PS5 crashing after 20 mins
Over the last few days (around 4) i can only keep the game open for around 20 mins until it freezes and crashes and takes me to the PS home screen, this can be when playing a game, navigating the men...
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EA_Barry
Community Manager
Community ManagerFirst, try booting in Safe Mode and choose Option 5, Rebuild Database:
https://www.playstation.com/en-gb/support/hardware/safe-mode-playstation/
It is possible your PS5 is overheating.
Clean the vents, fan blades and also the heatsinks (parts that you can get to) with a can of compressed air held vertically.
Check the PS5 documentation for info on using a vacuum on the specific holes in the console body.
Thanks.
An update on this, thoughly cleaned my PS5 and monitored the temps, issue still seems to remain, did only occur during gameplay rather than in the menus
