u/Fun_Choice1230

OG PS5 - Swapped PSU Now Has System Wide Lag (Even In Menus)

I have a PlayStation 5 that I purchased on release day, so it's a day one system. The past few days the console would randomly start shutting off on its own without any warning. So I did some research and found the power supply unit could go back, so I purchased a new and compatible one online. I just took my console apart and added the new power supply unit. I went to hook the PS5 back up and plugged it in directly to a wall socket and turned it on. No matter what game I choose or no matter what I do the console LAGS so bad that it's actually unusable. If I press up it takes a good 20 seconds to actually look up, even on the PS home screen. I can't even navigate the home screen or options menu without it lagging and doing what it wants to do. What could have gone wrong? All I did was swap the PSU for a new one.

TL;DR:
My launch-day PS5 started randomly shutting off, so I replaced the PSU with a compatible new one. After reassembling it, the console powers on but now the entire system lags horribly — even the home screen takes 20+ seconds to respond to inputs. Games are unplayable. I only swapped the power supply, so I’m trying to figure out what could’ve gone wrong during the repair.+

EDIT: UPDATE -
Well I got it working but I had to turn blue tooth off and use my controller with a USB-C cable. Wi-Fi is working fine and I can play games again, just can't use blue tooth.

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u/Fun_Choice1230 — 4 days ago

I have a day 1 PlayStation 5 that just started cutting off on its own. I’ve had it since the first day that the ps5 released in the United States.

Over the past week or so the ps5 started shutting down mid games and whenever it felt like it. At first I thought it was overheating so I would wait a while before turning back on. However the last two days it would cut off just only from an hour or two of playing and I had a fan pointing directly at it just to help.

Well I read online apparently it could be the power supply causing the issue not overheating specifically. I also noticed once it shuts off it will not turn back on until I unplug the power cable and plug it back in.

How do I determine if it’s shutting off due to the power supply or it’s from overheating? I’m going to repair this myself so I don’t want to buy the wrong thing.

TL:DR - OG PS5 randomly shuts off and won’t turn back on until I unplug power cable and plug it back in.

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u/Fun_Choice1230 — 21 days ago