Harddrive
Internal harddrive
All HDD models used in PS3's are 2.5" size and 9.5 milimeters height max, with 1 platter (and 1 or 2 heads), the platter has a rotational speed of 5.400 rpm and 512 bytes per sector
The maximum capacity supported by PS3 is 1TB (TeraBytes) note: this seems untrue as there are several people posting pictures of their external to internal drive mod with a size of 2TB. See/use the talk page for discussions/testreports
Is connected internally to South Bridge wich contains ENCDEC device to manage AES-CBC-128/AES-CBC-192/XTS-AES-128 encryption/decryption, and a SATA-150 controller with a maximum transfer speed of 1.5 Gb/s.
- GameOS partition
- Is an UFS2 256-bit file system with a sectorsize of 512 bytes (4096 bits).
- Because is perconsole encrypted, it is not possible to read out the data on it with another console (it will just ask to reformat it, to set it to its own perconsole encryption, hence emptying the drive)
To read/write data out in Linux, BSD, Windows, Mac OS X its needed to use the specific perconsole "ATA tweak" and "ATA data" keys. See Harddrive encryption and HDD_Encryption
Harddrive Model info
The data in this table has been copied from manufacturer documents (datasheets or productsheets) availables at his support webs. See links at bottom of the page
- A collection of productsheets/datasheets of the HDD models used in PS3, renamed by manufacturer/series: [Download] (fujitsu series are missing)
Brand | Series | Model | Capacity | Rotation Speed (Platters/Heads) |
Buffer | Interface | Seek Speeds | Power Requirements | Operating Temp. |
Noise Max |
Used in PS3 Models | |||||||||
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tracks | latency | read | write | startup | idle | read | write | |||||||||||||
Fujitsu | MHW | MHW2040BH | 40 GB | 5400rpm (1/1) | 8 MB | SATA-150 | 1.5 ms | 5.56 ms | 12 ms | 14 ms | 1.0 A | 0.60 W | 1.9 W | 1.9 W | 55 ºC | 2.0 bels | CECHJxx | |||
MHZ | MHZ2080BH | 80 GB | 5400rpm (1/1) | 8 MB | SATA-300 | 1.5 ms | 5.56 ms | 12 ms | 14 ms | 1.0 A | 0.60 W | 1.9 W | 1.9 W | 55 ºC | 2.4 bels | CECHKxx, CECHLxx | ||||
MHZ2160BH | 160 GB | 5400rpm (1/2) | 8 MB | SATA-300 | 1.5 ms | ?.?? ms | ?? ms | ?? ms | 1.0 A | 0.60 W | 2.1 W | 2.1 W | 55 ºC | 2.0 bels | CECHPxx, CECHQxx | |||||
Hitachi | Travelstar 5K160 | HTS541640J9SA00 | 40 GB | 5400rpm (1/1) | 8 MB | SATA-150 | 2.2 ms | 5.50 ms | 14 ms | 15 ms | 1.0 A | 0.85 W | 1.8 W | 1.8 W | 55 ºC | 2.7 bels | CECHHxx | |||
Travelstar 5K250 | HTS542580K9SA00 | 80 GB | 5400rpm (1/2) | 8 MB | SATA-150 | 2.2 ms | 5.50 ms | 14 ms | 15 ms | 1.0 A | 0.85 W | 1.8 W | 1.8 W | 55 ºC | 2.7 bels | CECHLxx | ||||
Travelstar 5K500 | HTS545012B9SA00 | 120 GB | 5400rpm (1/1) | 8 MB | SATA-150 | 2.2 ms | 5.50 ms | 14 ms | 15 ms | 0.9 A | 0.80 W | 1.4 W | 1.4 W | 55 ºC | 2.9 bels | CECH-20xxA | ||||
Travelstar Z5K500 | HTS545050A7E380 | 500 GB | 5400rpm (1/2) | 8 MB | SATA-300 | 2.2 ms | 5.50 ms | 13 ms | 13 ms | 0.9 A | 0.55 W | 1.6 W | 1.6 W | 60 ºC | 2.1 bels | CECH-40xxC | ||||
