Replacing hard drive

I have been wanting to buy a 500gig hard drive, but somthing has been bugging me. How will the hard drive work with my PS3, the 2.5 sata hard drive wont have the same files as the PS3 (Game, Movies, Photos, System) the basic stuff, icons you normaly see when you turn on your PS3. The guy at the matlan store said he doesnt know if its possible to replace my old 40gig with a 500, and even if it could be done, it might over heat,blow up, or not even work at all.

Anyone know if it can be done, and if there is anything i should worry about.

Thanks =]

i got a 500GB in my ps3
it works fine you just don't get all the space cuase of formatting reasons
it says you get 413/465GB
it will not blow up on you if you stick with the 5400RPM model cause 7500RPM will run hotter and will in turn give you a greater chance of YLOD
there is always the 320GB hard drives out there if you don't want to risk it...

http://www.gamespot.com/features/6176090/index.html
here is a link from gamespot if you want to know how to do it...

^^ yes... and be careful not to strip the four screws securing the HD to the bracket.

strip?

you tube has great deatailed videos about what to do, what screws to look out for and what not

if you scroll up, you will see a yellow high lighted text. It will explain what to do. I too asked the same thing and it does seem very possible. Although slim chance it might die though. Most people have not had this problem......yet lol Mickeyminime

EDIT: Oh yeah, use Youtube people, it has great video tutorials on how to change the hard drive in a SLIM PS3 and all other models.

strip?

Mickeyminime

yes. I stripped one screw, had to use a screw extractor to get it out. Basically, the screws holding the HD to the bracket are soo tight that when you try to unscrew it, it doesnt budge so you "strip" the screw. I havent had any issues with my hitachi 7200rpm 500gig HD