Sorry for taking so long to update. Truthfully I sorta forgot about this thread. I just found it in my bookmarks and decided to be a Good Samaritan and report my results for anyone who's looking for it in the future.
The Y cable did indeed fix it. Just wasn't getting enough power.
Thanks...
None of my 3 USB harddrives came with this cable. It never even occurred to me that this would be a thing. Regardless, I'm fairly sure this is my problem and I'm completely sure that I can purchase one of these on amazon for fairly cheap. Thank you.
Will report back with results when cable comes.
Finally got my Wii U a couple days ago and I finally got around to softmodding it. I used smashstack to install the homebrew channel and then used this guide for the ios's. I'm using the same SD card from my Wii, so I already had my favorite USB loaders already ready to go.
Here's where my...
Nuh it was a joke, but I used to bite my nails when I was young, but when I started doing construction work and seen what crap was under my nails, I stopped.