Seagate | Momentus 5400.2 | ST96812AS | 60 GB | 5400rpm (1/2) | 8 MB | SATA-150 | 1.5 ms | 5.56 ms | 12 ms | 14 ms | 1.1 A | 0.99 W | 1.9 W | 2.3 W | 55 ºC | 3.1 bels | CECHAxx, CECHCxx | |||
Momentus 5400.3 | ST980811AS | 80 GB | 5400rpm (1/2) | 8 MB | SATA-150 | 1.5 ms | 5.56 ms | 11 ms | 13 ms | 1.0 A | 0.75 W | 1.9 W | 1.8 W | 60 ºC | 3.2 bels | CECHExx | ||||
LD25 SATA | ST920217AS | 20 GB | 5400rpm (1/1) | 2 MB | SATA-150 | 2.0 ms | 5.60 ms | 16 ms | 16 ms | 1.0 A | ?.?? W | 2.3 W | 2.3 W | 55 ºC | 2.7 bels | CECHBxx | ||||
ST9402115AS | 40 GB | 5400rpm (1/2) | 2 MB | SATA-150 | 2.0 ms | 5.60 ms | 16 ms | 16 ms | 1.0 A | 2.00 W | 2.3 W | 2.3 W | 55 ºC | 2.7 bels | CECHGxx, CECHHxx | |||||
LD25 5400.2 | ST940210AS | 40 GB | 5400rpm (1/2) | 2 MB | SATA-150 | 1.5 ms | 5.60 ms | 15 ms | 15 ms | 1.0 A | 2.50 W | 2.3 W | 2.3 W | 60 ºC | 2.6 bels | CECHJxx | ||||
Toshiba | MKxx52GSX | MK8052GSX | 80 GB | 5400rpm (1/1) | 8 MB | SATA-300 | 2.0 ms | ?.?? ms | 12 ms | 12 ms | 0.9 A | 0.85 W | 2.0 W | 2.0 W | 55 ºC | 25 dBA | CECHLxx | |||
MK1652GSX | 160 GB | 5400rpm (1/2) | 8 MB | SATA-300 | 2.0 ms | ?.?? ms | 12 ms | 12 ms | 0.9 A | 0.85 W | 2.0 W | 2.0 W | 55 ºC | 25 dBA | CECHPxx | |||||
MKxx55GSX | MK1255GSX | 120 GB | 5400rpm (1/1) | 8 MB | SATA-300 | 2.0 ms | 5.55 ms | 12 ms | 12 ms | 0.9 A | 0.85 W | 1.4 W | 1.4 W | 55 ºC | 2.0 bels | CECH-20xxA | ||||
MK2555GSX | 250 GB | 5400rpm (1/2) | 8 MB | SATA-300 | 2.0 ms | 5.55 ms | 12 ms | 12 ms | 0.9 A | 0.85 W | 1.4 W | 1.4 W | 55 ºC | 2.0 bels | CECH-20xxB | |||||
MKxx65GSX | MK1665GSX | 160 GB | 5400rpm (1/1) | 8 MB | SATA-300 | 2.0 ms | ?.?? ms | 12 ms | 12 ms | 0.9 A | 0.75 W | 1.5 W | 1.5 W | 55 ºC | 20 dBA | CECH-25xxA | ||||
MK3265GSX | 320 GB | 5400rpm (1/2) | 8 MB | SATA-300 | 2.0 ms | ?.?? ms | 12 ms | 12 ms | 0.9 A | 0.75 W | 1.5 W | 1.5 W | 55 ºC | 20 dBA | CECH-25xxB | |||||
MKxx76GSX | MK1676GSX | 160 GB | 5400rpm (1/1) | 8 MB | SATA-300 | 2.0 ms | 5.55 ms | 12 ms | 12 ms | 0.9 A | 0.55 W | 1.5 W | 1.5 W | 55 ºC | 20 dBA | CECH-30xxA | ||||
MK3276GSX | 320 GB | 5400rpm (1/2) | 8 MB | SATA-300 | 2.0 ms | 5.55 ms | 12 ms | 12 ms | 0.9 A | 0.55 W | 1.5 W | 1.5 W | 55 ºC | 20 dBA | CECH-30xxB | |||||
- Meassure units conversions:
- Watts = Amps * volts (or... Amps = Watts / Volts)
- There is no conversion formula between "bels" (sound power) and "dBA" (sound pressure)... are different meassure concepts and cant be compared
- PS3 models missing in the table:
- CECHMxx 80GB <--- Toshiba MK8052GSX, or fujitsu MHZ2080BH, or hitachi HTS542580K9SA00 ?
- CECH-21xxA 120GB <--- toshiba MK1255GSX ?
- CECH-21xxB 250GB <--- toshiba MK2555GSX ?
- CECH-25xxA 120GB <--- toshiba MK1255GSX ?
- CECH-25xxB 250GB <--- toshiba MK2555GSX ?
- CECH-40xxA 12GB <---- internal flash storage (no HDD)
- CECH-40xxB 250GB <--- hitachi Travelstar (Z5K500 series) - HTS545025A7E380 (1 head), or toshiba MK2555GSX (old) ?
