If you have an issue with the M.2 SSD Storage on your PlayStation 5, then you can try reformatting it. To see how you can properly do so from the console, you can check out this tutorial from Seeking Tech.
1. If you haven’t done so yet, turn on your PS5 and make sure you are in the home screen menu.
2. From the home screen, select the gear cog icon that can be found on the top right side to open up Settings.
3. Select Storage from the list of options.
4. In the Storage screen, select M.2 SSD Storage on the left side.
5. On the right side, you should see details on the M.2 expansion drive that you inserted into your PlayStation 5 console. Here, you need to select the Reformat option.
6. You should see the following message:
To reformat your M.2 SSD, you need to restart your PS5. If you reformat the M.2 SSD, all data on it will be deleted.
Select Restart and Reformat.
7. Once the console has rebooted, it should automatically format the M.2 sold state drive once again.
When installing a compatible M.2 solid state drive to your PlayStation 5, you may end up seeing the following error message when booting up the console:
Can’t access your M.2 SSD.
Try tuning off your PS5, removing your M.2 SSD, and then inserting it again.
To see how you can potentially fix this issue, you can take a look at this troubleshooting article from Seeking Tech.
1. If you haven’t done so already, select the Turn Off PS5 option to shut down your console. Afterwards, unplug all cables from the system and then remove the outer cover.
Open up the M.2 SSD expansion bay again and then unscrew and remove the solid state drive from the slot.
When inserting it again, make sure you do so from a diagonally upwards angle. You should hear an audible click and feel it click into place. If you need a visual guide, then you can check out the official M.2 SSD Installation for PS5 Console from the official PlayStation Support Youtube channel below:
2. If re-inserting your solid state drive does not work, try again for several more times. It took us three attempts to get our PlayStation 5 to properly recognize our Crucial P5 Plus 2TB Gen4 NVMe M.2 SSD Internal Gaming SSD with Heatsink. As we stated above, make sure you hear and feel a click.
3. If the console isn’t recognizing the expansion drive after multiple attempts, then you can try inspecting the connectors on both the console and SSD.
If you see a lot of dust, then you can try using an air canister or duster to blow it off.
If it appears to be dirty, then you can use a cotton swap with high concentrated isopropyl alcohol to careful wipe off the dirt and grime.
4. If possible, you can try connecting the solid state drive to a computer and then check to see if there is a firmware update for the storage. A new software version may help fix the PS5 recognition issue.
5. You should also double check to see if you have the latest firmware downloaded and installed on your console as well.
6. You can also try inserting the SSD to another PS5 if you have access to one. If it works, then the M.2 SSD slot of the original console may be defective.
7. There is also a possibility that your solid state drive could be defective. If you can’t get the storage expansion to work across multiple devices, then you may need to get it replaced.
When playing a PlayStation 5 game via cloud streaming, you may run into problems such as lost saved data, crashing, blurring, pixelization, lag, freezing and skipping.
If the issues are frequent, then you might want to consider reporting them to PlayStation so that they will hopefully get fixed in the future. To see how you can file a report, you can check out this tutorial from Seeking Tech.
1. With the cloud streaming game opened, press the PS button to open the Control Center menu.
2. From there, select the “Now streaming” card.
3. In the new menu, select Troubleshoot and then Report Problem.
4. You can then pick between any of the following:
Video Quality (Blurring or Pixelization)
Game Issue (Data Loss or Game Crash)
Controller Input (Lag or No Response)
Video Lag (Skipping or Freezing)
Other
5. You can then select the Send option.
6. You should see a “Thanks for your feedback” page. Here, you may want to select the box where Sony will contact you via email if they needed to do so.
Either way, select the Done option to complete your report filing.
If you are a PlayStation Plus Premium member, you are now able to play PS5 games via cloud streaming. To see how you can change the streaming resolution, you can check out this guide at Seeking Tech.
1. While you have the cloud streaming game opened, press the PS button on the DualSense to bring up the Control Center quick menu.
2. From there, select the “Now streaming” card.
3. Next, you need to select Max Resolution.
4. You will be able to select between any of the following resolutions:
720p
1080p
1440p
2160p
If you decide to change maximum resolution for the stream, the game will need to be restarted in order to apply the new display setting.
Sony recently added the ability to play PlayStation 5 games over cloud streaming. You can check out this guide at Seeking Tech to see how you can find eligible.
1. For the first step, make sure you turn on your PlayStation 5 or PlayStation 5 Digital Edition console as that is the only platform at this moment to support cloud streaming for PS5 games.
You should also make sure that you are subscribed to PlayStation Plus Premium; if you aren’t, then you won’t be able to stream.
2. Once you are ready, select the PlayStation Plus App.
3. Inside the application, press R1 to switch over to Benefits.
4. Select the Cloud Streaming option in the Benefits tab.
5. Afterwards, select Cloud Streaming.
6. You can then select the View Games at the top.
If you don’t see it, then scroll down to the “Stream from the Game Catalog” row and then move all the way to the right to select View All.
7. The “Stream from the Game Catalog” screen shows a list of native PS3, PS4 and PS5 games that can be played via cloud stream. To filter the list to show only PS5 titles, you need to do the following:
Select the Sort and Filter options located on the left side of the listing.
