It's been a year and I found the answer. Let me begin by pointing out how worthless and useless your contribution of "just deal with the problem and buy a new controller" is.
For anyone that finds this use this: https://github.com/GaryOderNichts/vWii-Decaffeinator
Basically it resets your...
I reinstalled a backup of a game I used to play a few years ago and I was surprised to see the original play count was still there. I was wondering if there was a way to export it so I could see the total play count of every game I've played through usbloader gx :)
After a lot of troubleshooting I'm sure the problem is when I choose "yes" when the console asks me if I want to use the gamepad; I need to press yes to be able to play the Gamecube game at all obviously. Choosing "no" doesn't make the console turn off. The problem is not the HDD, anything...