FINALLY. 100% figured out the issue with some people's PS5's randomly shutting down while playing

Ever have the issue where it shut off mid game out of nowhere and won't turn back on, forcing you to unplug your console for a few seconds and then replug it to get it to work?

I've had this happening for quite a while now and it's been really bad lately. After months and months of searching online I finally figured it out.

It's the power supply vent area. If you take your PS5 panels off and then take the fan out, shine a flashlight down that hole. You'll see an area with a bunch of little holes - this is housing the power supply. When these holes get clogged with dust, no air can get through and the power supply ends up overheating after a while and forcing your console to shut off

The proper way to clean it would be to disassemble the whole thing (youtube it) and clean it out fully - there's an entrance set of holes and an exit. A very small vacuum attachment might work. If you're really not able to do that I guess you can spray canned air into it to unclog the holes, although it just pushes dust into the PSU area which isn't ideal.

Like I said, had this issue for months. With Elden Ring it was crashing every 30 mins or so. Once I cleaned this, it stopped completely. Been playing for hours with no shutoffs. I had cleaned my fan out a few months ago, but nobody tells you about the PSU area that needs to be cleaned as well!

Hope this helps someone in the future, there is a severe lack of info on it online