Well the firmware was hacked soon after release anyway so no luck there. Unfortunately for PS3 owners the new firmware ‘hates’ upgraded HDDs.
Currently those with a 16MB flash PS3 model, which include the Slim line, aren’t able to install fancy new HDDs to increase capacity as it reports error 8002f225.
”At present you will get error 8002f2c5 when you change your HDD and the only way to fix it is to put the old drive back in,” informed PS3 owner Chris Marshall.
”I bought a 320GB HDD to upgrade my 120GB PS3 Slim. I stuck the drive in and got the usual message about putting in a USB drive/stick with update 3.56 or newer on. I stuck the old drive into a sata caddy formatted it and put the update on. All good so far until it gave me error 8002f225.”
”Checking online it appears to be a firmware bug which screws up upgrading your HDD. Unfortunately for me I wiped the original drive so I can’t just stick it back in and I will have to wait for a fix,” he continued. The EU PlayStation forum has erupted.
Until Sony fix the firmware bug its back to the old HDDs.
