Wiimote is not recognized when I launch games via USB Loader GX

Northrup · 2026-09-15T18:04:18+0100

I haven't had a chance to play for the past 3 months, and suddenly my Wii Remote isn't being recognized when I start a game via USB Loader GX. The Wii Remote has always disconnected briefly - you'd just press A or B for a moment and it would reconnect - but now the LEDs for Players 1-3 on the Wii Remote flash for a few seconds, and then nothing happens.

I haven’t made any changes to the Wii in the meantime, and I’ve already tried re-pairing the Wiimote in the Wii menu. When I launch the game from a disc via USB Loader GX, it works, but when I launch the backup via USB, it doesn’t work.

Does anyone know what else I can do to get it working again?

ETA
I just tried another Wii Remote, and it doesn't work either. But with this one, only the LED for Player 1 is flashing.
With some games, even the safety screen isn't showing - just a black screen.
I guess I'll have to try a different USB drive, but not today...

ETA2
Im still running USB Loader GX v3.0 r1272.
And I also tried wiping all synced Wiimotes by holding the red sync button on the Wii for 15-20 seconds and then resyncing the Wiimotes again.

jeannotte · 2026-09-16T16:18:52+0100

Hello,

Have you put new batteries in the Wiimotes?

Are they official Nintendo Wiimotes?

Northrup · 2026-09-16T21:10:44+0100

jeannotte said:
Hello,

Have you put new batteries in the Wiimotes?

Are they official Nintendo Wiimotes?

Yes, I had specifically put in fresh new batteries. And as far as I know, both Wiimotes are third-party rather than official, but in the last six years that I’ve been using them with this Wii, I haven’t had any problems with them (except maybe that, unfortunately, they aren’t recognized by Nintendont).

But in the meantime, I figured out what the problem was. There have been several power outages in this area over the past two months, and I thought maybe the SD card or USB drive that was plugged into the Wii - which was on standby during that time - might have become compromised. So I compared the contents of both with backups on my PC. In doing so, I must have accidentally grabbed a different adapter for the microSD card than the one I usually use with the Wii, and since then, everything has been working just like before.
So I think the adapter I’ve always used in the Wii is slowly giving out, and that’s what caused the error. I’ll probably have to get a standard SD card specifically for the Wii, because using a microSD card with an adapter is just asking for trouble.

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