Hacking USB error, not enough power? unsure :/

[Aar12567]

Last year in March, a friend got a 32 usb stick for my to put into the back of my Wii U, and it was working fine with WUP installer etc, and it had not been touched since August 2017, though recently my nephew wanted to play Mario Party 10 so I decided to turn it on for the first time in a long while. Upon switching it on, I went to the folder that games are installed in and noticed some games were missing, so I tried loading MP10 and got an error that read "There is a problem with the USB storage device. Please contact the manufacturer of the device. Check the device's documentation for contact details, Error Code: 160-0105"

After multiple times trying, some icons came back, but there were 2 gaps in the list of games with no icon, and so the friend suggested deleting all content, but leave the save data, so I went into storage and was unable to look at the usb, and decided to format it. After deleting the content, there were still a few icons from games that were there, so I opened WUPinstaller and tried installing Pokken (I think thats the only thing on the SD card) and so, the first time it does it, I didn't see the message but it went back to the Wii U menu, and it wasn't installed, so I tried again, and got another error message, this time saying

"The usb stoage device has been disconnected, press and hold the power button for at least four seconds, if the problem persists, the usb storage device may not be receiving enough power, please use an AC adapter or usb Y cable as applicable, error code 160-2713"

I gave this info to my friend, said there may not be enough power going into the USB, he said it isn't a power issue, he's convinced its definetly not, asks if its a specific game etc, so I tried installing again another 3 times, and the game didn't go past 0%, He said thats a bug and to just try again, but he suggested in the end that I should find a forum and ask for help, and here I am.

 

[Mnecraft368]

Try plugging the USB into a pc and formatting, then re-installing anything you had on it. If you are unable to format it on PC, its most likely broken.

 

[Kafluke]

It's never been recommended to use a flash drive for various reasons on the Wii u. Just Google it, you'll find whole lists of reasons why and many users with issues. Stick with external USB HD only

 

[Aar12567]

I linked the friend that got the usb for me, he's convinced its deffo not a power issue and that "It's designed to work on the power throughout of a USB 1.1 port" :/ I'll try formatting the usb on my PC, and see if I have any luck then come back with what I have, thanks guys

 

[nichtalf]

how did you get your problem solved? I currently have unfortunately the same problem and get no further...

 

[V10lator]

how did you get your problem solved? I currently have unfortunately the same problem and get no further...

By switching to a hard drive. While years have passed since this thread was active, so all I can do is assuming, this is clearly a sign of dying flash storage, so never use flash storage as USB drives on the Wii U!

 

[Jayro]

External USB SSD (2.5" or the small PNY ones work best) are preferred. No silly power issues like harddrives get.

 

[V10lator]

External USB SSD (2.5" or the small PNY ones work best) are preferred.

Uhm, did you even read? Let me quote:

a 32 usb stick

So your advise is the exact opposite of what's needed: We see a flash drive dying cause of the excessive writes the Wii U does, so one should switch to a hard drive...

 

[Jayro]

Uhm, did you even read? Let me quote:

So your advise is the exact opposite of what's needed: We see a flash drive dying cause of the excessive writes the Wii U does, so one should switch to a hard drive...

Yes... But hard drives introduce power consumption problems, hence why I prefer an SSD instead. And an SSD is much faster when you're writing stuff to it from a PC too.