RandomGuy2024
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The PSC's "POWER" indicator doesn't blink (so, it doesn't recognize AutoBleem) with my 2.5" 1 TB USB 3.0 external HDD connected to the OTG cable and with the latter connected to the console's Micro USB port but it does (so, it recognizes AutoBleem) with my USB flash drive connected to the console's controller port "2".
EDIT: I get the PSC's "POWER" indicator to blink when turning on the console (so, irecognizes AutoBleem) with the external HDD connected to the OTG cable and with the latter connected to the PSC's Micro USB port by taking the OTG cable from the PSC's Micro USB port and putting it back. Since I sometimes have this problem, I have to do this process when it happens but I'm afraid of messing up the external HDD since for some reason it automatically turns on as soon as it's connected to the OTG cable and with the latter connected to the PSC's Micro USB port even with the PSC turned off but what choice do I have? Since the external HDD automatically turns on if connected to the OTG cable and with the latter connected to the PSC's Micro USB port, I only connect it to the OTG cable and with the latter connected to the PSC's Micro USB port when I want to run AutoBleem. Also, the external HDD doesn't turn off even after turning off the PSC and the PSC's adapter makes noise when turning off the console with the external HDD connected to the OTG cable and with the latter connected to the PSC's Micro USB port, so one more reason to connect the external HDD to the OTG cable when wanting to run AutoBleem. Maybe the power supply doesn't provide enough energy to power the PSC and its external HDD so that makes the PSC to not recognize the external HDD, but if so, why does it sometimes work? esmith13 said there was nothing to be afraid of as long as the power supply was 5V only, not QC (like my previous power supply, which I didn't even try). Maybe it's not a decent power supply?
EDIT 2: Now, when turning off the PSC with the external HDD connected to the OTG cable and with the latter connected to the PSC's Micro USB port, the PSC turns on immediately afterwards. Also, the external HDD stopped working for good because the PSC's "POWER" indicator doesn't blink when turning on the console with it connected to the OTG cable and with the latter connected to the PSC's Micro USB port and even two PCs say to insert a disc when double-clicking it in File Explorer on Windows. I find it odd this external HDD stopped working when I bought it April last year.
EDIT 3: I bought another 2.5" 1 TB USB 3.0 external HDD and when connected to the OTG cable with the latter connected to the PSC's Micro USB port, the PSC's "POWER" indicator always blinks when turning the console on (so, it recognizes AutoBleem) unlike with the previous one, so I don't have to take the OTG cable from the PSC's Micro USB port and put it back (maybe the previous external HDD was faulty from the start, which is odd).
This external HDD turns off some seconds after turning off the PSC unlike the previous one (again, maybe the other external HDD was faulty from the start, which is odd) but since it still automatically turns on if connected to the OTG cable and with the latter connected to the PSC's Micro USB port and the PSC's adapter still makes noise when turning off the console with the external HDD connected to the OTG cable and with the latter connected to the PSC's Micro USB port, I only connect the external HDD to the OTG cable and with the latter connected to the PSC's Micro USB port when I want to run AutoBleem.
Also, when turning off the PSC with the external HDD connected to the OTG cable and with the latter connected to the PSC's Micro USB port, the PSC no longer turns on immediately afterwards.
I just hope this external HDD lasts longer than the previous one since the latter didn't even last a year.
EDIT 4: esmith13 said to use this power supply because the one I'm using is garbage. The one he recommended is a Raspberry Pi 3B/3B+ power supply (the PSC needs 1A and the external HDD I'm using and listed to him [Seagate STJL1000400] is rated to draw 0.9A) and he said if using it I'd know it's not a trickle charger and it's meant to provide constant reliable power for a device without a battery. He also claimed my power supply shouldn't be whistling when connecting the PS5's external HDD to the OTG cable with the PSC turned off, and though the power supply is rated at 3A (total), no single USB port will supply more than 2A, so it's 2A of maximum supply. He also declared it's a phone charger, not an actual power supply, that the difference between them is how steady and clean the flow of power is, that I'm hitting the limit of what the phone charger can supply on a single port if it's good quality, that its quality is poor and that he wouldn't use it for what I'm trying to do. When I confronted him by saying I thought a phone charger was also a power supply, that he had claimed a 3A power supply was right for the PSC and that he didn't tell me that no single USB port will supply more than 2A, he replied he didn't think I'd buy a multi-port power supply, that most actual power supplies power only one device and that 90% of those kinds of multi-port power supplies are garbage, even for phones, to which I answered by saying I hadn't found any single 3A power supply, so I bought that one.
