Western Digital 500GB HD

Yup, I got a 500GB Samsung installed in my PS3 and it works perfect.

How to install a 500GB hard drive in your PlayStation 3

Gives an image of it there under 2.42FW, the current FW took up slightly more room if I remember correctly.

Something to consider when getting a WD HDD.

Occasionally, when I boot up the PS3, I'll get prompted with "The correct Hard Drive was not installed/detected".

Nothing to worry about because a quick power cycle fixes it. It's annoying but nothing to worry too much about.

You don't necessarily "lose" the space since it isn't there in the first place. A 500gb HDD should be somewhere around 460gb in actuality.

Yeah that's the difference between the HDD vendors, who treat a GB as 1000 MB and the data types (such as those who designed the PS3), who treat a GB as 1024 MB...

I leave mine on standby.

Might be a product of drives that are 320gb and upwards.

I have a 320gb in mine.

I've seen it a couple times on my 320GB scorpio

my WD 320gb does the same... the WD 250 doesnt.

I am throwing in a hitachi 500 pretty soon, so i hope for that to change.

Or, you could save $6 and get the sammy....

great deal considering I bought this one 3 months ago for $60 more.

Does your guys WD Scorpio's have higher specs than the standard notebook HD? Like 7200RPM and the 16MBcache. Not sure if that would make a difference, but to me that seems like the only answer I can come up with.

nope, 5400rpm.

i get it about once to twice a month (use the PS3 every day). i have noticed that it only occurs when i turn on the ps3 using the power button on the console. it never displayed that error using the DS3 remote to turn it on though.

i am going to throw the 320gb hd in my laptop and call it a day. the 500gb hitachi should work fine.

Actually, if you are planning on getting this one, I dont think it will work. At the bottom it says "*This drive is 12.5mm in height." I believe you need one that is 9.5mm.

i'd heard that too... that's why i went with a 250 GB seagate. seagate HDD's are what come with the ps3. i figured i'd keep it that way as a psychological placebo....

sorry i meant seagate. hitachi was just stuck in my head.

You probably did the smart thing. I went with cheaper rather than trusted.

My Toshiba drive hasn't given me any problems, and I have had it for more than a year.

I am generally a die hard Western Digital fan, but I must say I am rather impressed with my 500GB Samsung, for the price.

correct.

That was one of (or THE) first 500GB drives, and to do it they added a 3rd platter. It basically only works in a desktop as the drive is too large

320GB is the largest drive you can get with those specs. They do make a slight difference but not enough to justify dropping capacity for performance in my opinion.

I'm waiting for Seagate's 7200.4 drives so I can have both (7200RPM 250GB platters should be fast). They're suppose to show up in Q4 but it doesn't look like thats going to happen.

7200 RPM drives aren't really recommended because the PS3 was built to run 5400 RPM drives. The extra heat dispersed from the drive could cause problems in the long run.

Shorty, someone in the PS3 as BD player thread corrected me. I guess a study was done that the heat from a 7200 drive was negligible and the speed gained was fractional. In short it can be done, but why risk it.

As for the drives. I purchased the Samsumg 320 a few months back and I haven't had a single complaint. If the 500 was at that price back then for the Samsung, I would have taken it.

I know the heat is negligible but no one knows what the consequences are if used for over a long period of time.

this 500gb is my last hdd until the 1TB laptop drives arrive. I planned to stay with the 320gb until then, but the 500 was given to me as a gift. what better use than in the ps3?

I've got a WD 320gig and never seen a message of any kind on my 60gig.