USB not being recognized in USB Loader GX

[Stargazer58]

I used a video tutorial to homebrew my Wii (which I shouldn't have, it had some outdated files) and it showed installing USB Loader GX in the tutorial. However, I cannot get USB loader to recognize the USB. It says "initializing USB device" then after a few more things it then just says "Waiting for HDD". I have checked multiple times that my USB is in the right slot. Then it says “USB not initalized. Switching to Channel List Mode”.

 

[XFlak]

Post a syscheck
https://gbatemp.net/threads/posting-a-system-check.300279/

And/or resoftmod using modmii

 

[Stargazer58]

Here is my SysCheck:

Spoiler

SysCheck HDE v2.4.0 HacksDen Edition by JoostinOnline, Double_A, R2-D2199, and Nano
...runs on IOS58 (rev 6176).

Region: NTSC-U
System Menu 4.3U (v513)
Priiloader installed
Drive date: 07.14.2008
Homebrew Channel 1.1.2 running on IOS58

Hollywood v0x21
Console ID: 97737923
Console Type: Wii
Shop Channel Country: United States (49)
Boot2 v4
Found 80 titles.
Found 47 IOS on this console. 16 of them are stubs.

IOS3 (rev 65280): Stub
IOS4 (rev 65280): Stub
IOS9 (rev 1034): No Patches
IOS10 (rev 768): Stub
IOS11 (rev 256): Stub
IOS12 (rev 526): No Patches
IOS13 (rev 1032): No Patches
IOS14 (rev 1032): No Patches
IOS15 (rev 1032): No Patches
IOS16 (rev 512): Stub
IOS17 (rev 1032): No Patches
IOS20 (rev 256): Stub
IOS21 (rev 1039): No Patches
IOS22 (rev 1294): No Patches
IOS28 (rev 1807): No Patches
IOS30 (rev 2816): Stub
IOS31 (rev 3608): Trucha Bug, ES Identify, NAND Access
IOS33 (rev 3608): No Patches
IOS34 (rev 3608): No Patches
IOS35 (rev 3608): No Patches
IOS36 (rev 3608): No Patches
IOS37 (rev 5663): No Patches
IOS38 (rev 4124): No Patches
IOS40 (rev 3072): Stub
IOS41 (rev 3607): No Patches
IOS43 (rev 3607): No Patches
IOS45 (rev 3607): No Patches
IOS46 (rev 3607): No Patches
IOS48 (rev 4124): No Patches
IOS50 (rev 5120): Stub
IOS51 (rev 4864): Stub
IOS52 (rev 5888): Stub
IOS53 (rev 5663): No Patches
IOS55 (rev 5663): No Patches
IOS56 (rev 5662): No Patches
IOS57 (rev 5919): No Patches
IOS58 (rev 6176): USB 2.0
IOS60 (rev 6400): Stub
IOS61 (rev 5662): No Patches
IOS62 (rev 6430): No Patches
IOS70 (rev 6912): Stub
IOS80 (rev 6944): Trucha Bug, NAND Access
IOS222 (rev 65280): Stub
IOS223 (rev 65280): Stub
IOS249[56] (rev 65535, Info: d2x-v8final): Trucha Bug, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS250 (rev 65280): Stub
IOS254 (rev 65281): BootMii
BC v6
MIOS v10
Report generated on 06/20/2022.

 

[XFlak]

You're missing cios250 and 251, but the real/direct cause of your issue is likely incompatible usb. I'm guessing it's a thumb drive? These drives often exhibit greater compatibility when formatted as wbfs (using wii backup manager) instead of fat32. Doing so would mean it can only store wii games though, so it's not as ideal as having a hdd formatted as fat32. A better option would probably be to get a normal hard drive that it's a small thumb/flash drive.

 

[Stargazer58]

You're missing cios250 and 251, but the real/direct cause of your issue is likely incompatible usb. I'm guessing it's a thumb drive? These drives often exhibit greater compatibility when formatted as wbfs (using wii backup manager) instead of fat32. Doing so would mean it can only store wii games though, so it's not as ideal as having a hdd formatted as fat32. A better option would probably be to get a normal hard drive that it's a small thumb/flash drive.

