14 DAY TRIAL // This should come in handy to every PlayStation 3 owner on the planet. Apparently, there's more to the console than you thought and although some of you may have discovered an extra feature or capability by now, Sony hasn't disclosed at least 10 solid ones.
A piece up on tech.co.uk by Dean Evans mentions 10 such tricks that Sony forgot to mention. For example, it has been tried, tested and proven that PS3 owners can 'play games from any country' with little trouble, as PS3 games aren't (currently) being region-coded, unlike PSone and PS2 games.
There are some tricks to be known as far as the 'secret video reset' is concerned as well, while gamers can 'download game saves', 'make free video phone calls', browse multiple Internet windows', share already purchased downloads and even 'force' the machine to reveal certain files. But what's probably the most appealing trick is swapping the console's original hard drive with one that sports more storage space. Of course, we don't encourage anyone to go forth with such activities - fancy systems like the PS3 should be left alone and be used by the book.
"We took the drive out of our PS3 and found it to be a Seagate Momentus 5400rpm 60Gb 2.5inch SATA drive," reads the piece. "We swapped ours out effortlessly for a Seagate Momentus 120Gb 2.5inch SATA drive and it worked perfectly. Remove the cover flap on the bottom of your PS3 with a fingernail. Undo the blue screw and slide the drive over to the right and out of your PS3. Undo the four screws on the 'caddy' and remove the old drive.
Put your new drive in the caddy (it should be exactly the same size, of course) and re-do the four screws. Slot it back in and slide to the left to make the connections. Re-do the blue screw, pop the cover back on and restart your PS3. Say 'yes' to the message on screen and voila - new super-size hard-drive. (Go to Settings, System Settings, System Information to check)."
Given that the PS3 is not limited to just one HDD model in particular, it's also possible to just keep a spare drive for stuff you really want to hold on to, and keep the original inside, swapping them from time to time when remembering "the good ol' days." But again, it's probably best if you just leave your system alone, as far as swapping hard-drives goes. We have to admit though - it's a pretty big set of features Sony 'forgot' to mention.