Anyone with a 12.5mm tall hard drive in an early style fat PS3?

[Meanpooh]

This forum is filled with the info you need. AnywayI posted a pic with a Samsung SpinPoint MT2 HM100UI 1TB installed in my launch PS3 I have also tried it in my 40 gig model. Its a tight fit but it will work. To get the drive to move easily, I screwed in 2 screws that mount on the side of the drive. Just line the drive up, push down and then push the drive twords the connections. Also dont worry about the drive moving. My PS3 fell off my desk onto another PS3 and its fine.

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[KainUK]

I've got a US and EU launch model... I'm looking at the EU one right now.

From what I can tell, the height of the HDD caddy is around 11mm... that's from the base of it, to the little bit of metal that sits over the HDD (on the side with the handle). The actual bay seems to be 13mm or 14mm... hard to get an accurate measurement.

So a 12.5mm drive -could- fit with some buggering around. If I were going to put one in my PS3, what I'd do is take the HDD tray and cut off the side with the handle and the hole where the blue screw goes in. Then, remove the metal "lip" so it doesn't get in the way of the drive and screw it to the new 1TB drive.

Just remember the connectors go to the rear of the console (so your left) and the fold-out handle has to face you. I think with the two screws in and the handle, it should slot in with a bit of a tight fit.