Hi everyone, I really need help with my PS5. I'm worried that I might lose firmware 13.42 and my ability to use etaHEN.

My PS5 was running firmware 13.42. I used the Relapse exploit and activated etaHEN. I was still on the PS5 home menu when the console suddenly crashed.

After the crash, apps started freezing or getting stuck on their loading screens. Eventually, the PS5 began booting directly into Safe Mode every time.

The error code displayed in the top-right corner is SU-101596-2.

The biggest problem is that only Option 8 is selectable:

“Reset PS5 (Reinstall System Software).”

All the other Safe Mode options are black and cannot be selected. I already unplugged the power cable and tried restarting the console, but it always returns to Safe Mode.

My main goal is to keep firmware 13.42 and avoid updating, because I want to preserve my current firmware for etaHEN.

I only have a smartphone, no PC, and I have not reinstalled the system software.

My questions:

1. Has anyone experienced this after etaHEN crashed on firmware 13.42?

2. Is there a way to recover the PS5 without updating the firmware?

3. Can I restore the console while keeping firmware 13.42?

4. Could the crash have corrupted system data, or might something else be wrong?

I would really appreciate any advice. Please let me know if you need more information.

Thank you!

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Hey everyone, hoping someone has run into this.

Setup:

PS5 30th Anniversary Edition (Slim Digital)

Official Sony disc drive, bought new in July

Console is online, wired/Wi-Fi works fine, system software up to date

What happened:

The first drive worked at first. After a few months of barely playing, every disc started showing "Unreadable Disc" (two brand-new PS5 games and a DVD).

Rebuilt the database in Safe Mode, no change.

Bought a second brand-new official drive. Same "Unreadable Disc."

Now I'm getting this error: CE-119900-0 – "Can't use your disc drive. Something went wrong on the server when registering your disc drive to your PS5."

So it looks like the drives might be fine and the online registration/pairing is what's failing.

Already tried:

Try Again on the error screen

Full restart

Sony support wants me to ship the whole console, which I'd really rather avoid with a limited edition, especially if this is a server-side registration issue.

Has anyone seen CE-119900-0 before? Did it fix itself, did Sony fix it remotely, or did you have to send the console in?

Thanks!

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