Hacking Internal Drive Over 1TB

[skydancer93]

Just wondering if it's finally been fixed so that you can use a drive over 1TB internally in the PS3. I remember trying to use a 2TB some time back and the PS3 not recognizing yet, yet the same drive worked fine in my PS4.

 

[tech3475]

I don't think so, at least not when I tried about a couple of years ago.

 

[cots]

I think the limit is 1.5TB, but could be mistaken. I have heard though that 2TB don't work.

 

[TheRenegadist]

I just want to know if any more work firmware work can be done to the PS3 to allow say for PS2 games to be booted from an external drive rather than the internal. Having all PS1, PS2, and PS3 games being bootable on the same HDD would make things so much simpler. Would also be cool to have the ability to use high capacity drives from 3TB up.

I'm no PS3 hardware/software expert so I don't know how viable any of that is, I do remember reading that the PS3 was as hacked as it was going to get but I don't know how if there's any truth to it.

 

[KiiWii]

I just want to know if any more work firmware work can be done to the PS3 to allow say for PS2 games to be booted from an external drive rather than the internal. Having all PS1, PS2, and PS3 games being bootable on the same HDD would make things so much simpler. Would also be cool to have the ability to use high capacity drives from 3TB up.

I'm no PS3 hardware/software expert so I don't know how viable any of that is, I do remember reading that the PS3 was as hacked as it was going to get but I don't know how if there's any truth to it.

It is pretty much "hacked" to the max, but technically increasing restrictions is modding.

It depends if someone is willing and able to write a layer or driver that will support bigger drives, or to modify the existing limit (somehow) to allow the standard OS to read bigger volumes.

 

[TheRenegadist]

It is pretty much "hacked" to the max, but technically increasing restrictions is modding.

It depends if someone is willing and able to write a layer or driver that will support bigger drives, or to modify the existing limit (somehow) to allow the standard OS to read bigger volumes.

So there's a chance someone can get bigger volumes working but it's impossible to play all three generations of consoles from a single external drive?

 

[KiiWii]

So there's a chance someone can get bigger volumes working but it's impossible to play all three generations of consoles from a single external drive?

I'm no expert in filesystem, but I imagine anything is possible if someone is willing to modify a console's firmware at machine code level.

 

[godreborn]

the limit is likely software-based. heck, you're limited by software on the 360 yet you can use a 2TB internal hdd. it was probably to sell those hdds at inflated prices.

 

[jellybeangreen2]

I think this needs testing. I thought it was a physical limit due to the height of the drive. Anything over 1.5TB was 12mm and you needed a 9mm drive. That’s what I remember. Would be great for someone to test.

 

[godreborn]

it's been tested on psdevwiki. either the hdd didn't work at all or the hdd displayed wrong information. it depends on the hdd what may or may not work, but the largest known is 1.5TBs. you can fit a 12.5mm drive in the system if you remove the brackets. I doubt a 15mm one would work though.

 

[digipimp75]

Yeah I believe that 1.5TB is the limit. I found this out the hard way a couple of years ago, trying to format a 2TB drive. The PS3 hangs at 99% when trying to format.

 

[skydancer93]

Yeah I believe that 1.5TB is the limit. I found this out the hard way a couple of years ago, trying to format a 2TB drive. The PS3 hangs at 99% when trying to format.

Further than I got. My 2TB didn't even register. It's so small I have to actually hand mount it in the PS4 HDD case to screw it in.

 

[bootmonster]

Actually anything under 2tb should work, it does seem to be a software limit. I did see someone mention a 1.75 was working if you can find one.

I have modified several PS3's and put a 1.5tb in without any issue as they were the largest confirmed working drives that were fairly easy to find.

The drive I would recommend if you can find it is the Samsung st1500lm006 it works perfectly in all the PS3's I've tried.

 

[Methanoid]

I just want to know if any more work firmware work can be done to the PS3 to allow say for PS2 games to be booted from an external drive rather than the internal. Having all PS1, PS2, and PS3 games being bootable on the same HDD would make things so much simpler. Would also be cool to have the ability to use high capacity drives from 3TB up.

I'm no PS3 hardware/software expert so I don't know how viable any of that is, I do remember reading that the PS3 was as hacked as it was going to get but I don't know how if there's any truth to it.

Ah, I havent even powered my PS3 up in more than a year... So.. PS2 and PS1 games have to be on Internal... But PS3 can be external as ISOs? Is there a max size (or a max sensible size given PS3 library sizes)??