Quote Originally Posted by JBHuskers View Post
Damn hard drive was too thick to put in the cradle so I put it in there without the cradle and turned on the PS3 and it wouldn't recognize the hard drive...thought I was SOL, but took it out and put it back in and it worked. Just need to be careful not to bump the system too much and jar the HDD loose. In the process of restoring now.
Quote Originally Posted by CLW View Post
Odd I had ZERO problems must be a difference in the brand or something.
Yeah, shouldn't have had any problem. Laptop HDDs (which is what these are) have to be standard sizes to fit into laptops so they should fit in the PS3 the same way.