I've tried different thumb drives (before I posted) and none of them worked either (I also do not have a hdd) and I used wii backup manager (I do not know if it formatted the drive as it was previously FAT32) to import my games onto them. Should I use ModMii to try and re softmod or install the cios?

 

[XFlak]

You can drag and drop your syscheck.csv onto modmii.exe and it will tell you what to do. But you should also try formatting your thumb drive as wbfs, this is not automatically done by wii backup manager, u need to go to its tools menu and manually tell it what drive u want formatted and how

 

[Stargazer58]

But you should also try formatting your thumb drive as wbfs, this is not automatically done by wii backup manager, u need to go to its tools menu and manually tell it what drive u want formatted and how

I tried formatting as wbfs in wii backup manager but it still did not work. I will be trying to resoft mod using ModMii.

 

[Stargazer58]

I used the ModMii guide but it still did not work, USB Loader GX still says "USB Device not initialized. Switching to channel list mode". I'm going to try another thumb drive just to make sure that it's not just this one.

 

[Stargazer58]

The other thumb drives did not work. I do not know what I should do now? I know that the thumb drives are definitely USB 2.0 or 1.0. USB Loader GX still says the error.

 

[CoolMe]

I used the ModMii guide but it still did not work, USB Loader GX still says "USB Device not initialized. Switching to channel list mode". I'm going to try another thumb drive just to make sure that it's not just this one.

Post a syscheck (again), to see if you've updated your softmods correctly.

The other thumb drives did not work. I do not know what I should do now? I know that the thumb drives are definitely USB 2.0 or 1.0. USB Loader GX still says the error.

Use this modded version of usbloadergx by @blackb0x (the non wad channel version), overwrite the old files you have on the sd card with these, and try again.
Format the flash drive within WiiBackupmanager (or with Wbfsmanager if you couldn't figure out how..).
Make sure the usb flash drive is plugged in port 0 (the lower port ,when the console's in a horizontal position).

 

[Stargazer58]

Here is my SysCheck

Spoiler

SysCheck HDE v2.4.0 HacksDen Edition by JoostinOnline, Double_A, R2-D2199, and Nano
...runs on IOS58 (rev 6176).

Region: NTSC-U
System Menu 4.3U (v513)
Priiloader installed
Drive date: 07.14.2008
Homebrew Channel 1.1.2 running on IOS58

Hollywood v0x21
Console ID: 97737923
Console Type: Wii
Shop Channel Country: United States (49)
Boot2 v4
Found 82 titles.
Found 48 IOS on this console. 7 of them are stubs.

