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PS3 HDD problems...hooking it up to a laptop? Help please
hey all-
I have come to realize that my ps3 is broken. Sony is telling me to send it in along with $175 to get it fixed or to get a new one...I would love to find a way to fix this without having to send it in and have done a lot of research and looks like I might be S.O.L. but figured id ask the trustworthy souls on my favorite forum
Whenever I turn on the PS3 it automatically starts installing an update which freezes at 63%. It says technical error contact tech support. There is no ps3 menu there is no way around it, I have to turn it off with the power supply in the back when this happens and it sucks.
and the error code is 8002F1C1
From what ive read my hard drive is "bricked" so heres the real question: If I remove the HDD (legal and allowed by Sony) and delete everything on it using a laptop, does anyone think this will solve the problem?
Also, does anyone know how to do this hook up? I would be using a girlfriends laptop since I have a desktop and would be in deep if I broke it haha. Ideally I would be able to hook it up using a USB cable (not sure if this is even possible) and following steps I found here...
http://www.ehow.com/how_6026_format-hard-drive.html
any advice would be awesome if someone is pretty tech savvy, and I am willing to try this if you guys think this is a feesible solution. I also thought I read something about putting the laptops hdd into the ps3 but not sure I understood how that would help, so if someone has some more information on that it would be amazing.
Thanks for all of your help and time to read this
hey all-
I have come to realize that my ps3 is broken. Sony is telling me to send it in along with $175 to get it fixed or to get a new one...I would love to find a way to fix this without having to send it in and have done a lot of research and looks like I might be S.O.L. but figured id ask the trustworthy souls on my favorite forum
Whenever I turn on the PS3 it automatically starts installing an update which freezes at 63%. It says technical error contact tech support. There is no ps3 menu there is no way around it, I have to turn it off with the power supply in the back when this happens and it sucks.
and the error code is 8002F1C1
From what ive read my hard drive is "bricked" so heres the real question: If I remove the HDD (legal and allowed by Sony) and delete everything on it using a laptop, does anyone think this will solve the problem?
Also, does anyone know how to do this hook up? I would be using a girlfriends laptop since I have a desktop and would be in deep if I broke it haha. Ideally I would be able to hook it up using a USB cable (not sure if this is even possible) and following steps I found here...
http://www.ehow.com/how_6026_format-hard-drive.html
any advice would be awesome if someone is pretty tech savvy, and I am willing to try this if you guys think this is a feesible solution. I also thought I read something about putting the laptops hdd into the ps3 but not sure I understood how that would help, so if someone has some more information on that it would be amazing.
Thanks for all of your help and time to read this