He mentioned that before turning on the PSC, I should connect the external HDD to the OTG cable, wait a few seconds to guarantee the HDD spins up so that the PSC will see it, connect the OTG cable to the PSC's Micro USB port and press the PSC's power button.
He also said that after turning off the PSC, the external HDD or the power supply should be disconnected from the OTG cable (so that power can't be supplied to the external HDD when not in use to solve longevity and/or sleep issues), the OTG cable should be disconnected from the PSC's Micro USB port and the order in which this is done doesn't matter.
I think having to disconnect the external HDD from the OTG cable to spare its life doesn't make sense since turning off the PSC makes the external HDD turn off seconds after (at least its LED turns off and the external HDD stops making noise) for some reason, even while still having the external HDD connected to the OTG cable (and so to the power supply) and the OTG cable connected to the PSC's Micro USB port.
He told the previous external HDD's power supply might've messed my previous external HDD, that it's normal for external HDDs to turn on as soon as they see power applied by design and that I should keep them disconnected for a longevity concern (again, I don't think this makes sense because of what I previously said) and/or sleep issues when not being used.
He also told if the external HDD is either spinning forever (he mentioned it will majorly shorten lifespan) or if it supports auto-sleep when inactive, it likely won't spin up fast enough to be read upon booting the PSC.
Maybe it wasn't the previous power supply's fault for messing the previous external HDD but the fact the latter was formatted as FAT32 and not NTFS or exFAT. I was told the PSC corrupts FAT32 devices on the long run and I thought the external HDD had to be formatted as it to be recognized but it turns out the kernel which is installed to make the PSC support an OTG cable also makes it able to support NTFS and exFAT devices. Just to be safe, I copied the external HDD's content to the PC, formatted the external HDD as NTFS and copied back its content from the PC.
Since the power supply esmith13 recommended comes with a switch, I can leave everything connected, turn off the PSC, wait for the external HDD to turn off after a few seconds and click on the power supply's switch when not using the PSC, and when using it, just click on the power supply's switch and turn on the PSC. According to him, the OTG cable must still be disconnected from the PSC's Micro USB port before turning on the switch so that the external HDD spins up for the PSC to see it next, then I should still wait some seconds, connect the OTG cable to the PSC's Micro USB port and turn the PSC on.
If the external HDD sleeps after a short period of time and if the game being played doesn't read from the external HDD long enough for the external HDD to enter sleep, according to esmith13, it will try to spin up when needed later by the PSC, so it may lock up or crash if it's too slow to spin up and be ready. Very few games don't read the disc regularly but it could happen and should be a normal occurrence. I guess that doesn't happen with USB flash drives and microSD cards because I think they don't sleep but they would still need to be connected to an OTG cable and then to the PSC's Micro USB port since without hardware modification they only have a 0.1A limit and so they have issues with pretty much all storage devices because they don't meet 0.5A of USB 2.0 specification, much less USB 3.X. I was told even USB flash drives that seem to work are prone to having file system corruption later on.
EDIT 5: So, I bought the power supply esmith13 recommended, it doesn't make a whistling noise when the external HDD is connected to it via OTG cable (and so turned on) before turning on the PSC and the console recognizes it.
Instead of connecting the external HDD to the OTG cable, wait a few seconds, connecting the OTG cable to the PSC's Micro USB port and then turn the PSC on, I'll leave everything connected, turn off the PSC, wait for the external HDD to turn off after a few seconds and click on the power supply's switch when not using the PSC, and when using it, just click on the power supply's switch and turn on the PSC. I asked esmith13 if I really had to disconnect the OTG cable from the PSC's Micro USB port and wait a few seconds until the external HDD started spinning if doing the latter because after leaving everything connected, clicking the PSC's power supply and turning on the console, it almost always recognizes AutoBleem (when it doesn't, it's because when not using the PSC I turned it off and didn't click the power supply's switch afterwards and in those cases I just have to click it and then turn the console on when using it. The former scenario happened some times after turning off the PSC without clicking the power supply's switch afterwards when not using it, waiting until the external HDD stopped spinning, disconnecting it from the OTG cable, connecting it to the PC to copy games to it, disconnecting it from the PC, connecting it to the PSC's OTG cable and turning on the console when using it).
