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I have a black Nintendo Wii from 2010. It has the Homebrew Channel, Priiloader, and BootMii IOS, but I’m having an issue with my new 250GB hard drive. Every time I connect it to port 0 for USB Loader GX, it freezes on the “Initializing USB” screen and doesn’t load the USB Loader GX GUI. It doesn’t seem to be a cIOS issue, because USB Loader GX recognizes my 8GB USB drive. I’ve already tried formatting it to FAT32 or WBFS, and I tried setting USB Loader GX to load on IOS 249, but nothing worked. Do you have any idea what the problem might be?
 
Hello,

Post a syscheck report here to see if anything is missing.

Try using a FAT32 hard drive and try a Y-cable.

Is your GX version up to date?

Check if your external hard drive is formatted as MBR and not GPT.
 
glaster said:
I have a black Nintendo Wii from 2010. It has the Homebrew Channel, Priiloader, and BootMii IOS, but I’m having an issue with my new 250GB hard drive. Every time I connect it to port 0 for USB Loader GX, it freezes on the “Initializing USB” screen and doesn’t load the USB Loader GX GUI. It doesn’t seem to be a cIOS issue, because USB Loader GX recognizes my 8GB USB drive. I’ve already tried formatting it to FAT32 or WBFS, and I tried setting USB Loader GX to load on IOS 249, but nothing worked. Do you have any idea what the problem might be?
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Hey!

So, my USB drive is formatted as FAT32 and uses an MBR partition.
My USB Loader GX is version v4.0-r1283 (the latest version).

As for the syscheck, this is the report.

SysCheck ME v2.5.0 by blackb0x, JoostinOnline, Double_A, R2-D2199 and Nano
...runs on IOS58 (rev 6175).

Region: NTSC-U
System Menu 4.3U (v513)
Priiloader installed
Drive date: 12.18.2008
Homebrew Channel 1.1.3 running on IOS58

Hollywood v0x21
Console ID: 130396838
Console Type: Wii
Shop Channel Country: Brazil (16)
Boot2 v4
Found 281 titles.
Found 52 IOS on this console. 15 of them are stubs.

IOS3 (rev 65280): Stub
IOS4 (rev 65280): Stub
IOS5 (rev 514): Trucha Bug, ES Identify, Flash Access, NAND Access
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): Trucha Bug, NAND Access
IOS57 (rev 5918): No Patches
IOS58 (rev 6175): USB 2.0
IOS59 (rev 7201): No Patches
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
IOS248[38] (rev 65535, Info: d2x-v11beta3): Trucha Bug, ES Identify, NAND Access
IOS249[56] (rev 65535, Info: d2x-v11beta3): Trucha Bug, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS250[57] (rev 65535, Info: d2x-v11beta3): Trucha Bug, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS251[58] (rev 65535, Info: d2x-v11beta3): Trucha Bug, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS252[57] (rev 65535, Info: d2x-v11beta1-FM050): Trucha Bug, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS254 (rev 65281): BootMii
BC v6
MIOS v10
Report generated on 06/08/2026.

I used my 2GB sd card to open syscheck
 
glaster said:
I have a black Nintendo Wii from 2010. It has the Homebrew Channel, Priiloader, and BootMii IOS, but I’m having an issue with my new 250GB hard drive. Every time I connect it to port 0 for USB Loader GX, it freezes on the “Initializing USB” screen and doesn’t load the USB Loader GX GUI. It doesn’t seem to be a cIOS issue, because USB Loader GX recognizes my 8GB USB drive. I’ve already tried formatting it to FAT32 or WBFS, and I tried setting USB Loader GX to load on IOS 249, but nothing worked. Do you have any idea what the problem might be?
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What brand is the 250GB hard drive?
 
glaster said:
Hey!

So, my USB drive is formatted as FAT32 and uses an MBR partition.
My USB Loader GX is version v4.0-r1283 (the latest version).

As for the syscheck, this is the report.

SysCheck ME v2.5.0 by blackb0x, JoostinOnline, Double_A, R2-D2199 and Nano
...runs on IOS58 (rev 6175).

Region: NTSC-U
System Menu 4.3U (v513)
Priiloader installed
Drive date: 12.18.2008
Homebrew Channel 1.1.3 running on IOS58

Hollywood v0x21
Console ID: 130396838
Console Type: Wii
Shop Channel Country: Brazil (16)
Boot2 v4
Found 281 titles.
Found 52 IOS on this console. 15 of them are stubs.

IOS3 (rev 65280): Stub
IOS4 (rev 65280): Stub
IOS5 (rev 514): Trucha Bug, ES Identify, Flash Access, NAND Access
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): Trucha Bug, NAND Access
IOS57 (rev 5918): No Patches
IOS58 (rev 6175): USB 2.0
IOS59 (rev 7201): No Patches
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
IOS248[38] (rev 65535, Info: d2x-v11beta3): Trucha Bug, ES Identify, NAND Access
IOS249[56] (rev 65535, Info: d2x-v11beta3): Trucha Bug, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS250[57] (rev 65535, Info: d2x-v11beta3): Trucha Bug, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS251[58] (rev 65535, Info: d2x-v11beta3): Trucha Bug, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS252[57] (rev 65535, Info: d2x-v11beta1-FM050): Trucha Bug, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS254 (rev 65281): BootMii
BC v6
MIOS v10
Report generated on 06/08/2026.

I used my 2GB sd card to open syscheck
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Perhaps your external hard drive is simply not compatible with the Wii.

Do not use a generic, off-brand hard drive. Use a reputable brand.
 
Technician said:
What brand is the 250GB hard drive?
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Its an Samsung hard drive
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jeannotte said:
Perhaps your external hard drive is simply not compatible with the Wii.

Do not use a generic, off-brand hard drive. Use a reputable brand.
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I'm not using a generic or off-brand hard drive, it's an original samsung hard drive
 
glaster said:
Its an Samsung hard drive
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I'm not using a generic or off-brand hard drive, it's an original samsung hard drive
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Samsung don't make external hard drives. That's probably an SSD. Note that SSDs are not widely tested to be compatible with USB loaders. I've had some success with them, but I've also seen others that have had issues with them. Possibly that model is not compatible. A Y-cable could help, if the issue is that the SSD needs more power than USB 2.0 can provide.
 
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The Real Jdbye said:
Samsung don't make external hard drives. That's probably an SSD. Note that SSDs are not widely tested to be compatible with USB loaders. I've had some success with them, but I've also seen others that have had issues with them. Possibly that model is not compatible. A Y-cable could help, if the issue is that the SSD needs more power than USB 2.0 can provide.
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This is an samsung external hard drive, it is old but i have two of them, both are the same, but the first one works fine and the second not, i can't use the first one because it doesn't work anymore. My external samsung hard drive is an a Samsung S2 Portable 250GB
 
glaster said:
This is an samsung external hard drive, it is old but i have two of them, both are the same, but the first one works fine and the second not, i can't use the first one because it doesn't work anymore. My external samsung hard drive is an a Samsung S2 Portable 250GB
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You said it was new. That changes things completely, how can you be sure it's not faulty?
 
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glaster said:
i bought the second one recently, but is the same model as first one actually
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Hey, Nice buy! Also wanted to say, I have a wii too one black and one white, Kinda ying yangy, One i found in the electro dumpster at work, Howewer ive never been able to load games from anywhere to the WII let alone burnament, Now the wii is modded with homebrew channel and i did have the GX app, I gave up a few years ago, Help appreciated its just rotting in the closet as of now hehe, I hope to wii soon again.
 

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