Troubleshooting

Troubleshooting

LED / boot state

Symptom	Meaning	Fix
Boots back into the PS5 OS	You pressed power too early, or rest-mode features are off	Enable Supply Power to USB Ports = Always, wait for the static orange LED
Freezes instead of entering rest mode	Incompatible HEN / kstuff enabled	Disable it and retry
Orange LED never stops blinking	Rest mode not reached	Check the exploit chain; confirm the correct firmware
White LED but black screen	Linux booted, display init failed	See below

White LED, black screen

• Remove video=DP-1:1920x1080@60 from cmdline.txt.
• Toggle HDCP on/off.
• Try a different monitor / capture card and resolution.
• Add amdgpu.force_1080p=1 to cmdline.txt on the FAT partition.

Payload "firmware" errors

• "Unsupported firmware" — the console is not on 13.00/13.20/13.60.
• "13.60 offsets incomplete" / signature check failed — the running firmware does not match the selected offset table (e.g. a modified/hybrid firmware).

M.2 issues

• nvme0n1p1 missing — the hidden GPT was not written or the PS5 wiped it; re-run m2_init.
• Partition disappeared after re-running m2_init — do not re-run m2_init on an existing partition; the installer skips it automatically. Re-scan with blockdev --rereadpt / partprobe.
• .img not found on boot — the initramfs mounts ext4; make sure the data partition is ext4 and holds the .img. Boot files still come from the USB.

WebUI / FTP

• WebUI is on port 8080, FTP on port 21 while the payload runs; the page auto-boots after ~2 minutes.
• If the WebUI shows no files, the USB is not mounted / not detected.