(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); hi there, i have an 80gb model running 3.21 with no hdd. wen i put any hdd in it i get the error screen " the console failed to run" and that i need to press select and start to install 3.21 or higher.
everytime i do this with whateva firmware e.g 3.21 or 3.55 etc it says checking and comes back with " data is corrupt (8002f2b5)" error code

i have read in a few places that without the original hard drive you cannot get past this, but there must be a way as i didnt recieve it with a hdd.
someone must know how to get round this fault

any help would be really appreciated im not a noob who doesnt know a thing im just a noob on this site

please help guys thanks

its not a hard drive issue from what i can find out, its a software issue on the ps3. i have tried 4 differant hdd 3 with differant firmware and one that is completely blank and new
all with the same error message

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i have tried all 6 of the options in recovery mode and they all either give me the same " date corrupt 8002f2c5" or they jus restart the console to the start screen were it says the system software failed to start etc...

what about trying it with a hard drive that has 3.21 insalled on it? or putting the had drive into a pc and reformatting it so its a completly blank fat 32?

could send it back to sony but my warrenty sticker isnt intact