I just got a new harddrive 120gb and put it in my ps3 and after 30 minutes everything stop responding ?

Question

continuing: So i turned it back on and it said i needed to rebuilt the hardrive and after that it didn't work and it said i needed to format again and it was still was at 0% after 10min i turned it off and took out the harddrive and it was really hot!

Anyone know what i can do plz i dont wanna lose my ps3!

Info on hardrive:

Seagate Momentus 5400.3

5400rpm

120gb

serial ata

2.5 inch

plz respond soon!

Answer 1

this is because those hard drives were not made for PS3's and they will not work, that is very dangerous and can mess your PS3 up  

Answer 2

As long as you installed the drive correctly, there shouldn't be anything wrong with it. Try formatting it again and letting it finish, even if it takes a little while.

You could just have a bad drive. You should contact Sony's Tech Support if you need more help:

http://playstation.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/...

Here is a guide to installing a new hard drive for future reference.

http://www.gamepro.com/sony/ps3/games/fe...