PS4 2TB Hard Drive upgrade: '2TB Seagate Spinpoint M9T' Thread.

webmonkeyuk · 17 Dec 2015 at 19:57

little help guys, ive followed the guide but I'm up restarting the ps4. ive restarted it and done as it says but it just comes up with "the update file cannot be used" any ideas? what file format should the usb stick be saved as, I got one of the newer version Seagate drives but they work ok right? I'm really stuck now.

MOOGLEYS · 17 Dec 2015 at 20:06

Have you downloaded the full system software and not the smaller update file.

https://www.playstation.com/en-us/support/system-updates/ps4/#newinstallation

webmonkeyuk · 17 Dec 2015 at 20:20

yeh looks like that's what I did, cheers :O)

Psycho Sonny · 6 Mar 2016 at 11:15

just about to install this into the new model ps4. the new revision of portable drives are slightly different and they have newer firmware on the drives.

will be nowhere near as fast as my data bank but i'll test it out and see.

beachBOYken · 6 Mar 2016 at 12:21

Does anyone still get that beeping sound from the 2tb?

MOOGLEYS · 6 Mar 2016 at 13:07

beachBOYken said:
Does anyone still get that beeping sound from the 2tb?

Occasionally from the one in my PC. The one in my PS4 or the one connected to Xbox has never done it.

zoomee · 6 Mar 2016 at 14:02

Psycho Sonny said:
just about to install this into the new model ps4. the new revision of portable drives are slightly different and they have newer firmware on the drives.

will be nowhere near as fast as my data bank but i'll test it out and see.

I'm really quite surprised that we havn't seen 2Tb SSHD's in the 2.5" form factor yet - it would have been ideal for the PS4. Still rocking on my 750Gb Seagate 7200rpm SSHD lol - running low on space now though, tempted to delete Destiny!

webmonkeyuk · 7 Mar 2016 at 08:18

yeh mine beeps from time to time, was alittle worried by it at first but I don't really notice much now

Psycho Sonny · 7 Mar 2016 at 18:05

zoomee said:
I'm really quite surprised that we havn't seen 2Tb SSHD's in the 2.5" form factor yet - it would have been ideal for the PS4. Still rocking on my 750Gb Seagate 7200rpm SSHD lol - running low on space now though, tempted to delete Destiny!

my 3.5" 7200rpm 2TB SSHD was lightning fast but incompatible with new model of ps4.

it's not the be all and end all tbh the games aren't designed to utilise the speed unless they have horrendous loading times as it is like GTA.

the biggest difference was installing games. i think i installed over 1TB of games and patches overnight no issues.

MrMarvelous · 7 Mar 2016 at 22:18

Would have though a decent 2.5" 7,200RPM drive would be better than most 'SSHD' drives which are only 5,400RPM.

Armageus · 8 Mar 2016 at 07:40

MrMarvelous said:
Would have though a decent 2.5" 7,200RPM drive would be better than most 'SSHD' drives which are only 5,400RPM.

Except there aren't any 2TB 7200rpm 2.5" drives available (or at least in a standard z height)

MOOGLEYS · 8 Mar 2016 at 07:53

Armageus said:
Except there aren't any 7200rpm drives available (or at least in a standard z height)

This drive fits fine in PS4 unless I'm mistaking what you mean..

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/hitachi-travelstar-7k1000-1tb-2.5-7200rpm-32mb-cache-hard-drive-0j22423-hd-100-hi.html

Armageus · 8 Mar 2016 at 09:38

MOOGLEYS said:
This drive fits fine in PS4 unless I'm mistaking what you mean..

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/hitachi-travelstar-7k1000-1tb-2.5-7200rpm-32mb-cache-hard-drive-0j22423-hd-100-hi.html

Meant to say 2TB 7200 2.5" - that'll teach me to post from my phone whilst eating my breakfast

Armageus said:
Except there aren't any 2TB 7200rpm 2.5" drives available (or at least in a standard z height)

MrMarvelous · 8 Mar 2016 at 18:38

Is 1TB not enough?

MOOGLEYS · 8 Mar 2016 at 18:43

MrMarvelous said:
Is 1TB not enough?

If you just install the games you play then yes easily. If you are lazy like me and install everything then no a 4TB drive would be nice tbh.....

apostolis_kt · 9 Mar 2016 at 13:15

Is the beeping sound too intrusive? I read last year people were saying it sounded like a fire alarm and i am thinking they were exaggerating. I just started deleting things from the hdd so its time for me as well to get one of these 2tb hdds, in fact i was looking for 2 years now to do it but i was scared reading the beeping stories + having a seagate/samsung drive doesn't fill me with confidence.

Dano · 9 Mar 2016 at 15:19

I think I've heard mine beep four or five times since I installed it months ago, it's certainly not intrusive whatsoever and it would be a pretty useless fire alarm at the volume it puts out, it's quieter than the beep the PS4 makes when you turn it on.

MOOGLEYS · 9 Mar 2016 at 15:23

apostolis_kt said:
Is the beeping sound too intrusive? I read last year people were saying it sounded like a fire alarm and i am thinking they were exaggerating. I just started deleting things from the hdd so its time for me as well to get one of these 2tb hdds, in fact i was looking for 2 years now to do it but i was scared reading the beeping stories + having a seagate/samsung drive doesn't fill me with confidence.

It's nowhere near fire alarm loud.

you can just imagine that.

The one I did have in my PS4 never beeped. My laptop drive does it every now and again but it's not loud. As mentioned it's a lot quieter than the power on beep.

apostolis_kt · 9 Mar 2016 at 17:12

Thank you guys thats a relief.now to find a good offer for one

Noxia · 9 Mar 2016 at 21:54

Mine beeps a lot and makes some pretty loud ones at times.