RCU005
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I don't know how common this issue is, but I've had it several times already in this year that I've had my PS5. The first game that it happened was A Plague Tale: Innocence when it was given for free on PS+.
For those who don't know, the GSOD happens when you put the PS5 in rest mode, but instead of going into rest mode, the screen goes green and the PS5 turns off as if the power was cut off. When turning the PS5 on again, you have to do it with the button on the console and it beeps 3 times as when you do an improper shut down.
After several times that this has happened to me, I've come to the conclusion that this happens because the PS5 hasn't finished whatever process before putting the console in rest mode. Every single time that it has happened to me, it has been because I put the console on rest mode right after I quit the game. Like immediately.
I know that in PS4 and PS5, the fans keep spinning even after putting the console into rest mode for several minutes until they turn off (they are also turned on while in rest mode, but that's another thing), but the PS5 seems to do something when quitting a game, that when interrupted the green screen happens. I've made myself an habit of waiting several seconds or a minute before putting the PS5 to rest mode, and I haven't had the issue. Today, however, I did it immediately after I quit the game, and it happened again.
I haven't used the rest mode while in game with the PS5 except for one time that I got a call, and forgot I left the PS5 on, and went into rest mode by itself while the game was running and it didn't have any issue when I came back. I don't know if there would be an issue if I put the console in rest mode while doing something intensive in the game.
After all, I don't know if this could be fixable via a system update, or it's a hardware issue. The fact that it happens (at least for me) only when quitting a game and putting the PS5 into rest mode immediately, seems to me that it is fixable. If it is a process that it's been interrupted, maybe the Ps5 should wait until it finished to get into rest mode, or make it able to finish it while in rest mode.
I really don't know what it is, but I haven't been able to find anything on the internet, except people asking for help because it happened to them, but no one has actually talked about it in detail.
Has this happened to you? How did it happen?
For those who don't know, the GSOD happens when you put the PS5 in rest mode, but instead of going into rest mode, the screen goes green and the PS5 turns off as if the power was cut off. When turning the PS5 on again, you have to do it with the button on the console and it beeps 3 times as when you do an improper shut down.
After several times that this has happened to me, I've come to the conclusion that this happens because the PS5 hasn't finished whatever process before putting the console in rest mode. Every single time that it has happened to me, it has been because I put the console on rest mode right after I quit the game. Like immediately.
I know that in PS4 and PS5, the fans keep spinning even after putting the console into rest mode for several minutes until they turn off (they are also turned on while in rest mode, but that's another thing), but the PS5 seems to do something when quitting a game, that when interrupted the green screen happens. I've made myself an habit of waiting several seconds or a minute before putting the PS5 to rest mode, and I haven't had the issue. Today, however, I did it immediately after I quit the game, and it happened again.
I haven't used the rest mode while in game with the PS5 except for one time that I got a call, and forgot I left the PS5 on, and went into rest mode by itself while the game was running and it didn't have any issue when I came back. I don't know if there would be an issue if I put the console in rest mode while doing something intensive in the game.
After all, I don't know if this could be fixable via a system update, or it's a hardware issue. The fact that it happens (at least for me) only when quitting a game and putting the PS5 into rest mode immediately, seems to me that it is fixable. If it is a process that it's been interrupted, maybe the Ps5 should wait until it finished to get into rest mode, or make it able to finish it while in rest mode.
I really don't know what it is, but I haven't been able to find anything on the internet, except people asking for help because it happened to them, but no one has actually talked about it in detail.
Has this happened to you? How did it happen?