Harddrive Speed Tests
This speed tests are only orientative because was made in PC's with different motherboards, and the results can be different in a PS3
Brand | Series | Model | Windows | Linux | ||||||||||||||||
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[HDtune] | [HDtach] | [ATTO] | [PassMark] | [hdparm -Tt] | ||||||||||||||||
Min. (MB/s) |
Max. (MB/s) |
Average (MB/s) |
Access (ms) |
Burst (MB/s) |
Link | Average (MB/s) |
Burst (MB/s) |
Access (ms) |
Link | Write (MB/s) |
Read (MB/s) |
Link | Score (rating) |
Link | Cache read (MB/s) |
Disk read (MB/s) |
Link | |||
Fujitsu | MHW | MHW2040BH | 14.3 | 46.1 | 34.3 | 17.7 | 100 | [1] | 28.2 | 28.5 | 21.8 | [1] | N/A | 215 | [1] | N/A | ||||
MHZ | MHZ2080BH | 13.6 | 61.8 | 46.0 | 18.3 | 72.2 | ? | N/A | N/A | 324 | [1] | N/A | ||||||||
MHZ2160BH | 33.4 20.6 15.4 31.7 6.7 |
68.2 26.2 63.4 63.1 63.5 |
54.3 24.9 50.4 50.5 46.1 |
17.2 17.9 17.4 17.3 19.3 |
75.2 20.5 75.7 75.2 71.5 |
[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] |
57.3 | 77.3 | 17.3 | [1] | 66444 | 64450 | [1] | 337 | [1] | N/A | ||||
Hitachi | Travelstar 5K160 | HTS541640J9SA00 | 15.2 | 48.7 | 38.8 | 17.1 | 91.3 | [1] | 40.5 | 116.3 | 17.1 | [1] | N/A | 254 | [1] | N/A | ||||
Travelstar 5K250 | HTS542580K9SA00 | 22.1 | 44.3 | 34.4 | 17.4 | 77.0 | ? | 36.0 | ? | 16.9 | ? | N/A | 247 | [1] | N/A | |||||
Travelstar 5K500 | HTS545012B9SA00 | 36.5 | 79.2 | 62.0 | 20.2 | 99.9 | ? | N/A | N/A | 377 | [1] | N/A | ||||||||
Travelstar Z5K500 | HTS545050A7E380 | 45.6 | 103.5 | 80 | 19.9 | 137.7 | [1] | N/A | N/A | 646 | [1] | N/A | ||||||||
Seagate | Momentus 5400.2 | ST96812AS | 12.9 | 40.2 | 32.2 | 15.8 | 83.4 | [1] | N/A | N/A | 235 | [1] | N/A | |||||||
Momentus 5400.3 | ST980811AS | 20.9 | 41.8 | 33.1 | 15.9 | 89.4 | [1] | N/A | N/A | 236 | [1] | N/A | ||||||||
LD25 SATA | ST920217AS | 2.0 | 30.9 | 23,9 | 21.0 | 100.9 | [1] | N/A | N/A | 167 | [1] | N/A | ||||||||
ST9402115AS | N/A | N/A | N/A | 186 | [1] | N/A | ||||||||||||||
LD25 5400.2 | ST940210AS | 21.0 | 30.6 | 27.2 | 18.5 | 22.8 | ? | N/A | N/A | 230 | [1] | N/A | ||||||||
Toshiba | MKxx52GSX | MK8052GSX | 6.6 9.7 |
61.2 27.5 |
46.0 24.3 |
18.1 19.1 |
87.3 24.7 |
[1] [2] |
N/A | N/A | 323 | [1] | N/A | |||||||
MK1652GSX | 16.9 31.2 20.5 |
61.8 61.8 61.8 |
49.5 50.2 47.2 |
18.1 18.7 18.1 |
73.0 73.3 76.7 |
[1] [2] ? |
50.6 | 151.8 | 18.1 | ? | 57604 | 61077 | ? | 326 | [1] | N/A | ||||
MKxx55GSX | MK1255GSX | 24.8 | 72.4 | 52.9 | 17.6 | 74.3 | [1] | N/A | N/A | 458 | [1] | N/A | ||||||||
MK2555GSX | 26.3 | 76.4 | 40.9 | 19.5 | 116.5 | [1] | N/A | N/A | 402 | [1] | N/A | |||||||||
MKxx65GSX | MK1665GSX | 45.9 | 93.8 | 74.6 | 16.8 | 203.6 | [1] | 77.3 | 242.6 | 16.7 | [1] | 97969 | 97259 | [1] | 518 | [1] | N/A | |||
MK3265GSX | 43.5 | 88.0 | 67.8 | 17.1 | 184.5 | [1] | N/A | 88446 | 76586 | [1] | 476 | [1] | N/A | |||||||
MKxx76GSX | MK1676GSX | 46.0 | 96.7 | 76.6 | 16.2 | 206.6 | ? | N/A | N/A | 514 | [1] | N/A | ||||||||
MK3276GSX | 23.7 | 87.7 | 65.3 | 17.6 | 89.2 | [1] | N/A | N/A | 519 | [1] | N/A | |||||||||
- There is no HDD speed test tool for PS3 GameOS, in PS3 OtherOS/linux hdparm can be used for a simple speed test
- There is a Speed Tests (PS3) table in Talk Page ready to include this speed tests made in PS3, feel free to add your results or/and copy the whole table here when needed
Harddrive info From software
Harddrive info in Flash
- In NOR flash
Offset(h) 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 0A 0B 0C 0D 0E 0F 00F201F0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 00F20200 00 00 00 01 48 69 74 61 63 68 69 20 48 54 53 35 ....Hitachi HTS5 00F20210 34 31 36 34 30 4A 39 53 41 30 30 20 20 20 20 20 41640J9SA00 00F20220 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 00F20230 20 20 53 42 32 41 38 31 53 4B 48 33 4E 36 55 53 SB2A81SKH3N6US 00F20240 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
- In GameOS
See DeviceID ext_nor_flash
Harddrive info in xregistry.sys
In path: dev_flash2/etc/XRegistry.sys
