Wii U Internal Storage Upgrades are possible

[DolphinPussy]

no.


https://bitbuilt.net/forums/threads/wii-u-mini-worklog.6486/post-72581

OMG, you circumcised your wii u!
MLC SDIO curse should be lifted as your Wii U now has a bond with god lol.
Dang, so you can't use rednand even if you wanted to because of the "curse". I take this as neither emmc nor sd card slots working?

 

[Lazr1026]

MLC SDIO curse? Dang, so you can't use rednand even if you wanted to. I take this as neither emmc nor sd card slots working?

MLC SDIO = eMMC. SD cards work fine.

 

[DolphinPussy]

MLC SDIO = eMMC. SD cards work fine.

I see, you did a great job.
you should run rednand on it if you want SD storage expansion, and keep your fastest loading titles on the 128gb.

 

[Lazr1026]

I have no interest in doing such things. i specifically did it so i DIDN'T need to rely on rednand.

 

[DolphinPussy]

I have no interest in doing such things. i specifically did it so i DIDN'T need to rely on rednand.

I understand, do you ever plan on upgrading your storage? You could also just use 5sdpart.ipx and use a partition in your SD card as expandable storage iirc
This way you get more storage and keep your os on the ssd.

 

[Lazr1026]

I do not plan on ever opening the thing again really, unless theres an issue that needs fixing.

 

[DolphinPussy]

I do not plan on ever opening the thing again really, unless theres an issue that needs fixing.

I gotcha, you don't need to open it, you can use a plug-in to read a partition in your sd card like a usb drive.
Thanks for making me appreciate how futuristic the wii u mini (the wiini) looks next to the regular wii

 

[DolphinPussy]

the usata is open source and you can order the PCBs from jlcpcb/pcbway and the parts in the BOM can be gotten from digikey/mouser.

If you have any finished usata spares laying around, I'd eagerly take them off your hands.
I'm ready.

I think @V10lator still wanted to add some features like for the LED and once that is done I want to make an order of like 10-30 to get them preassembled since sourcing the connectors and soldering them isn't fun...

Replacing the defunct front disc with a dedicated spring-loaded 2.5" hard drive bay mold, would be a kick ass way to elevate the project; It would make this already legendary SATA mod, that much more intuitive.
Press to Insert drive, click goes the latch mechanism, then eject it with a button, slide it out just like real NES cartridges! Ooooh, baby, so satisfying~~

It can also be incredibly useful as a workaround for the 300 title limit as well as an attainable way to have a full console library.
-One spare 500gb laptop hdd might be for the DS
-another 500gb hdd for gamecube
-a 128gb SSD packed with N64, SNES, retro injects and a ton of homebrew ports
-and a 2tb drive with nothing but Wii injects,
For an added gimmick, low capacity 16/32gb ssd "cartridge" drives each holding a Wii U title for LOW LATENCY extra hobby funsies.
FUCKING WILD THAT THE SAME SATA SLOT WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNT OF LATENCY 200m/s(!!!!) is also the one capable of delivering the LOWEST 0.05 - 0.25. (Wtaf??)

This shall be known as, the Wii Ultimate, the Universe. The WiiNii.
No...No! It shall be known, as The QUESO.
@QuarkTheAwesome
Quark's Ultimate Entertainment System Opus.

or....???
Quarks Über Awesome Speedy Archive Replay (QUASAR?)

It would make hotswapping a casual nostalgic dream come true!
No more discs, you're back in the good old days, but now even better!
You'd be filling in a very potent niche, emerging a new mod renaissance by manufacturing usata adapters already wired inside the mold, that would be a very attractive offering in an etsy. Latin Americans would FREAK. OUT.
Whoever banks on this is gonna make the leftover Wii U stock fly.
I love this community so much, I hope someone craftier than I makes this happen, but if I get the usata working then I might take this idea into my own hands hehehehe...

 

[DolphinPussy]

We tested gen1, gen2, HDD * 2, SDD * 2, and fly wire connections. We tested again and again. I must have made a mistake, but I haven't found it yet.

Did you ever get to?

 

[Ysecond]

Did you ever get to?

That was the initial situation that existed. The current software version no longer has such troubles.

 

[DolphinPussy]

That was the initial situation that existed. The current software version no longer has such troubles.

Ah okay, thanks sm for the answer.
I am trying to get information on the soldering that needs to be done on the motherboard in order to get uSATA working.