That's a force power off, don't use that unless your PS4 becomes unresponsive. It's not good for it. Don't pull the power cable out while the PS4 is running either; that will also shut it down, and that's even worse for it.
- Or you just hold down the power button until the second beep for a full shutdown. It amazes me how many people don't seem to know this.
That's a force power off, don't use that unless your PS4 becomes unresponsive. It's not good for it. Don't pull the power cable out while the PS4 is running either; that will also shut it down, and that's even worse for it.
Turning off the power completely
You can turn off your PS4 system in any of these ways.
Select (Power) from the function screen, and then select [Turn Off PS4].
Select [Power] > [Turn Off PS4] on the quick menu.
Press and hold the power button for at least 7 seconds (until the system beeps twice).
I could be wrong, but I'm pretty sure that's still a force power off. If you do it while the machine is in Rest mode for example then you'll be told your PS4 wasn't powered down correctly. It's clearly not gracefully powering down.Total bogus.
From the Sony support site:
It's a totally valid way to shutdown the system. If you keep holding it after the 2nd beep, that's a forced shutdown.
I could be wrong, but I'm pretty sure that's still a force power off. If you do it while the machine is in Rest mode for example then you'll be told your PS4 wasn't powered down correctly. It's clearly not gracefully powering down.
I could be wrong, but I'm pretty sure that's still a force power off. If you do it while the machine is in Rest mode for example then you'll be told your PS4 wasn't powered down correctly. It's clearly not gracefully powering down.
I don't do it at all, but if it's a graceful power off wouldn't it work properly from Rest mode too?Maybe it's because you're doing it from rest mode and not when the PS4 is on?
I don't think there is anything wrong with my PS4, that's a weirdly specific issue if so. It works fine otherwise.
The rest mode works on my PS4 apart from the fans never shut off, ever. I've turned off the USB charging thing too and it still does it. It's pretty annoying.
The rest mode works on my PS4 apart from the fans never shut off, ever. I've turned off the USB charging thing too and it still does it. It's pretty annoying.
Don't pull the power cable out while the PS4 is running either; that will also shut it down, and that's even worse for it.
I don't think there is anything wrong with my PS4, that's a weirdly specific issue if so. It works fine otherwise.
That's not good, it shouldn't stay hot enough for the fans to remain on with just the low-power processor even when not downloading anything.
Probably best to turn your PS4 completely off.
TLR: Sony fucked rest mode on PS4 and it's frankly embarrassing how broken it is. Please just let me turn it off entirely.
So to summarize...
OP claims rest mode is broken, but it's actually his system that's messed up, not rest mode. Also doesn't check power settings on PS4 and instead asks GAF if turning off rest mode is a thing.
Then OP claims he knows what a power-symbol button means and how to turn off the PS4, but immediately admits that they don't know how to operate the PS4 in the following sentence... in the same post.
Good luck OP, and happy gaming!
That's just your PS4 dude, I'd get it looked at.
Yeah, I left it in rest mode last night and it was still pretty warm in the morning :/. Will shut it down completely from now on!
Turn off your PS4 in software...don't use the power button.
That's what I've done since 2013.
Rest mode is super sensitive to electric supply. I ended up getting a UPS because I would have small blinks every once in a while and it would shut it off. Mostly I just power it down unless I know there is an update coming.
If you never use it and you find it annoying, you can disable it completely if you want. It removes the UI references to it as well:The only thing that annoys me about rest mode is that it's prioritised over actually turning the PS4 off in the list when you hold the PS button and I keep accidentally putting it in rest mode.
You can completely disable Rest mode whenever you like. From the XMB (again, tapping the PS button on the controller will take you there if you're not there already) select Settings > Power Saving Settings > Set Features Available in Rest Mode. On that screen you'll see that it says in very large text: "Select the features you want to use in rest mode. If you don't select anything, the PS4 cannot enter rest mode." Let's follow that advice and deselect everything by setting "Supply Power to USB Ports > Off", and unticking "Stay Connected to the Internet" and "Keep Application Suspended". Now pressing the Power button on the front of the console will turn the PS4 off.
My power button is basically an RNG at this point: press and hope, see what happens. I gave up trying to use it for what it was meant for long ago, ironically now that I'm actively avoiding this "feature" it's actually more of a pain than when it was just a poorly implemented option.
How did they fuck this up so bad? It's standby mode for fuck's sake, it's not curing cancer.
It's a totally valid way to shutdown the system. If you keep holding it after the 2nd beep, that's a forced shutdown.
I'd say that someone who is experiencing annoying, reproducable problems with a premier feature of the PS4 would be a prime candidate to RTFM. xD- Who the fuck would reads a manual for a PlayStation?