@.44magnum, @jesquinas:
OK, I'll try to explain the whole situation as detailed as I can.
First off, my Wii setup:
4.3Ev2
all IOS and cIOS up-to-date (Hermes 5.1, Waninkoko rev21, IOS58 rev6176...)
boot2v4, BootMii as IOS, PriiLoader installed
SD Card for Homebrew
USB-Drive for Games and Media
My homebrew apps:
HBC 1.0.8 running IOS58
USB Loader GX 2.0 rev1067 (on SD Card)
WiiMC 1.1.2 (on SD Card)
and other, but that doesn't matter
My cIOSes:
202[base60] (Hermes 5.1)
222[base38] (Hermes 5.1)
223[base37] (Hermes 5.1)
224[base57] (Hermes 5.1)
249[base57] (Waninkoko rev21 OR d2x v2)
250[base38] (Waninkoko rev21 OR d2x v2)
My problem in detail:
When I start games (through any cIOS via any Loader) or homebrew (mostly IOS58, but also others) which make use of the USB drive, I encouter...
- NO problems in ANY situation with my "WD My Passport 250GB" (formatted WBFS for games and FAT32 for other files [roms, movies...])
- NO problems in ANY situation with my "32 GB Transcend HighSpeed USB Stick" (formatted WBFS for games and FAT32 for other files [roms, movies...])
- sth. like LAGS in almost EVERY situation with my "WD Elements 500GB" (formatted WBFS for games and FAT32 for other files [roms, movies...])
Those LAGS only appear when using the "WD Elements 500GB". For games (started with Hermes and Waninkokos) and for homebrew apps (started with IOS58 and others). These LAGS sometimes do not appear for a while but sometimes it lags really often. These LAGS are best seen in WiiMC and also in Zelda: TP.
For the ones who try to reproduce the LAGS with a WD Elements drive, try this:
EITHER
- format the drive to FAT32 and put some files and folders onto the drive
- then start WiiMC (1.1.2) through HBC running on IOS58
- just navigate through the folders and files a little, start some files, end playback, navigate again
--> you _should_ encouter some "lags": it takes long to open files or folders, sometimes when trying to open a folder there is a timeout ("could not be opened"), but after trying a second or third time it works like a charm - THIS is what I get
OR
- format the drive to WBFS (although I think you can also use other formats)
- install Zelda: TP
- start the game through any USB Loader (I use USB Loader GX 2.0 rev1067, but the problem already encountered in version 1.x rev938) using any cIOS, I used Waninkokos official IOS249 rev20b and rev21 [base57, but base58 or base56 made no difference for me]
- run around a little in the game and do some things, e.g.
--> kill some enemies, pickup blue, yellow, red, purple, orange or silver rupees,
--> transform to wolf,
--> teleport, show map,
--> do some fishing...
- you SHOULD encounter LAGS when
--> picking up certain rupees for the first time (it takes several seconds to display the rupees when picked up)
--> transforming to wolf or human (Link transforms to the wolf and you see the shape, but it takes a while to display the textures or model)
--> teleporting (it should take a while to display the map, the map menu opens up fast but there is no map for some seconds)
--> fishing (it takes seconds to display the text string saying "Super!" or sth. like that when you catch a fish).
I think that's because the HDD spins down because I tried everything (other format, other cIOS versions, other base IOS, other sector size/cluster size for HDD, other partitioning for HDD...) and nothing helped. But with my new HDD or USB stick, there are no problems, no matter what.
I will try cIOSX rev21 249[57]d2x v2 wednesday in Zelda: TP with the laggy HDD and tell you, if the problem's gone. For instance, I can't say if there is a difference in homebrew using IOS58 (I think there is no difference, why should there be one?!). Would be cool if that Ashampoo works or if the WD Software works now. The first time, it did not.
Thanks!