Hey guys, a friend of mine bought his son a PS3 for christmas so that he could race GT5 against his uncle Fewzo, but his wife bought one with only 12Gb, and GT5 won't work. it says not enough memory. How many Gig do you need for GT5, anyone know? thanks
When I first got my PS3 and GT5 I had to download 1.5GB I think but I'm sure it's bigger now because of the updates that has been happening. I dunno why it wont allow you when you have a couple of GB free but I guess it's just the system precautions.
If you want to install it to your HDD it always say that it needs 8GB but it really only needs 5GB. Happened to my other friend as well he couldn't play because there is not enough space so he just sold it but for you guys the only thing you can do is upgrade the HDD get a external HDD or something. I think this is what is happening you have 12GB right when you look in your HDD again its not 12GB because they reserve extra GB for system and security files. So I had the same problem as your having right now but it was on my xbox 20gb so I learned from that and bought a PS3 320gb
TwistyDrift is right.
GT5 allocates and reserves data which is close to 8-10 GB, and on top of that there is 1.5 GB of updates for GT5.
This easily explains your shortage of memory.
Probably the best option is to buy an external hard drive (with more than 20 GB) and then swap out the HDD in the playstation with the new one. This is pretty easy to do and you can find tutorials on youtube explaining how (and I believe it's also in the PS3 manual as well).
Otherwise, maybe you can return the PS3 for another one with more HDD space?
Best thing to do would be buy a bigger hard drive for it. 500Gb western digital (cavier black) ~$100
Simple swap and you have more than enough space for gt5 and other games.
I noticed your in Australia this HDD might be a good deal in Dicksmith but wait for it to go down. It's only 250gb but it has a warranty so if your HDD fails you could return it back
Hey guys, a friend of mine bought his son a PS3 for christmas so that he could race GT5 against his uncle Fewzo, but his wife bought one with only 12Gb, and GT5 won't work. it says not enough memory. How many Gig do you need for GT5, anyone know? thanks
Did she buy one with 12g or 120g? I've never heard of a PS3 with only 12g capacity. If it's 12 gig available space then you either need to delete a few gigs of data or get a new hard drive, any laptop hard drive fits and is very easy to do.
Did she buy one with 12g or 120g? I've never heard of a PS3 with only 12g capacity. If it's 12 gig available space then you either need to delete a few gigs of data or get a new hard drive, any laptop hard drive fits and is very easy to do.
For the 12GB version you need an extra bracket to fit a bigger harddrive. You can not simply switch the drive as with all the other playstation 3 models. You will find all the information at the playstation website itself.
My suggestion: Delete everything on the 12 GB one, bring it back and buy a 500 GB which is not that much more in price.
The 12 GB model is really a joke. It can not even install GT5? Wow.
For the 12GB version you need an extra bracket to fit a bigger harddrive. You can not simply switch the drive as with all the other playstation 3 models. You will find all the information at the playstation website itself.
My suggestion: Delete everything on the 12 GB one, bring it back and buy a 500 GB which is not that much more in price.
The 12 GB model is really a joke. It can not even install GT5? Wow.
I hope this caddy is needed only for the 12GB PS3 Slim.
I've watched many videos on how to replace the HDD in the PS3 Slim and none of them mentioned needing a caddy.
Sell your 12GB and get 250GB or 500GB but honestly anything over 320GB (What I have) is way too much but at the end of the day it depends on what you actually do (Movies, Songs etc..)
I got the 12gb super slim after my fat ps3 died and easily put in a 500gb hdd from my old one.
The caddy isn't really necessary, just use something that will support it from underneath. I used the caddy from the old one and just bent the frame until it fit in the slim
Yes the ps3 can recognise a 1TB drive but if your planning to put one in your PS3 make sure it will fit it. I've heard that you need a 9.5mm 2.5inch but some people modify the caddy to get the maximum of 11mm I could be wrong but it was a friend who told me that the maximum was 9.5mm 2.5inch.
Yes the ps3 can recognise a 1TB drive but if your planning to put one in your PS3 make sure it will fit it. I've heard that you need a 9.5mm 2.5inch but some people modify the caddy to get the maximum of 11mm I could be wrong but it was a friend who told me that the maximum was 9.5mm 2.5inch.
, thanks for the heads up.
