Sony PS3 - Simple 3.5 HDD Mod Requirements; Intro; PS3 3.5 SATA HDD Mod

PS3 3.5" SATA HDD Mod
PS3 3.5" SATA HDD Mod
Intro
If you're like me, my 60GB PS3 does not have the storage capacity that I require. I am running Yellow
Dog Linux and I'm going to need more room on the HD for installs and files that I want locally. That
little 10GB partition the PS3 XMB is using is going quick; all those demos and videos that the Sony
store is dumping is really beginning to add up. Not only that, what about my music and PS1 downloads
for the PSP.
I already have a DIY NAS server at home. My server has a P4 2.8Ghz, 1GB ram, GbE NIC and 1TB of
storage. It does SMB/CIFS, NFS, FTP, HTTP and RSYNC, yadda, yadda, yadda. It's freaking fast but
using the PS3's Web browser sucks at the moment so for now while I am waiting to be able mount my
server's disk to the PS3's XMB I'm going to upgrade the PS3's HDD. Forget Team Xecuter's lame PS3
HDD mod (sorry Team Xecuter). They have not said anything about it for some time and it looks
fugly.
I'll provide at least one simple solution using a 3.5" SATA HD. 3.5" drives are all around much much
faster, cheaper and larger than 2.5" laptop HDD's like the one installed in your PS3. No the 3.5" drive
will not fit in to your PS3...
Towards the bottom of the page is for people who want bigger, better, faster equipment; developers,
researchers, hackers, modders, pirates, music and movie freaks apply.
Simple 3.5" HDD Mod Requirements
■ Your brain (or a borrowed one from a retarded baby monkey).
■ Enough of #1 to figure out how to remove the OEM HDD. (If you can't figure this part out
read
this...)
■ 1 medium Phillips screw driver. (for removing the old drive)
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