PS5 sleep mode is causing a lot of trouble, don’t use it yet

the PS5 sleep mode seems to be the culprit for some of the initial console issues.

It all has something to do with the PS5’s sleep mode, which some say is the root cause of the massive storage corruption issue that crashed a YouTuber’s console.

So what is going on? Well, there is no clear answer. Since the launch of the PS5, many complaints about crashes and the infamous external storage repair issue had one thing in common: Sleep mode was on.

Giant Bomb Jeff Gerstmann encountered an accident in Spider-Man: Miles Morales

when you try to put the system into sleep mode while the game is running. Streamer Tefty also faced the same problem, except that it was with Godfall.

In fact, several players and Reddit They also shared similar experiences with sleep mode ruining things. However, it is not yet clear whether sleep mode is the cause of all external storage issues, and Sony has yet to fix those issues.

How to turn off sleep mode on PS5

For now, the best solution seems to be to turn off sleep mode completely on the PS5, which means turning off the console every time you’re done playing.

Doing this is pretty easy, just head over to PS5 settings menu. Below Energy saving, you will find Adjust the time until the PS5 goes into sleep mode. Click on it and select the last option from the list: Do not put in standby mode.

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