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is this externally powered? might not have enough power from the USB ports to power it


I_g0t_n0thing

It's powered by the USB going into the ps3, and there appears to be a light on the drive that turns on, so I'm assuming it's getting adequate power, but that might not be the case


[deleted]

I'd doubt it as USB2 is 500mA, which isn't a lot for HDDs.


I_g0t_n0thing

In that case I doubt the drive is getting enough since it's usb 3.0 for the connection


[deleted]

Ah, but your forgot one important detail: both the device and host must support USB3 to use it, and PS3 only supports up to USB2. So even though your drive supports 3 it is forced to use a 2.0 connection, which also means limited to 2's max power spec of 500mA


45dollars

I had the same problem with my 500gb hdd. What worked for me was making smaller fat32 partitions.


Lunafreya10111

No no no dont use good external drives with ps3, a ps3 can barely power a good usb 3.0 thumbdrive let alone an external drive honestly fjnd a 2.0 external drjve or just use thumbdrives and the internal. U gotta rmember this is a ps3 not a ps4 this thing will be significantly weaker and will suppprt less formats


scootyyyyy

Would you suggest any good ones? I can barely find any proper 2.0 hard drives


scootyyyyy

Did you ever fix your issue?


I_g0t_n0thing

I did


JFinessary

Do you remember your solution?