I've been running into some instability issues with WFL on vWii lately and am hoping for you help detangling whether this is an SD or HDD issue or something else entirely.
Since upgrading from a 256GB SD to a 512GB SD, I've run into an issue where WFL will result in a black screen if loaded from the vWii channel forwarder or from the Wii-U-to-vWii forwarder, but only if an external HDD is attached. HDD attached = hanging on black screen forever. Only SD? Wiiflow loads slowly perhaps but still loads correctly. Please note, Wiiflow runs normally when booting from the Homebrew Channel, HDD attached or not.
Other channel forwarders including USB Loader GX and other Wii-U-to-vWii forwarders are still able to be loaded without issue, even if some are slow when using this SD.
I thought this might be an IOS issue but those appear to be fine (syscheck from before included below). Regardless, I reinstalled all IOS anyway and still have the same results. I also attempted deleting the WFL save data and using the Wiiflow Start Configurator app to force the IOS to 249 and 250 but have the same issues there as well. Interestingly, sometimes if using the Start Configurator it WILL load, but only once.
I also tried moving the WFL app and Wiiflow folder to the HDD entirely (my folder is 26 GB from covers so moving it back and forth isn't desirable) and taking the SD card out of the console to force booting from the HDD. When moved to the HDD, Wiiflow booted incorrectly and there were visual bugs and DSI errors when booting plugins. I have also swapped the hard drive with an identical one, both in FAT32 format, and had the same results.
Lastly, a fresh install of Wiiflow also resulted in the same problems.
After going back to my original 256GB SD, everything works exactly as intended, whether the HDD is plugged in or not. That made me lean towards it being and SD card issue, so then I tested with another 512GB sd, and we are back to the same issues.
Is this a compatibility problem with 512GB and larger SDs, and if so, does anyone with a larger SD have no issues? Could it be a problem with the HDDs? Am I missing something entirely from this equation? I believe the only thing I have not tried yet is using the same SD and HDD on another Wii U. Thanks in advance!
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Region: NTSC-U
System Menu 4.3U (v609)
Drive date: 06.28.2011
Homebrew Channel 1.1.3 running on IOS58
Hollywood v0x21
Console ID: 609740299
Console Type: vWii
Shop Channel Country: United States (49)
Boot2 v0
Found 81 titles.
Found 36 IOS on this console. 0 of them are stubs.
vIOS9 (rev 1290): No Patches
vIOS12 (rev 782): No Patches
vIOS13 (rev 1288): No Patches
vIOS14 (rev 1288): No Patches
vIOS15 (rev 1288): No Patches
vIOS17 (rev 1288): No Patches
vIOS21 (rev 1295): No Patches
vIOS22 (rev 1550): No Patches
vIOS28 (rev 2063): No Patches
vIOS31 (rev 3864): No Patches
vIOS33 (rev 3864): No Patches
vIOS34 (rev 3864): No Patches
vIOS35 (rev 3864): No Patches
vIOS36 (rev 3864): No Patches
vIOS37 (rev 5919): No Patches
vIOS38 (rev 4380): No Patches
vIOS41 (rev 3863): No Patches
vIOS43 (rev 3863): No Patches
vIOS45 (rev 3863): No Patches
vIOS46 (rev 3863): No Patches
vIOS48 (rev 4380): No Patches
vIOS53 (rev 5919): No Patches
vIOS55 (rev 5919): No Patches
vIOS56 (rev 5918): No Patches
vIOS57 (rev 6175): No Patches
vIOS58 (rev 6432): USB 2.0
vIOS59 (rev 9249): No Patches
vIOS61 (rev 5918): No Patches
vIOS62 (rev 6942): No Patches
vIOS80 (rev 7200): NAND Access
vIOS248[38] (rev 65535, Info: d2x-v11beta3-vWii): ES Identify, NAND Access
vIOS249[56] (rev 65535, Info: d2x-v11beta3-vWii): NAND Access, USB 2.0
vIOS250[57] (rev 65535, Info: d2x-v11beta3-vWii): NAND Access, USB 2.0
vIOS251[58] (rev 65535, Info: d2x-v11beta3-vWii): NAND Access, USB 2.0
vIOS512 (rev 7): No Patches
vIOS513 (rev 1): No Patches
Report generated on 08/09/2026.