The entry: setting/system/hddSerial contains the "HDD model" + "HDD Serial"
PC tools: PS3Utils in linux or xRegistry.sys Editor 0.75 in windows
Harddrive info from SCSI/atapi commands in GameOS
Normally on PC, you would use:
sg_logs SCSI LOG SENSE -t command
See also:
- http://www.seagate.com/staticfiles/support/disc/manuals/Interface%20manuals/100293068c.pdf
- http://linux.die.net/man/8/sg_logs
For PS3, see also HV SCSI Commands and LV2 sys_storage_Syscalls
Not much specific to hdd temperature on ps3 in gameos documented yet
Harddrive encryption
PS3 uses XTS-AES-128 to encrypt the internal HDD drive on SLIM consoles and AES-CBC-128/AES-CBC-192 on PHAT consoles.
Good paper about XTS-AES: http://ntnu.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:347753/FULLTEXT01
XTS-AES-128 means that there are 2 keys of size 128bit actually, the one for tweak encryption and the other for data encryption. Both keys are different on each PS3 console and can be easily dumped e.g. with modified sb_iso_spu_module.self. These 2 keys are sent to ENCDEC device which performs HDD encryption/decryption. HDD keys are NOT stored in EID4.. On PHAT consoles the only data key is used with zeroed IV.
Currently i'm able to decrypt my PS3 HDD on PC and i can also talk to the ENCDEC device without isolated SPU modules.
To be able to talk to the ENCDEC device, you have to extract 2 AES-CBC keys and one magic e.g. from sb_iso_spu_module.self . First, the 2 AES-CBC are used to establish a secure session between the host and the ENCDEC device. The host and the ENCDEC device exchange 2 random numbers and derive a session key from these random numbers. The session key is then used to encrypt the actual command sent to the ENCDEC device from the host. A command can e.g. set ATA keys.
Dumping ATA keys (128bit tweak and 128bit data key) is easy, i did it on PS3 Linux with my spuisofs driver and a modified version of sb_iso_spu_module.self. ATA keys are passed as parameters to this module and i just copied them with MFC DMA to PPU memory and stopped the execution of the SPU.
Firmware harddrive tools
Format Utility
http://manuals.playstation.net/document/en/ps3/current/settings/formatutility.html
Backup Utility
http://manuals.playstation.net/document/en/ps3/current/settings/backuputility.html
Data Transfer Utility
http://manuals.playstation.net/document/en/ps3/current/settings/transferutility.html
Harddrive replacements, modifications, expansion parts
Replacing the internal harddrive
For compatibility, if you have a SATA-300 (sometimes called SATA-II or SATA2) or SATA-600 (sometimes called SATA-III or SATA3) harddrive, you should sometimes set the harddrive via jumper to enforce the slower SATA-150 speed, instead of default 3 Gb/s of SATA-300 / 6Gb/s of SATA-600.
- Download the FULL version of FW you currently have on the old harddrive and put it on a USB Mass Storage Device formatted with FAT32 in \PS3\UPDATE\PS3UPDAT.PUP
- If you wish to transfer your installed games, DLC/PSN etc. you can use Backup / Restore BEFORE you exchange the harddrive. You’ll need a FAT32 formatted External Drive for that (with enough free space). The backups will be stored in \PS3\EXPORT\BACKUP\ in a subfolder with the backupdate/time as name and in there several DAT files (archive.dat, archive_00.dat, archive2.dat and archive2_[4GBSPLITNR].dat etc.) This same drive can be used to store the FW mentioned earlier)
- Disconnect the LAN/UTP cable and remove all discs from the BD-drive, to disable the possibility that another firmware gets downloaded/installed
- Power Off the PS3 (disconnect the power cable) and open the HD tray (left/bottom) to exchange the original 2.5″ drive for the newer/larger/faster one (remark: use max. 9.5mm height drives). ** Remark: The screws which are used to mount the internal hardisk in the PS3 HD-tray are made of soft aluminium. Use a good fitting screwdriver, or you’re bound to abuse the “X” bithole and must resort to flat pliers to get the screws out.