EDIT 6: I just noticed turning on the PSC without having connected the external HDD which has AutoBleem to the OTG cable and with the latter connected to the console's Micro USB port, then connecting the external HDD which has AutoBleem to the OTG cable and with the latter connected to the console's Micro USB port and waiting some seconds makes AutoBleem being automatically ran.
EDIT: I get the PSC's "POWER" indicator to blink when turning on the console (so, irecognizes AutoBleem) with the external HDD connected to the OTG cable and with the latter connected to the PSC's Micro USB port by taking the OTG cable from the PSC's Micro USB port and putting it back. Since I sometimes have this problem, I have to do this process when it happens but I'm afraid of messing up the external HDD since for some reason it automatically turns on as soon as it's connected to the OTG cable and with the latter connected to the PSC's Micro USB port even with the PSC turned off but what choice do I have? Since the external HDD automatically turns on if connected to the OTG cable and with the latter connected to the PSC's Micro USB port, I only connect it to the OTG cable and with the latter connected to the PSC's Micro USB port when I want to run AutoBleem. Also, the external HDD doesn't turn off even after turning off the PSC and the PSC's adapter makes noise when turning off the console with the external HDD connected to the OTG cable and with the latter connected to the PSC's Micro USB port, so one more reason to connect the external HDD to the OTG cable when wanting to run AutoBleem. Maybe the power supply doesn't provide enough energy to power the PSC and its external HDD so that makes the PSC to not recognize the external HDD, but if so, why does it sometimes work? esmith13 said there was nothing to be afraid of as long as the power supply was 5V only, not QC (like my previous power supply, which I didn't even try). Maybe it's not a decent power supply?
EDIT 2: Now, when turning off the PSC with the external HDD connected to the OTG cable and with the latter connected to the PSC's Micro USB port, the PSC turns on immediately afterwards. Also, the external HDD stopped working for good because the PSC's "POWER" indicator doesn't blink when turning on the console with it connected to the OTG cable and with the latter connected to the PSC's Micro USB port and even two PCs say to insert a disc when double-clicking it in File Explorer on Windows. I find it odd this external HDD stopped working when I bought it April last year.
EDIT 3: I bought another 2.5" 1 TB USB 3.0 external HDD and when connected to the OTG cable with the latter connected to the PSC's Micro USB port, the PSC's "POWER" indicator always blinks when turning the console on (so, it recognizes AutoBleem) unlike with the previous one, so I don't have to take the OTG cable from the PSC's Micro USB port and put it back (maybe the previous external HDD was faulty from the start, which is odd).
This external HDD turns off some seconds after turning off the PSC unlike the previous one (again, maybe the other external HDD was faulty from the start, which is odd) but since it still automatically turns on if connected to the OTG cable and with the latter connected to the PSC's Micro USB port and the PSC's adapter still makes noise when turning off the console with the external HDD connected to the OTG cable and with the latter connected to the PSC's Micro USB port, I only connect the external HDD to the OTG cable and with the latter connected to the PSC's Micro USB port when I want to run AutoBleem.
Also, when turning off the PSC with the external HDD connected to the OTG cable and with the latter connected to the PSC's Micro USB port, the PSC no longer turns on immediately afterwards.
I just hope this external HDD lasts longer than the previous one since the latter didn't even last a year.
EDIT 4: esmith13 said to use this power supply because the one I'm using is garbage. The one he recommended is a Raspberry Pi 3B/3B+ power supply (the PSC needs 1A and the external HDD I'm using and listed to him [Seagate STJL1000400] is rated to draw 0.9A) and he said if using it I'd know it's not a trickle charger and it's meant to provide constant reliable power for a device without a battery. He also claimed my power supply shouldn't be whistling when connecting the PS5's external HDD to the OTG cable with the PSC turned off, and though the power supply is rated at 3A (total), no single USB port will supply more than 2A, so it's 2A of maximum supply. He also declared it's a phone charger, not an actual power supply, that the difference between them is how steady and clean the flow of power is, that I'm hitting the limit of what the phone charger can supply on a single port if it's good quality, that its quality is poor and that he wouldn't use it for what I'm trying to do. When I confronted him by saying I thought a phone charger was also a power supply, that he had claimed a 3A power supply was right for the PSC and that he didn't tell me that no single USB port will supply more than 2A, he replied he didn't think I'd buy a multi-port power supply, that most actual power supplies power only one device and that 90% of those kinds of multi-port power supplies are garbage, even for phones, to which I answered by saying I hadn't found any single 3A power supply, so I bought that one.