Since upgrading from a 256GB SD to a 512GB SD, I've run into an issue where WFL will result in a black screen if loaded from the vWii channel forwarder or from the Wii-U-to-vWii forwarder, but only if an external HDD is attached. HDD attached = hanging on black screen forever. Only SD? Wiiflow loads slowly perhaps but still loads correctly. Please note, Wiiflow runs normally when booting from the Homebrew Channel, HDD attached or not.
Other channel forwarders including USB Loader GX and other Wii-U-to-vWii forwarders are still able to be loaded without issue, even if some are slow when using this SD.
I thought this might be an IOS issue but those appear to be fine (syscheck from before included below). Regardless, I reinstalled all IOS anyway and still have the same results. I also attempted deleting the WFL save data and using the Wiiflow Start Configurator app to force the IOS to 249 and 250 but have the same issues there as well. Interestingly, sometimes if using the Start Configurator it WILL load, but only once.
I also tried moving the WFL app and Wiiflow folder to the HDD entirely (my folder is 26 GB from covers so moving it back and forth isn't desirable) and taking the SD card out of the console to force booting from the HDD. When moved to the HDD, Wiiflow booted incorrectly and there were visual bugs and DSI errors when booting plugins. I have also swapped the hard drive with an identical one, both in FAT32 format, and had the same results.
Lastly, a fresh install of Wiiflow also resulted in the same problems.
After going back to my original 256GB SD, everything works exactly as intended, whether the HDD is plugged in or not. That made me lean towards it being and SD card issue, so then I tested with another 512GB sd, and we are back to the same issues.
Is this a compatibility problem with 512GB and larger SDs, and if so, does anyone with a larger SD have no issues? Could it be a problem with the HDDs? Am I missing something entirely from this equation? I believe the only thing I have not tried yet is using the same SD and HDD on another Wii U. Thanks in advance!
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Region: NTSC-U
System Menu 4.3U (v609)
Drive date: 06.28.2011
Homebrew Channel 1.1.3 running on IOS58
Hollywood v0x21
Console ID: 609740299
Console Type: vWii
Shop Channel Country: United States (49)
Boot2 v0
Found 81 titles.
Found 36 IOS on this console. 0 of them are stubs.
vIOS9 (rev 1290): No Patches
vIOS12 (rev 782): No Patches
vIOS13 (rev 1288): No Patches
vIOS14 (rev 1288): No Patches
vIOS15 (rev 1288): No Patches
vIOS17 (rev 1288): No Patches
vIOS21 (rev 1295): No Patches
vIOS22 (rev 1550): No Patches
vIOS28 (rev 2063): No Patches
vIOS31 (rev 3864): No Patches
vIOS33 (rev 3864): No Patches
vIOS34 (rev 3864): No Patches
vIOS35 (rev 3864): No Patches
vIOS36 (rev 3864): No Patches
vIOS37 (rev 5919): No Patches
vIOS38 (rev 4380): No Patches
vIOS41 (rev 3863): No Patches
vIOS43 (rev 3863): No Patches
vIOS45 (rev 3863): No Patches
vIOS46 (rev 3863): No Patches
vIOS48 (rev 4380): No Patches
vIOS53 (rev 5919): No Patches
vIOS55 (rev 5919): No Patches
vIOS56 (rev 5918): No Patches
vIOS57 (rev 6175): No Patches
vIOS58 (rev 6432): USB 2.0
vIOS59 (rev 9249): No Patches
vIOS61 (rev 5918): No Patches
vIOS62 (rev 6942): No Patches
vIOS80 (rev 7200): NAND Access
vIOS248[38] (rev 65535, Info: d2x-v11beta3-vWii): ES Identify, NAND Access
vIOS249[56] (rev 65535, Info: d2x-v11beta3-vWii): NAND Access, USB 2.0
vIOS250[57] (rev 65535, Info: d2x-v11beta3-vWii): NAND Access, USB 2.0
vIOS251[58] (rev 65535, Info: d2x-v11beta3-vWii): NAND Access, USB 2.0
vIOS512 (rev 7): No Patches
vIOS513 (rev 1): No Patches
Report generated on 08/09/2026.
