Need to change internal harddrive in my 40gig fat

[aneesh]

I have a 40 gb fat ps3.

If i need to change internal hard drive, wat are the precautions do i need to be taking.

1.Should i re install kmea3.55 ?
2.Should i ask for 7200rpm or 5400 rpm to the computer vendor ?
3.Does it often crash the ps3 system to rebuild the databse if we change hard drives of this sort ? and is it safe ?
4.Also wat is the maximum capacity of internal harddrive swap, because i have plans to buy a 640 gig.

[chesh]

If its a phat, just install the hdd. That's all. It'll do the quick format and restore your cfw for you. Of course, do a backup of the 40gb with the system xmb utility before upgrading. I just did the same 2 weeks ago with no issue.

[aneesh]

2.Should i ask for 7200rpm or 5400 rpm to the computer vendor ?
3.Does it often crash the ps3 system to rebuild the databse if we change hard drives of this sort ? and is it safe ?
4.Also wat is the maximum capacity of internal harddrive swap, because i have plans to buy a 640 gig.

[AlexDC22]

ive got up to 1 tb in one of my ps3's slim, tho with the 1tb i had to leave the hdd cage out, on the fat one you need to mod it to fit lol
my phat one has a 5400 rpm wd scorpio something, installed perfectly fine and is very safe as far as i know.

also mine didnt crash at all.

[chesh]

2. I went with 5400 due to overheating rumors with the 7200s
3. I've never had to rebuild the database once, so I wouldn't know.
4. 750gb is the largest 9.3mm drive

[aneesh]

Fine.. i wud go with a 500gig (5400rpm) laptop sata..I guess i shud be able to fit it properly tonight...thanks

[Spyhop]

Despite popular belief, hard drives stand up to heat quite well. I have a 7200 in my slim. No problems.
Remember, from a hard drive's perspective a PS3 environment isn't any different than a laptop environment. Closed-quarters and hot. People use 7200s in laptops all the time.