- After everything is in place, insert the USB Mass Storage Device you prepared earlier and power ON the PS3. The new HD is detected and the PS3 wants to format it. Select YES and wait until format is finished. After that you can select Update to select the FW on the USB Mass Storage Device (in case it didn’t already do that automaticly after format).
- After succesfull format and installation of the System Software / Firmware, reboot and check in XMB System Information to see which FW is currently used and how much is usable for the XMB.
- The above semi-guide is also readable in the PS3 Owners Manual Knowledge Centre: Can I upgrade the hard disk drive (HDD) inside my PlayStation 3 computer entertainment system?
- Note: Savegames and Trophies are not copied!
Exchanging the internal drive to a 7200RPM model doesn’t do much for your loading times (shaves off a second or 2) and upgrading to SSD/Flash Drives is almost insane considering the prices you pay per GB. Any modern larger drive is always faster than the older default smaller drive. Some people are argueing that SSD/Flash Drives produce "much less heat" but consider this: a very good/efficient one uses 5V 0.35A 1.75 Watt while a harddrive uses 5V 0.85A 4.25 Watt. A difference of 2.5W less on a total of 225Watt is not something you would see back on your electric bill or thermometer.
Note
There is even report of SDD's sometimes having a negative impact on performance, compared to the original PS3 harddrive. Example: Corsair CSSD F240GBGT BK - which seem to have 4KB sectors (cause?)
Because of the low price/ high storage capacity I personally always go for SATAII/300 7200rpm drives (if internal, maximum height is 9.5mm, 12 or 12.5mm doesn’t fit) and if modified to external via eSATA you can even use cheaper/faster 3.5″ drives (but you’ll need them to have their own powersupply because the internal PS3 powersupply can’t power that safely).
Original vs Replacement Drives speed comparison
Harddrive | Interface | RPM | Size | Model | Seq.read | Av.Read | Burst.Read | Accestime |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Original 2.5" | SATA1 150 | 5400 | 60 GB | Seagate Momentus 5400.2 ST96812A S | 25 MB/s | 24.4 MB/s | 28.5 MB/s | 17.4ms |
New (A) 2.5" | SATA1 150 | 5400 | 160GB | Samsung HM160HI HH100-06 | 70 MB/s | 54.9 MB/s | 115.4 MB/s | 22.4ms |
New (B) 2.5" | SATA2 300 | 7200 | 500GB | Samsung HM500JI 2AC101C5 | 95 MB/s | 71.5 MB/s | 219.3 MB/s | 21.4ms |
New (C) 3.5" | SATA2 300 | 7200 | 2TB | Samsung HD203WI 1AN10003 | 115 MB/s | 85.6 MB/s | 252.5 MB/s | 23.6ms |
Replacement Internal HDDs for PS3
Brand | Model | Size (GB) | Interface | Cache | RPM | Height | Comments |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Samsung | Spinpoint M2/HM201JJ | 200 | SATA-300 | 16MB | 7200 | 9.50 mm | - |
Samsung | Spinpoint M2/HM251JJ | 250 | SATA-300 | 16MB | 7200 | 9.50 mm | - |
Samsung | Spinpoint M5/HM121HI | 120 | SATA-150 | 8MB | 5400 | 9.50 mm | - |
Samsung | Spinpoint M5/HM160JI | 160 | SATA-150 | 8MB | 5400 | 9.50 mm | - |
Samsung | Spinpoint M5/HM250JI | 250 | SATA-150 | 8MB | 5400 | 9.50 mm | - |
Samsung | Spinpoint M6/HM251JI | 250 | SATA-150 | 8MB | 5400 | 9.50 mm | - |
Samsung | Spinpoint M6/HM320JI | 320 | SATA-150 | 8MB | 5400 | 9.50 mm | - |
Samsung | Spinpoint M6/HM400LI | 400 | SATA-300 | 8MB | 5400 | 9.50 mm | - |
Samsung | Spinpoint M6/HM500LI | 500 | SATA-300 | 8MB | 5400 | 9.50 mm | - |
Samsung | Spinpoint M7/HM120GI | 120 | SATA-300 | 8MB | 5400 | 9.50 mm | - |
