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WD Blue 320G Mobile Hard Drive WD3200BPVT - PS3 Extreme slow loading

Got one of these to replace my PS3 Hard Drive. Went in fine, ps3 recognized it formated it etc etc…

However when I go to play games the load time is astoundingly high. I have attempted a reformat and every trick in the book but nothing.

I Read that it has something to do with the drive putting itself in standby mode a lot, and it having horrible step down compatibility to go to SATA 1 and 512b rates. 

I don’t know if theres anything I can do, but I figure since im 70$ in the hole I’d ask here before throwing this thing up against the wall and looking for another brand of HDs.

Hello,

Are you able to connect the drive on a desktop computer as a secondary to test the unit?

Check the following link.

How to test a drive for problems using Data Lifeguard Diagnostics for Windows

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