He mentioned that before turning on the PSC, I should connect the external HDD to the OTG cable, wait a few seconds to guarantee the HDD spins up so that the PSC will see it, connect the OTG cable to the PSC's Micro USB port and press the PSC's power button.
He also said that after turning off the PSC, the external HDD or the power supply should be disconnected from the OTG cable (so that power can't be supplied to the external HDD when not in use to solve longevity and/or sleep issues), the OTG cable should be disconnected from the PSC's Micro USB port and the order in which this is done doesn't matter.
I think having to disconnect the external HDD from the OTG cable to spare its life doesn't make sense since turning off the PSC makes the external HDD turn off seconds after (at least its LED turns off and the external HDD stops making noise) for some reason, even while still having the external HDD connected to the OTG cable (and so to the power supply) and the OTG cable connected to the PSC's Micro USB port.
He told the previous external HDD's power supply might've messed my previous external HDD, that it's normal for external HDDs to turn on as soon as they see power applied by design and that I should keep them disconnected for a longevity concern (again, I don't think this makes sense because of what I previously said) and/or sleep issues when not being used.
He also told if the external HDD is either spinning forever (he mentioned it will majorly shorten lifespan) or if it supports auto-sleep when inactive, it likely won't spin up fast enough to be read upon booting the PSC.
Maybe it wasn't the previous power supply's fault for messing the previous external HDD but the fact the latter was formatted as FAT32 and not NTFS or exFAT. I was told the PSC corrupts FAT32 devices on the long run and I thought the external HDD had to be formatted as it to be recognized but it turns out the kernel which is installed to make the PSC support an OTG cable also makes it able to support NTFS and exFAT devices. Just to be safe, I copied the external HDD's content to the PC, formatted the external HDD as NTFS and copied back its content from the PC.
Since the power supply esmith13 recommended comes with a switch, I can leave everything connected, turn off the PSC, wait for the external HDD to turn off after a few seconds and click on the power supply's switch when not using the PSC, and when using it, just click on the power supply's switch and turn on the PSC. According to him, the OTG cable must still be disconnected from the PSC's Micro USB port before turning on the switch so that the external HDD spins up for the PSC to see it next, then I should still wait some seconds, connect the OTG cable to the PSC's Micro USB port and turn the PSC on.
If the external HDD sleeps after a short period of time and if the game being played doesn't read from the external HDD long enough for the external HDD to enter sleep, according to esmith13, it will try to spin up when needed later by the PSC, so it may lock up or crash if it's too slow to spin up and be ready. Very few games don't read the disc regularly but it could happen and should be a normal occurrence. I guess that doesn't happen with USB flash drives and microSD cards because I think they don't sleep but they would still need to be connected to an OTG cable and then to the PSC's Micro USB port since without hardware modification they only have a 0.1A limit and so they have issues with pretty much all storage devices because they don't meet 0.5A of USB 2.0 specification, much less USB 3.X. I was told even USB flash drives that seem to work are prone to having file system corruption later on.
EDIT 5: So, I bought the power supply esmith13 recommended, it doesn't make a whistling noise when the external HDD is connected to it via OTG cable (and so turned on) before turning on the PSC and the console recognizes it.
Instead of connecting the external HDD to the OTG cable, wait a few seconds, connecting the OTG cable to the PSC's Micro USB port and then turn the PSC on, I'll leave everything connected, turn off the PSC, wait for the external HDD to turn off after a few seconds and click on the power supply's switch when not using the PSC, and when using it, just click on the power supply's switch and turn on the PSC. I asked esmith13 if I really had to disconnect the OTG cable from the PSC's Micro USB port and wait a few seconds until the external HDD started spinning if doing the latter because after leaving everything connected, clicking the PSC's power supply and turning on the console, it almost always recognizes AutoBleem (when it doesn't, it's because when not using the PSC I turned it off and didn't click the power supply's switch afterwards and in those cases I just have to click it and then turn the console on when using it. The former scenario happened some times after turning off the PSC without clicking the power supply's switch afterwards when not using it, waiting until the external HDD stopped spinning, disconnecting it from the OTG cable, connecting it to the PC to copy games to it, disconnecting it from the PC, connecting it to the PSC's OTG cable and turning on the console when using it).
EDIT 6: I just noticed turning on the PSC without having connected the external HDD which has AutoBleem to the OTG cable and with the latter connected to the console's Micro USB port, then connecting the external HDD which has AutoBleem to the OTG cable and with the latter connected to the console's Micro USB port and waiting some seconds makes AutoBleem being automatically ran.
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