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Sony released a new firmware for the Playstation 3 yesterday. The update added a security patch for the system. However, it looks like it may have broken something as well. According to users on You must login or register to view this content. and You must login or register to view this content., the 3.56 firmware prevents the newer Playstation 3 models (with 16 MB flash) from being upgradeable to a new hard disk drive. The following models have been affected:

Original Playstation 3 Model:

* CECHH
* CECHJ
* CECHK
* CECHL
* CECHM
* CECHP
* CECHQ


Slim Playstation 3 Model:

* CECH-20..A
* CECH-20..B
* CECH-21..A
* CECH-21..B
* CECH-250.A
* CECH-250.B
* CECH-250.A
* CECH-250.B
* CECH-251.A
* CECH-251.B

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Buy a ps3 on ebay, no HD (Hypothetically), around 100$, buy a 300gig HD used for about 100, seems cheaper then a new ps3

Well, The way it could have prevented upgrading is by the Ps3 registering with only one hard drive and no more.. Which would mean when you update to this update you better have the hard drive you want in or your out of luck....

and Cd Kane: I agree they probably did this on accident while patching other security holes... SO 3.57 will come fast if this is true...

if thats ture then dang another feat. s0ny took away. now how are people going to have all thoes dlc per game and data saves and all thoes digital contant that s0ny has on the ps store, also the peoples' own contanst of pictures-audios-videos, all with out the option to upgrade to a bigger hard drive. that sucks. buying ps3 with more hdd space cost more than upgrade' it your self, plus upgrade'n you can pass the 320gb that s0ny pushes out.

Just when i was planning to get a 1 TB HDD.... First Black Ops console bans now this T_T..... Fix it sony!

well only the 16MB flash worked with waninko CFW and now they aren't upgradeable!

so like they say "a day for you and a day on you"

WOW why would sony do that HDD upgrading is one of my favorite parts about the PS3 because the xbox doesn't let you >.> stupid sony

blllllllllllllllllllllllllaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah

hmmm... anyone try using an image program or ghost program to copy an hdd image to another hdd and install the new one on 3.56 to see if that works...? I think it would or are you saying it disables the ability to read a new drive other than the one in the system before update(as in it recognizes the serial number?) when inserted? Or are you saying that if a hdd isn't already formatted for the ps3 it won't work? Cause I have 3 drives I use one with backed up games, one with just homebrew, and one that I haven't done anything on... speaking of that does anyone know if the cfw installs on the system or on the hdd cause I am on kmeaw's cfw on the 2 drives with homebrew and the other one has nothing showing the install pkg folder or the app folder? Is it safe to update on that drive? Any answers to these would be appreciated...

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Thanks for this post also man don't know if you'll be able to answer all my questions but seriously this info helped me.

Sony probely done that to stop people burning games to there ps3 with 1TB memory you could get loads