think that the older 1.5TB and 2.0TB drives work as well, but when I tried a newer 1.5TB drive with the larger sectors, it would not work...in spite of the fact that it was a seagate unit that claimed to be able to simulate the older drive layouts.

That's really dangerous and really puzzling.
This whole fact deserves a thread of it's own if you ask me.

[KillerBug]

I don't know what is dangerous about it...and it isn't terribly confusing either. They did not need capacity over 1TB, so they didn't bother to include it. I've got an old Adaptec SATA RAID controller (the hardware kind, with onboard memory and a dedicated processor and everything) that does not support drives over 1TB either...the drives didn't exist when it was made...they either forgot to include support or it was planned obsolescence...but whatever the case, it works great with 1TB drives and won't accept drives over 1TB.

[Lethal_NFS]

I have a 750gb 7200rpm hard drive in my PS3 and my neighbor has a 1TB hdd in his.