It will beep, then beep again and power off. Press and hold power button again, until it beeps, then double beeps. Plug usb cable in to controller & console and go down to system update. Make sure the USB is still plugged in and this will re-install the CFW 4.81.2 on your new HDD. PlayStation. "Play has no limits." PlayStation ( Japanese: プレイステーション, Hepburn: Pureisutēshon, officially abbreviated as PS) is a video gaming brand that consists of five home video game consoles, two handhelds, a media center, and a smartphone, as well as an online service and multiple magazines. The brand is produced by Sony Use a program called PS3 ISO tools to split iso files into 4GB parts and put them is the PS3ISO folder on your External and and play it with your desired launcher. 1. drippingthighs. OP • 5 yr. ago. I used split4g and made it into 666 file format splits apparently and the the game doesn't start (error). All you need to do is format it properly. How I did it is get an 8tb WD external (I couldn't get it working with a new seagate external) and then use the WD formatting utility and format it with XP compatible selected (this makes the hdd natively 4k sectors which fat32 can go up to 16tb as opposed to 2tb with 512b sectors). You'll need a Pen Drive to have a PS3 recovery/Boot data on. Follow the instructions exactly on how to make one. This is needed to put the PS3 OS on the new drive. The second Pen drive to back up your game Save data. Not everything will be saved via the PS+ Backup feature. v. t. e. A hard disk drive ( HDD ), hard disk, hard drive, or fixed disk, [b] is an electro-mechanical data storage device that stores and retrieves digital data using magnetic storage with one or more rigid rapidly rotating platters coated with magnetic material. The Seagate FireCuda 530 SSD series is compatible with PS5. Available in 500GB, 1TB, 2TB, and 4TB, these fit inside the PS5's internal expansion slot and meet all the necessary requirements. These Windows does not allow you to format large hard drive as FAT32 format. Using a freeware program, we can format any hard drive as FAT32, and its awesome! If Add a comment. 1. To access the hard drive utility: With the blank drive in the PS3, it will complain that the correct drive has not been found. Press and hold the power button. It will beep immediately and then beep two more times. Release the power button and hold it again. It will beep immediately and beep again. Ssd! Ssd! JooshMaGoosh. • 4 mo. ago. One thing to note about ssd's and PS3 is that some external SSD (like the one I own) require more power to run then the ps3 USB port is capable of. So it won't recognize or work while plugged in unless you have a power bank or some shit you run it through. HDD is more reliable for the PS3 though if you jYfA.