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T-Town Oil · 10-11-2007, 08:22 PM

im lost....does da = the ?

jermwhl · 10-11-2007, 08:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Aygie

sorry dude didn't see you didn't have en external HDD, shit, you know anyone with one? hmmm does anyone know if it can be backed up to BD?

PS3 doesn't have a BD burner, so no it can't.
If you don't have an external HDD then you will have to re-download everything. Fortunately you won't have to pay again, PSN stores all your purchase info and allows you to re-download, but you'll have to sit through the torturess wait of that!!!

jermwhl · 10-11-2007, 08:23 PM

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Originally Posted by T-Town Oil

im lost....does da = the ?

LOL..yea and dere means there. You gotta kinda read between the lines. Let's not get into one of those rants about internet lingo again!!!

aygie · 10-11-2007, 08:24 PM

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Originally Posted by jermwhl

PS3 doesn't have a BD burner, so no it can't.
If you don't have an external HDD then you will have to re-download everything. Fortunately you won't have to pay again, PSN stores all your purchase info and allows you to re-download, but you'll have to sit through the torturess wait of that!!!

yeah didn't think it did, to the OP just borrow someones, f**k downloading it all again. I love how much stuff i have on mine, SO many movies and every single demo from th US & UK store.

Starkiller · 10-11-2007, 08:59 PM

On doing a little research I’ve found an answer to my question. You can download any purchased games from PSN a total of 5 times total (not sure about Warhawk). So I have four more opportunities to DL what I have now.

Todd · 10-11-2007, 09:19 PM

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Originally Posted by gamer4eva

sorry if dis question has been askd b4 i did search couldn't find nething dat answers my question

iam gonna swap my ps3's HDD for a bigger one and i know alot of ppl here have done it as well so my question is which one is da best one i know it has 2 b 2.5" 5400RPM SATA but which company do u guys recomend
and iam lookin for something like 160 GB and above cause already in like 7 months i've got 2 gigs left outta da 60. ne help would be appreciated
CHEERS!!!

I have a western digial 250gb scorpio paid about 200 after tax, fit prefect, runs quite, PS3 fan seams to come on less, and it runs flawlessly, I also run 2 western digial external hdd's a 500gb usb drive and a new 1tb western digial external hdd. I tried the eSATA route but it kept crashing, I haven't given up on eSATA but I need to figure out why it was always locking up.

gamer4eva · 10-12-2007, 11:22 AM

thanx alot guys now i've decided 2 buy da 250 GB western digital HDD and will be buying it b4 firmware 2.0 just will be looking around for good deals

THANX alot every1

Magic · 10-12-2007, 12:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Starkiller

On doing a little research I’ve found an answer to my question. You can download any purchased games from PSN a total of 5 times total (not sure about Warhawk). So I have four more opportunities to DL what I have now.

Thanks Starkiller! I have been looking for the same answers and did not have any luck. Can I ask where you found this info?

Starkiller · 10-12-2007, 01:29 PM

I wish I could remember! I just googled like crazy and looked at a BUNCH of different web sites looking for an answer. The end result was I found a few different web sites that said the same thing. One may have been Sony’s own page.
I just looked at so many different sites it’s now a blur in my mind where I found it. Sorry I wish I could be of more help.

WriteSimply · 10-12-2007, 04:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Starkiller

I wish I could remember! I just googled like crazy and looked at a BUNCH of different web sites looking for an answer. The end result was I found a few different web sites that said the same thing. One may have been Sony’s own page.

I think the download is tied to the individual PS3 and not the user. So if you have four other PS3s, you can download the game there.

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Originally Posted by Todd

I tried the eSATA route but it kept crashing, I haven't given up on eSATA but I need to figure out why it was always locking up.

What do you use to connect the eSATA cable to the PS3? The Xtender or a female-male cable? Odd that the eSATA cable keep crashing.

fuad

Shin-Ra · 10-12-2007, 04:29 PM

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Originally Posted by WriteSimply

I think the download is tied to the individual PS3 and not the user. So if you have four other PS3s, you can download the game there.

I think you meant..

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I think the download is tied to the individual user and not the PS3. So if you have four other PS3s, you can download the game there.

WriteSimply · 10-12-2007, 04:57 PM

Now I'm confused!

fuad

Shin-Ra · 10-12-2007, 04:59 PM

If it was tied to the PS3, you couldn't take your account to another PS3 and redownload the game there. Warhawk is the one exception so far.

Starkiller · 10-12-2007, 05:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Shin-Ra

I think you meant..

So I can download the game as many times as I want as long as my PSN ID is linked to a console?

Then if I upgrade my HDD I can just back up my game saves to a flash drive (which I do have) and just re-download my games? Thats kosher?

