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I have finally got it to work from trying from a different USB drive. The drive doesn't have a name unfortunately, but I just kept trying and it finally took. However it is very glitchy , not loading properly. I put back in my original drive. It works fine, it did wipe all if my data though...

Ok I have just put in a Seagate 1tb sshd ST1000LM014 and received error code 8002F2CF. I've tried with my Attache 1gb thumb drive and also with my Sandisk ultra 32gb thumb drive and receive the same error. I saw this drive had worked for someone else. Any more tips? Can we add update 4.89 to...

Ok, got it. I have purchased an older sshd 1tb drive and will test with it.

I'm not using a USB hub. I'm directly connecting the USB Drive to the USB port on the console itself.

The new usb I was just testing is a ADATA 16gb 3.0 USB I also have a blank Crucial M500 SSD Model: CT240M500SSD1 250GB That I have been testing with. So far it is consistent with the 870 1TB Samsung Evo in terms of error messages. The Crucial gets the same error message as the Evo when I...

Ok got it. Thanks for the tips! I put on a new USB and received a new error.. for the first time ever. The new error code is the following: 8002F2CF = Issue with the Mass Storage Device when installing firmware, or PS3 hard drive My old code forever was the following: 8002F22F= Issue with...

Welp I found my answer. The drive I purchased is a SATA III. The PS3 only reads SATA II drives.

Ah, ok got it. Just for clarification, does the SSD have to be in a particular format? Resident evil 6 takes forever sometimes.

Hello, I am new to this site. I have purchased a Slim cech-3001a 160GB PS3 USED online that was not on Dex. I have recently upgraded the OS to update 4.89 I have performed a backup of all data to an external Drive. I created the USB bootable media with the 4.89 update from Sonys website and...

I have this same issue... I just purchased a nice Samsung 1tb G70 Evo and have plugged it in and get the error code to plug in a drive with the 4.89 update. I' ve formatted a 4gb thumb drive to fat 32, made the PS3 Folder, then went into the folder and created an UPDATE folder, then pasted the...