IOS3 (rev 65280): Stub
IOS4 (rev 65280): Stub
IOS9 (rev 1034): No Patches
IOS10 (rev 768): Stub
IOS11[60] (rev 65535, Info: ModMii-IOS60-v6174): Trucha Bug, NAND Access
IOS12 (rev 526): No Patches
IOS13 (rev 1032): No Patches
IOS14 (rev 1032): No Patches
IOS15 (rev 1032): No Patches
IOS16 (rev 512): Stub
IOS17 (rev 1032): No Patches
IOS20[60] (rev 65535, Info: ModMii-IOS60-v6174): Trucha Bug, NAND Access
IOS21 (rev 1039): No Patches
IOS22 (rev 1294): No Patches
IOS28 (rev 1807): No Patches
IOS30[60] (rev 65535, Info: ModMii-IOS60-v6174): Trucha Bug, NAND Access
IOS31 (rev 3608): No Patches
IOS33 (rev 3608): No Patches
IOS34 (rev 3608): No Patches
IOS35 (rev 3608): No Patches
IOS36 (rev 3608): No Patches
IOS37 (rev 5663): No Patches
IOS38 (rev 4124): No Patches
IOS40[60] (rev 65535, Info: ModMii-IOS60-v6174): Trucha Bug, NAND Access
IOS41 (rev 3607): No Patches
IOS43 (rev 3607): No Patches
IOS45 (rev 3607): No Patches
IOS46 (rev 3607): No Patches
IOS48 (rev 4124): No Patches
IOS50[60] (rev 65535, Info: ModMii-IOS60-v6174): Trucha Bug, NAND Access
IOS51 (rev 4864): Stub
IOS52[60] (rev 65535, Info: ModMii-IOS60-v6174): Trucha Bug, NAND Access
IOS53 (rev 5663): No Patches
IOS55 (rev 5663): No Patches
IOS56 (rev 5662): No Patches
IOS57 (rev 5919): No Patches
IOS58 (rev 6176): USB 2.0
IOS60 (rev 65535, Info: ModMii-IOS60-v6174): Trucha Bug, NAND Access
IOS61 (rev 5662): No Patches
IOS62 (rev 6430): No Patches
IOS70[60] (rev 65535, Info: ModMii-IOS60-v6174): Trucha Bug, NAND Access
IOS80[60] (rev 65535, Info: ModMii-IOS60-v6174): Trucha Bug, NAND Access
IOS222 (rev 65280): Stub
IOS223 (rev 65280): Stub
IOS249[57] (rev 65535, Info: d2x-v10beta52): Trucha Bug, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS250[56] (rev 65535, Info: d2x-v10beta52): Trucha Bug, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS251[38] (rev 65535, Info: d2x-v10beta52): Trucha Bug, ES Identify, NAND Access
IOS254 (rev 65281): BootMii
BC v6
MIOS v10
Report generated on 06/21/2022.

I will try the modded usb loader gx and formatting.

 

[blackb0x]

I've tried different thumb drives (before I posted) and none of them worked either (I also do not have a hdd) and I used wii backup manager (I do not know if it formatted the drive as it was previously FAT32) to import my games onto them

How large is the flash drive that you're trying to use and have you formatted it to FAT32 with a 32KB cluster size?

 

[Stargazer58]

The flash drive is 7.48GB formatted to FAT32 I do not know the cluster size.

How large is the flash drive that you're trying to use and have you formatted it to FAT32 with a 32KB cluster size?

 

[blackb0x]

The flash drive is 7.48GB formatted to FAT32 I do not know the cluster size.

Download Wii Backup Manager and from the tools menu see if you can format the USB as FAT32 with the cluster size set to 32KB.

If you're only going to use the USB for Wii games then you can try using NTFS or exFAT.

 

[Stargazer58]

Download Wii Backup Manager and from the tools menu see if you can format the USB as FAT32 with the cluster size set to 32KB.

If you're only going to use the USB for Wii games then you can try using NTFS or exFAT.

I used Wii Backup Manager and formatted to FAT32 with cluster set to 32KB and used USB Loader GX Enhanced version but it still says "Waiting for HDD" and "USB Device not initialized".

 

[Alexander1970]

Greetings.

The other thumb drives did not work. I do not know what I should do now? I know that the thumb drives are definitely USB 2.0 or 1.0. USB Loader GX still says the error.

Sooner or later - A HDD...or maybe try one of these,they should work:
https://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B00YMZBPKI/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&th=1
(64 / 128 / 256 / 512 GB) For me,all of them are working.

Good Luck,me Friend.

 

[blackb0x]

but it still says "Waiting for HDD" and "USB Device not initialized"

You're using USB port 0, right?

If you are then try formatting to NTFS or exFAT instead. But should neither of them work then the d2x cIOS doesn't support your flash drive.

 

[Stargazer58]

It seems d2x cIOS doesn't support my flash drives. I tried both slots on NTFS, exFAT, and FAT32. Thanks for helping though.

 

[XFlak]

I mean u could try hermes cios's if u think it'd a d2x specific compatibility issue

 

[Stargazer58]

I mean u could try hermes cios's if u think it'd a d2x specific compatibility issue

I don't know if it is because another user said it might be, but I also don't know which cIOS's to install.