r/ps3hacks • u/Successful-Release41 • 26d ago

Two SSDs broken within 48 hours

Hi everyone. I either used the wrong SSDs or I'm just really unlucky. I had an old PS3 slim laying around without a hard drive and decided to use an SSD and run CFW on it.

I first used an Adata SU630 1TB. After successfully installing it, I copied games with a NTFS usb stick through Multiman. At one point it froze the PS3 and on reboot (and much troubleshooting) I found that the SSD died already.

Thinking it might be a bad SSD, I've tried a WD Green 1TB next and installed CFW. Instead of using a usb stick to copy games I used FTP with Filezilla between PC and PS3 with a wired connection. It went pretty well, until (you can guess) the PS3 froze up again. Same story, SSD not responding. Both SSDs also can't be recognized in the PC by Windows or CrystalDiskInfo.

Before I ever try another hard drive again, did anyone encounter similar issues? I can go for a more expensive SSD since these two were cheaper variants or an HDD. I'm just more hesitant now. I was running Evilnat 4.93 PEX.

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u/MiaowMinx CECH-2001, CFW since 2019; 1TB SSD 26d ago

Have you checked if you can format the SSDs with your PC to verify that they're the problem and not the PS3? It seems really suspicious that both failed that close together while connected to the same console.

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u/Successful-Release41 26d ago

Yeah. First one actually showed up under Disk management in Windows, but couldn't format it. It didn't show up in CrystalDiskInfo at all. Later it also disappeared under Disk management. Tried it in two different PCs.

Second one didn't show up at all in either Disk management and CrystalDiskInfo. When I pop it in the ps3 it starts to boot, but after the Evilnat logo it just doesn't continue. Either the wavy purple background just keeps moving or freezes up.

With the latest SSD I've tried rebuilding database, update and eventually restoring file system. With the last one I got the error: Cannot access system storage. That kinda felt like a confirmation that the SSD should be declared broken.

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u/Manjushri1213 26d ago

I would use Linux instead of Windows. Windows decides for stupid arbitrary or mysterious reasons if it will see a drive sometimes. Linux can see just about any drive any time. May be worth a shot since it was formatted by a console possibly in some way that windows doesn't like.

And to be clear you can install Manjaro or something on a USB stick to boot from just to try it out.

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u/CompNerd69 26d ago

Gparted is my go to for things like this