Hacking USB Loader GX stuck at Initializing USB Device

MercusMassacre · Oct 24, 2020

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I have a 32gb NTFS SanDisk Cruzer Glide and something about it is throwing USB Loader GX for a loop. It gets stuck on Initialize USB Device and stays there. I got syscheck to give me a log:

SysCheck HDE v2.4.0 HacksDen Edition by JoostinOnline, Double_A, R2-D2199, and Nano
...runs on IOS58 (rev 6176).

Region: NTSC-U
System Menu 4.3U (v513)
Priiloader installed
Drive date: 05.26.2006
Homebrew Channel 1.1.2 running on IOS58

Hollywood v0x11
Console ID: 116795747
Console Type: Wii
Shop Channel Country: United States (49)
Boot2 v4
Found 64 titles.
Found 47 IOS on this console. 14 of them are stubs.

IOS4 (rev 65280): Stub
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): No Patches
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): No Patches
IOS57 (rev 5919): No Patches
IOS58 (rev 6176): USB 2.0
IOS60 (rev 6400): Stub
IOS61 (rev 5662): No Patches
IOS62 (rev 6430): No Patches
IOS70 (rev 6912): Stub
IOS80 (rev 6944): No Patches
IOS222 (rev 65280): Stub
IOS223 (rev 65280): Stub
IOS249[56] (rev 65535, Info: d2x-v10beta52): Trucha Bug, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS250[57] (rev 65535, Info: d2x-v10beta52): Trucha Bug, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS251[58] (rev 65535, Info: d2x-v10beta52): Trucha Bug, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS254 (rev 65281): BootMii
BC v6
MIOS v10
Report generated on 10/23/2020.

What do?

godreborn · Oct 24, 2020

isn't that a flash drive? don't use flash drives with the wii.

MercusMassacre · Oct 24, 2020

godreborn said:
isn't that a flash drive? don't use flash drives with the wii.

I wouldn't but that's all I have.

godreborn · Oct 24, 2020

major compatibility problems with flash drives.

MercusMassacre · Oct 24, 2020

godreborn said:
major compatibility problems with flash drives.

I'm pretty sure this one works, as I'm almost positive I've seen people use it with the Wii before.

godreborn · Oct 24, 2020

is the drive in mbr format? the only thing I can suggest is maybe using version 8 of the cios. that's the recommended version for the wii; version 10 is supposed to be for the virtual wii on the wii u.

MercusMassacre · Oct 24, 2020

godreborn said:
is the drive in mbr format? the only thing I can suggest is maybe using version 8 of the cios. that's the recommended version for the wii; version 10 is supposed to be for the virtual wii on the wii u.

I have no idea what mbr, version 8, or version 10 are. I'm pretty confident I know what 8 and 10 are, but not quite sure. If it helps, the flash is NTFS.

godreborn · Oct 24, 2020

I think easus partition wizard can change the drive to mbr without formatting it. I don't know if it costs money now or not. cios 249-251 are using version 10.

MercusMassacre · Oct 24, 2020

godreborn said:
I think easus partition wizard can change the drive to mbr without formatting it. I don't know if it costs money now or not. cios 249-251 are using version 10.

So, the IOS installer gives me the option of 4, 5, 6, and the 2 10s. I have no option for 8.

godreborn · Oct 24, 2020

I think you have to download it. look for version 8 final. I'm still using version 6, so I don't have it.

MercusMassacre · Oct 24, 2020

godreborn said:
I think you have to download it. look for version 8 final. I'm still using version 6, so I don't have it.

Where exactly would I find it? All it says is "via XFlak's ModMii".

MercusMassacre · Oct 24, 2020

MercusMassacre said:
Where exactly would I find it? All it says is "via XFlak's ModMii".

Okay, I got past the snag by making the first partition Fat32 and the second NTFS, but I can't get it to read the NTFS bit.