Samsung | Spinpoint M7/HM161HI | 160 | SATA-300 | 8MB | 5400 | 9.50 mm | - |
Samsung | Spinpoint M7/HM250HI | 250 | SATA-300 | 8MB | 5400 | 9.50 mm | - |
Samsung | Spinpoint M7/HM320II | 320 | SATA-300 | 8MB | 5400 | 9.50 mm | - |
Samsung | Spinpoint M7/HM400JI | 400 | SATA-300 | 8MB | 5400 | 9.50 mm | - |
Samsung | Spinpoint M7/HM500JI | 500 | SATA-300 | 8MB | 5400 | 9.50 mm | - |
Samsung | Spinpoint M7E/HM251HI | 250 | SATA-300 | 8MB | 5400 | 9.50 mm | - |
Samsung | Spinpoint M7E/HM641JI | 640 | SATA-300 | 8MB | 5400 | 9.50 mm | - |
Samsung | Spinpoint M8/HN-M101MBB | 1000 | SATA-300 | 8MB | 5400 | 9.50 mm | First 9.50mm 2-platter 1TB |
Samsung | Spinpoint MP2/HM080HJ | 80 | SATA-300 | 16MB | 7200 | 9.50 mm | - |
Samsung | Spinpoint MP2/HM081HJ | 80 | SATA-300 | 16MB | 7200 | 9.50 mm | - |
Samsung | Spinpoint MP2/HM100JJ | 100 | SATA-300 | 16MB | 7200 | 9.50 mm | - |
Samsung | Spinpoint MP2/HM101HJ | 100 | SATA-300 | 16MB | 7200 | 9.50 mm | - |
Samsung | Spinpoint MP2/HM120JJ | 120 | SATA-300 | 16MB | 7200 | 9.50 mm | - |
Samsung | Spinpoint MP2/HM121HJ | 120 | SATA-300 | 16MB | 7200 | 9.50 mm | - |
Samsung | Spinpoint MP2/HM160JJ | 160 | SATA-300 | 16MB | 7200 | 9.50 mm | - |
Samsung | Spinpoint MP2/HM161JJ | 160 | SATA-300 | 16MB | 7200 | 9.50 mm | - |
Samsung | Spinpoint MP2/HM200JJ | 200 | SATA-300 | 16MB | 7200 | 9.50 mm | - |
Samsung | Spinpoint MP2/HM250JJ | 250 | SATA-300 | 16MB | 7200 | 9.50 mm | - |
Samsung | Spinpoint MP4/HM250HJ | 250 | SATA-300 | 16MB | 7200 | 9.50 mm | - |
Samsung | Spinpoint MP4/HM320HJ | 320 | SATA-300 | 16MB | 7200 | 9.50 mm | - |
Samsung | Spinpoint MP4/HM500JJ | 500 | SATA-300 | 16MB | 7200 | 9.50 mm | - |
Samsung | Spinpoint MP4/HM640JJ | 640 | SATA-300 | 16MB | 7200 | 9.50 mm | - |
Samsung | Spinpoint MT2/HM100UI | 1000 | SATA-300 | 8MB | 5400 | 12.5 mm | will NOT fit without modification! |
Samsung | Spinpoint MT2/HM750LI | 750 | SATA-300 | 8MB | 5400 | 12.5 mm | will NOT fit without modification! |
Samsung | Spinpoint MU-X/HM160HX | 160 | SATA-300 | 8MB | 5400 | 9.50 mm | - |
Samsung | Spinpoint MU-X/HM251JX | 250 | SATA-300 | 8MB | 5400 | 9.50 mm | - |
Samsung | Spinpoint MU-X/HM320JX | 320 | SATA-300 | 8MB | 5400 | 9.50 mm | - |
Seagate | ST9160314AS | 160 | SATA-300 | 8MB | 5400 | 9.50 mm | - |
Seagate | ST9160412AS | 160 | SATA-300 | 16MB | 7200 | 9.50 mm | - |
Seagate | ST9250315AS | 250 | SATA-300 | 8MB | 5400 | 9.50 mm | - |
Seagate | ST9250410AS | 250 | SATA-300 | 16MB | 7200 | 9.50 mm | - |
Seagate | ST9320325AS | 320 | SATA-300 | 8MB | 5400 | 9.50 mm | - |
Seagate | ST9320423AS | 320 | SATA-300 | 16MB | 7200 | 9.50 mm | - |
Seagate | ST9500325AS | 500 | SATA-300 | 8MB | 5400 | 9.50 mm | - |
Seagate | ST9500420AS | 500 | SATA-300 | 16MB | 7200 | 9.50 mm | - |
Seagate | ST9640320AS | 640 | SATA-300 | 8MB | 5400 | 9.50 mm | - |
Seagate | ST9750420AS | 750 | SATA-300 | 16MB | 7200 | 9.50 mm | - |
Seagate | ST9750423AS | 750 | SATA-300 | 16MB | 5400 | 9.50 mm | - |
Western Digital | WD10TEVT | 1000 | SATA-300 | 8MB | 5200 | 12.5 mm | will NOT fit without modification! |
Western Digital | WD10TPVT | 1000 | SATA-300 | 8MB | 5200 | 12.5 mm | will NOT fit without modification! |
Western Digital | WD400BEAS | 40 | SATA-150 | 8MB | 5400 | 9.50 mm | - |
Western Digital | WD400BEVS | 40 | SATA-150 | 8MB | 5400 | 9.50 mm | - |
Western Digital | WD600BEAS | 60 | SATA-150 | 8MB | 5400 | 9.50 mm | - |
Western Digital | WD600BEVS | 60 | SATA-150 | 8MB | 5400 | 9.50 mm | - |
Western Digital | WD800BEAS | 80 | SATA-150 | 8MB | 5400 | 9.50 mm | - |
