hi mate, if its been 18 months id check the firmware your ps3 is on first, im not fully up with ps3 scene but keep odd eye on it when i can, if its on 3.55 firmware i think you can still put custom firmware on it and load games from hard drives etc, if its over 3.55 firmware then it would need to be downgraded , which requires some hard ware, think you be looking around 80 to 100 quid for the gear, or theres some odde about , xkey guys have a drive emulator out, so its like the xkey for the xbox but a ps3 one, cobra also have a drive emulator out which is same sort of thing, load games from hard drives etc, think the drive emulators are around the same amount to buy, 80 to 100 quid, if i was going to get something i think id go for one of the drive emulators personally, ive got the xbox xkey on one of my xboxes and i think there a great bit of kit, not tried ps3 ones but seem to be same sort of thing, hope that helps abit mate, im not a expert or 100% up to date with the ps3 scene to be honest,