To those whose PS3's were "Bricked" with Firmware 4.45, Please Read

[Groo The Perverted]

So I found a way that your PS3 can be used again while waiting for Sony to get around to fixing their mess.

This seems to be affecting those who replaced their HD's with ones that were 500GB or more. I had a 1TB in there when mine got screwed over by the firmware.

Now they pulled the firmware, however there is still copies out there and I have access to one of them. If you replace your hard drive that is in your system now with one that is less than 500GB (maybe even 500GB would work, but I swapped it out with my 320GB) then load up the 4.45 firmware on a thumbdrive (the system mandates 4.45 or later, so you can't use 4.41), it'll format the HD and you could at least download some games, or play your games, watch Netflix, Hulu, VUDU, etc.

If you need a copy of the firmware, then send me a PM and I'll send it your way.

WARNING: IF YOU HAVE A HD THAT IS 500GB OR LARGER, DO NOT USE THE FIRMWARE.