Western Digital | WD800BEVS | 80 | SATA-150 | 8MB | 5400 | 9.50 mm | - |
Western Digital | WD800BEVT | 80 | SATA-300 | 8MB | 5400 | 9.50 mm | - |
Western Digital | WD1000BEAS | 100 | SATA-150 | 8MB | 5400 | 9.50 mm | - |
Western Digital | WD1000BEVS | 100 | SATA-150 | 8MB | 5400 | 9.50 mm | - |
Western Digital | WD1200BEAS | 120 | SATA-150 | 8MB | 5400 | 9.50 mm | - |
Western Digital | WD1200BEVS | 120 | SATA-150 | 8MB | 5400 | 9.50 mm | - |
Western Digital | WD1200BEVT | 120 | SATA-300 | 8MB | 5400 | 9.50 mm | - |
Western Digital | WD1500BLFS | 150 | SATA-300 | 16MB | 10000 | 26.1 mm | will NOT fit! |
Western Digital | WD1600BEAS | 160 | SATA-150 | 8MB | 5400 | 9.50 mm | - |
Western Digital | WD1600BEVS | 160 | SATA-150 | 8MB | 5400 | 9.50 mm | - |
Western Digital | WD1600BEVT | 160 | SATA-300 | 8MB | 5400 | 9.50 mm | - |
Western Digital | WD1600BPVT | 160 | SATA-300 | 8MB | 5400 | 9.50 mm | - |
Western Digital | WD1600BEKT | 160 | SATA-300 | 8MB | 7200 | 9.50 mm | - |
Western Digital | WD1600BJKT | 160 | SATA-300 | 8MB | 7200 | 9.50 mm | - |
Western Digital | WD2000BEAS | 200 | SATA-150 | 8MB | 5400 | 9.50 mm | - |
Western Digital | WD2000BEVS | 200 | SATA-150 | 8MB | 5400 | 9.50 mm | - |
Western Digital | WD2500BEAS | 250 | SATA-150 | 8MB | 5400 | 9.50 mm | - |
Western Digital | WD2500BEVS | 250 | SATA-150 | 8MB | 5400 | 9.50 mm | - |
Western Digital | WD2500BEVT | 250 | SATA-300 | 8MB | 5400 | 9.50 mm | - |
Western Digital | WD2500BPVT | 250 | SATA-300 | 8MB | 5400 | 9.50 mm | - |
Western Digital | WD2500BEKT | 250 | SATA-300 | 8MB | 7200 | 9.50 mm | - |
Western Digital | WD2500BJKT | 250 | SATA-300 | 8MB | 7200 | 9.50 mm | - |
Western Digital | WD3000BLFS | 300 | SATA-300 | 16MB | 10000 | 26.1 mm | will NOT fit! |
Western Digital | WD3200BEVT | 320 | SATA-300 | 8MB | 5400 | 9.50 mm | - |
Western Digital | WD3200BPVT | 320 | SATA-300 | 8MB | 5400 | 9.50 mm | - |
Western Digital | WD3200BEKT | 320 | SATA-300 | 8MB | 7200 | 9.50 mm | - |
Western Digital | WD3200BJKT | 320 | SATA-300 | 8MB | 7200 | 9.50 mm | - |
Western Digital | WD4000BEVT | 400 | SATA-300 | 8MB | 5400 | 9.50 mm | - |
Western Digital | WD4500BLHX | 450 | SATA-600 | 32MB | 10000 | 26.1 mm | will NOT fit! |
Western Digital | WD5000BEVT | 500 | SATA-300 | 8MB | 5400 | 9.50 mm | - |
Western Digital | WD5000BPVT | 500 | SATA-300 | 8MB | 5400 | 9.50 mm | - |
Western Digital | WD5000BEKT | 500 | SATA-300 | 8MB | 7200 | 9.50 mm | - |
Western Digital | WD6000BLHX | 600 | SATA-600 | 32MB | 10000 | 26.1 mm | will NOT fit! |
Western Digital | WD6400BEVT | 640 | SATA-300 | 8MB | 5400 | 9.50 mm | - |
Western Digital | WD6400BPVT | 640 | SATA-300 | 8MB | 5400 | 9.50 mm | - |
Western Digital | WD7500BPVT | 750 | SATA-300 | 8MB | 5400 | 9.50 mm | - |
Western Digital | WD7500KEVT | 750 | SATA-300 | 8MB | 5200 | 9.50 mm | - |
Western Digital | WD7500KPVT | 750 | SATA-300 | 8MB | 5200 | 9.50 mm | - |
Internal SATA to External drive/cradle
You can also convert the internal SATA to an external eSATA port, to which you can connect a eSATA cradle or eSATA harddrive. Example of such a cable : http://www.cutedigi.com/images/sata_2_esata_cable.jpg
More solutions are listed here: Solutions for swapping / externalise the harddrive
CECH-40xx : External harddrive expansion for internal storage
- Vertical Stand with Storage attachement (CECH-4000A only)
- Hard Disk Drive (HDD) Mounting Bracket (CECH-ZHD1)
- Hard Disk Drive (HDD) Mounting Bracket including 250GB drive (CECH-ZS1)
CECH-4000B only : Internal harddrive