Thanks to a new stealth update, you can now rate games that you owned, downloaded from PlayStation Plus or downloaded for free directly on the PlayStation 5. To see how you can give a numerical review to a game, you can take a look at this tutorial from Seeking Tech.
1. For the first step, you need to head over to the product page for the game you are trying to rate.
If you already have the game installed on the home screen, then you need to move the cursor over to its icon and then navigate downwards. Afterwards, select the “…” option and then select View Product.
If the game is not on the home screen, select Game Library. You can then select the game, select the “…” option and then select View Product.
2. After getting to the product page, select the user rating section, which is underneath the game’s title.
3. Select the Ratings box on the next screen.
4. You then need to select Rate.
Note: if you have not downloaded the game yet, then you won’t be able to rate it.
5. You can then be able to rate the game from a scale of 1-to-5 stars.
6. After selecting the star rating, select the Submit option to send in your review.
7. You can repeat these steps over again if you want to re-rate the same game down the line.
Thanks to a new stealth update, you can now view the user ratings for games directly on your PlayStation 5 or PlayStation 5 Digital Edition console. You can check out this guide from Seeking Tech to see how you can locate this helpful section.
In order to view the user ratings, you need to visit the product page of the game on the PlayStation Store App.
If you already added a game to your library, then you can view the user numerical reviews for it from the home screen by doing the following:
1. On the home screen, move the menu cursor to the game.
2. Press the down directional pad button or tilt the left analog stick downwards to view more information for the game.
3. Select the three dots icon and then select View Product.
Note: If the game is not on the home screen, then you can select Game Library and then the game. You should then be able to select the three dots icon and the View Product option.
From the product page on the PlayStation Store, you should find the user ratings right underneath the game’s title. It uses a 1-to-5-star scale.
You can select the ratings to view a more detailed breakdown.
When you turn on or turn off PlayStation 5 console, you will hear an audible beeping sound. This effect is loud enough to wake someone who is sleeping. Thankfully, a new firmware update gives you the option to lower or even completely mute the beep.
You can check out this guide at Seeking Tech to see how you can properly do so.
1. If you haven’t done so already, make sure you have the latest system software installed on your PS5 or PS5 Digital Edition system.
To manually update, connect your console to the internet and then go to Settings > System > System Software > System Software Update and Settings > Update System Software > Update Using Internet.
2. Once your PS5 has been updated to the latest firmware, go back to the Settings menu.
3. From Settings, select System from the list of Options.
4. In the System menu, select Beep Sound from the left column. (Note: if you don’t see this option, then it means that your PS5 hasn’t been updated to the latest firmware).
5. On the right side of the screen, you should see the Volume setting, which is set to High (Standard) by default. To lower the beep, you can select this setting and then choose either Low or Medium.
6. If you want to mute the beeping noise, you can select the Mute Beep Sound option instead, which has the following description:
Mute your PS5’s beep sound when turning it on or off, or putting it in rest mode.
Even if you mute the beeping, you will still hear it when booting your console in safe mode menu or when the console was previously turned off incorrectly. The latter could occur due to hard crashes where you are forced to pull the power plug to shut your console down or when the power to the system gets cut off.
You are now able to set up a second controller as an assist controller on your PlayStation 5. By doing so, you will have two controllers act as one. This can be helpful if you want to help a friend out or have some kind of physical disability that makes it easier for you to use two controllers instead of one.
To see how you can enable this feature, you can take a look at this article from Seeking Tech.
1. To start off, make sure you installed the latest system update on your PS5 as the assistance controller feature was added recently.
2. With your console updated, open its Settings menu.
3. From Settings, you need to go to Accessibility.
4. In the Accessibility menu, select Controllers on the left column.
5. On the right side of the screen, select Use Second Controller for Assistance. It should show the following description:
Use a second controller as an assist controller to let you and another person use two controllers as if they were a single controller. This feature is available when using a DualSense wireless controller, DualSense Edge wireless controller, or a supported third-party PS5 controller.
6. In the Use Second Controller for Assistance menu, select the Use Assist Controller option in order to enable it.
7. If you haven’t connected a second controller to your PS5, you will be asked to do so. Afterwards, you will need to sign into a different PSN account or as a guest.
You should now be able to use two controllers as one when playing games on your PlayStation 5. With this feature enabled, the assist controller will have the following features disabled:
Thanks to a new firmware update, you can now enable haptic feedback when browsing through the system menus of your PlayStation 5. To find out how you can turn on this vibration feature, you can check out this tutorial from Seeking Tech.
1. For the first step, you should make sure that you have the latest system software downloaded for PS5 or PS5 Digital Edition console as the ability to enable haptic feedback for menu navigation was added with a new firmware release.
To manually download the update, go to Settings > System > System Software > System Software Update and Settings > Update System Software > Update Using Internet.
2. With your PS5 updated, head back to the Settings menu.
3. From there, head to Accessibility.
4. In the Accessibility section, you need to select Controllers from the list of options shown on the left column.
5. On the right side of the same screen, you should see Haptic Feedback During Console Navigation. It should have the following description:
Get feedback through vibrations on your controller while navigating your PS5. This setting isn’t available if [Vibration Intensity] is set to [Off].
6. By default, Haptic Feedback During Console Navigation is disabled. To enable this setting, select it.
Once you are done, you should feel a slight rumble on your DualSense, DualSense Edge and/or PlayStation VR2 Sense Controller when moving the cursor in the PS5 menus.