Shin-Ra · 10-12-2007, 05:09 PM

Per account per paid game 5 downloads from the PSN, unlimited copies via external mass media drive backup.

I haven't tried downloading a paid game 5 times from the PSN to see if the icon returns to the main store so you can buy it for another 5 downloads.

w_tanoto · 10-12-2007, 05:13 PM

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Originally Posted by gamer4eva

r dere ne higher dan 100gb????????? cause 100 gigs will fill up easy for me as iam holding back on da downloads on da 60 gigs
the t word does piss me off a bit but as long as they've got a gud product iam happy LOL

320 GB good enough?
http://sdd.toshiba.com/main.aspx?Pat...ives/MK3253GSX

aygie · 10-12-2007, 05:15 PM

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Originally Posted by w_tanoto

320 GB good enough?
http://sdd.toshiba.com/main.aspx?Pat...ives/MK3253GSX

nice find!

w_tanoto · 10-12-2007, 05:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Aygie

nice find!

thanks. Toshiba is known for good harddisk quality. HD DVD and laptop??? NO, don't ever get it.

Todd · 10-13-2007, 05:12 AM

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Originally Posted by WriteSimply

I think the download is tied to the individual PS3 and not the user. So if you have four other PS3s, you can download the game there.

What do you use to connect the eSATA cable to the PS3? The Xtender or a female-male cable? Odd that the eSATA cable keep crashing.

fuad

I was using the PS3 HDXT Xtender, the cable I used is External " L type " to " I type " eSATA cable which I connected to my western digial 500gb hdd with I type eSATA connection. I noticed that when looking at the Xmedia bar the background waving line was notably faster than normal. Drive rpm might have been a problem, or the data transfer rate of 3gb per/sec I thought that the PS3's hdd controller would handle access issues.

zoon_ii · 10-13-2007, 06:40 AM

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Originally Posted by gamer4eva

sorry if dis question has been askd b4 i did search couldn't find nething dat answers my question

iam gonna swap my ps3's HDD for a bigger one and i know alot of ppl here have done it as well so my question is which one is da best one i know it has 2 b 2.5" 5400RPM SATA but which company do u guys recomend
and iam lookin for something like 160 GB and above cause already in like 7 months i've got 2 gigs left outta da 60. ne help would be appreciated
CHEERS!!!

what could you possibly be DL'ing that would take up that much space? movies? i have probably barely used 2 GB, and I forsee that I'll probably never use the entire 60, but I bought it because of the card slots mainly.

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10-11-2007, 08:22 PM	#21
T-Town Oil Expert Member Top ranked HT gallery Member since:Jul 2007 Location:Tulsa, Oklahoma Home Theater Gallery:20 Blu-ray collection:42 Blu-ray reviews:3	im lost....does da = the ?

10-11-2007, 08:59 PM	#25
Starkiller Banned Member since:Jul 2007 Location:Dallas, TX Blu-ray reviews:2	On doing a little research I’ve found an answer to my question. You can download any purchased games from PSN a total of 5 times total (not sure about Warhawk). So I have four more opportunities to DL what I have now.

10-12-2007, 11:22 AM	#27
gamer4eva Special Member Member since:Apr 2007 Location:Sydney, Australia Blu-ray collection:64 Blu-ray reviews:18	thanx alot guys now i've decided 2 buy da 250 GB western digital HDD and will be buying it b4 firmware 2.0 just will be looking around for good deals THANX alot every1

10-12-2007, 01:29 PM	#29
Starkiller Banned Member since:Jul 2007 Location:Dallas, TX Blu-ray reviews:2	I wish I could remember! I just googled like crazy and looked at a BUNCH of different web sites looking for an answer. The end result was I found a few different web sites that said the same thing. One may have been Sony’s own page. I just looked at so many different sites it’s now a blur in my mind where I found it. Sorry I wish I could be of more help.

10-12-2007, 04:57 PM	#32
WriteSimply Blu-ray Ninja Member since:Sep 2006 Location:Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Now I'm confused! fuad

10-12-2007, 04:59 PM	#33
Shin-Ra Super Moderator Top contributor Member since:Feb 2007 Blu-ray collection:5 Trading Score:1	If it was tied to the PS3, you couldn't take your account to another PS3 and redownload the game there. Warhawk is the one exception so far.

10-12-2007, 05:09 PM	#35
Shin-Ra Super Moderator Top contributor Member since:Feb 2007 Blu-ray collection:5 Trading Score:1	Per account per paid game 5 downloads from the PSN, unlimited copies via external mass media drive backup. I haven't tried downloading a paid game 5 times from the PSN to see if the icon returns to the main store so you can buy it for another 5 downloads.

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