5400rpm Hitachi hard drive
- Z5K500 HTS545050A7E380 (500GB)
- Z5K500 HTS543225A7A384 (250GB)
External storage
The PS3 also supports external harddrives connected to the USB port (identified as USB Mass Storage device) using only FAT12/16/32 file systems format. File systems like UFS/UFS2, EXT3/EXT4, which are natively used on internal harddrive cannot be used on external on a non-modified system. You can format it to any size up to 8TB *, which is the theoretical drive size limit of FAT32. There have been verified success of 2TB external harddrives working with the PS3. The whole drive needs to be formatted into a single 2TB FAT32 partition using special software tools like fat32format.exe that can handle large drives. Note that FAT32 supports a maximum file size of 4GB.
- *FAT32 restrictions:
- max amount of files: 268,173,300
- max filesize: 4,294,967,295 Bytes
- max cluster size: 32K practical, 64K with high incompatibility (PS3 and Xbox360 will accept it, but most applications will not).
- max sector size: 512 Bytes (4096 sectorsize is not compatible)
- max amount of clusters per volume: 268,435,445 (2^28)
- max volume size because of cluster limit: 8,796,093,022,208 Bytes (~8TB)
- max volume size because of compatibility: 2TB-1 @ 512B sectors, 32KB allocation unit or 4TB-1 @ 512B sectors, 64KB allocation unit (not recommended) / absolute limit would be 16 TB for 4096 byte sectors, which is incompatible with PS3
- *FAT32 restrictions:
- performance consideration: with a 8TB volumesize, the file allocation table itself will be 1GB, not really practical (it is 256MB at a 2TB volumesize, which is still a lot larger than ps3 memory thus negatively impacting on performance).
Tools, HDD manufacturers support webs, Documentation, etc...
Sometimes you just need to be sure that harddrive is still working in crisp condition. All harddrive manufacturers have special low level diagnostics tool for that purpose.
Low level diagnostic tools
- Seagate SeaTools (also Samsung)
- Maxtor PowerMax (currently Seagate)
- Western Digital Data Lifeguard Diagnostic
- Hitachi Drive Fitness Test (currently Western Digital)
- Some of this wikipage is also in User Manual (e.g. Page 36 and further: CECH-2001A_2001B-2.85_2.pdf)
HDD Manufacturers support and info webs
Fujitsu
http://storage.toshiba.eu/cms/en/support_services/faq.html (fujistsu storage products model numbers)
M=fujitsu, H=HNfamily, Z=series, 2=2.5", 040=40GB, BH=interface
Hitachi
http://www.hgst.com/hdd/support/newnum.htm
http://www.hgst.com/tech/techlib.nsf/pages/main?OpenDocument
http://www.hgst.com/tech/techlib.nsf/productfamilies/Travelstar
H=HGST, T=Travelstar, S = Standard, 54=5400rpm, 16 =topcapacity, 40=model capacity, J=Generation, 9=9mm form factor, SA=sata150 (or E3 = SATA 3Gb/s), 8=Feature code (8MB cache), 0=Unique code
Seagate
http://knowledge.seagate.com/articles/en_US/FAQ/204763en#notebook
http://knowledge.seagate.com/articles/en_US/FAQ/206431en?language=en_US
http://www.seagate.com/support/internal-hard-drives/consumer-electronics/ld25-series/
http://www.seagate.com/support/internal-hard-drives/laptop-hard-drives/momentus-laptop/
ST=brand(seagate) 9=form factor(2.5") 6=size(60GB) 8=cache(8mb) 12=identifier AS=interface(SATA)
Toshiba
Toshiba Europe Products - Client Hard Disk Drives: http://storage.toshiba.eu/cms/en/hdd/hard_disk_drives/index.jsp#
http://storage.toshiba.com/storage-services-support/documentation/data-sheets
http://storage.toshiba.eu/export/sites/toshiba-sdd/media/products/datasheets/mk****gsx_datasheet.pdf