MercusMassacre · Oct 24, 2020

MercusMassacre said:
Okay, I got past the snag by making the first partition Fat32 and the second NTFS, but I can't get it to read the NTFS bit.

I got it all to work, except for it reading my game. I reformatted the drive to entirely NTFS and it gets past the snag, but it never reads the isos. I have tried in its own folder and in the root, and neither has had any success. I used Wii Backup Manager, so I have no idea what the problem is.

MercusMassacre · Oct 24, 2020

godreborn said:
I think you have to download it. look for version 8 final. I'm still using version 6, so I don't have it.

Alright, I figured some things out and fixed some problems, but more came up. I figured out that I can possibly get the bigger games on my SD via Wii Backup Manager as WBFS files, so I did so, but it is only recognizing GameCube games in ISO format and not Wii games in WBFS. I did get the 2 IOSes that you said to v8 by a miracle of stumbling upon some old post. I will keep you posted as to what comes up after running a few experiments.

Maxpower5544 · Oct 24, 2020

Just use wiibackup manager to formate to fat32 32kilobyte sector size if you can't with your computer.
If your using d2xcIOS beta 52 then only one usb port works it's the one closest to the edge

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MercusMassacre · Oct 24, 2020

Maxpower5544 said:
Just use wiibackup manager to formate to fat32 32kilobyte sector size if you can't with your computer.
If your using d2xcIOS beta 52 then only one usb port works it's the one closest to the edge

Sent from my LM-X120 using Tapatalk

I can't use FAT32 because Wii roms are typically WAY over the 4gb cap. I got the NTFS drive working but now it keeps (kind of) freezing when I try to open a rom in USB Loader GX. The background sound still plays, the cursor can move, but I can't click anything.

Maxpower5544 · Oct 24, 2020

MercusMassacre said:
I got it all to work, except for it reading my game. I reformatted the drive to entirely NTFS and it gets past the snag, but it never reads the isos. I have tried in its own folder and in the root, and neither has had any success. I used Wii Backup Manager, so I have no idea what the problem is.

It's best to formate to fat32 it will work for both Wii and GC games wbfs corrupts after awhile and NTFS is buggy.
Use wiibackup manager to formate for drives bigger than 32 GB and to transfer Wii games larger than 4gb. And you can use wit GameCube manager to do GameCube games if you have a large collection .
The best way to test a usb drive is formate to fat32 then boot usbloader with it usb plugged in (port closest to the edge) if it hangs looking for a hdd then your USB is questionable if not then proceed to transfer your games

GC go in a folder called games then in a folder with its game title and game id if you want to download boxart, the iso should be called game.iso and if two disc the second iso is called disc2.iso
Wii games go into a folder called wbfs and can be iso or .wbfs

I got a good video setting up a Wii with a 2tb HDD and games

YouTube Justin case Wii and yiu can watch the whole process

Sent from my LM-X120 using Tapatalk

godreborn · Oct 24, 2020

Afaik, it no longer needs to be named game.iso for disc 1. Disc 2 still needs to be named the same.

MercusMassacre · Oct 24, 2020

Maxpower5544 said:
It's best to formate to fat32 it will work for both Wii and GC games wbfs corrupts after awhile and NTFS is buggy.
Use wiibackup manager to formate for drives bigger than 32 GB and to transfer Wii games larger than 4gb. And you can use wit GameCube manager to do GameCube games if you have a large collection .
The best way to test a usb drive is formate to fat32 then boot usbloader with it usb plugged in (port closest to the edge) if it hangs looking for a hdd then your USB is questionable if not then proceed to transfer your games

GC go in a folder called games then in a folder with its game title and game id if you want to download boxart, the iso should be called game.iso and if two disc the second iso is called disc2.iso
Wii games go into a folder called wbfs and can be iso or .wbfs

I got a good video setting up a Wii with a 2tb HDD and games

YouTube Justin case Wii and yiu can watch the whole process

Sent from my LM-X120 using Tapatalk

The thing is all set up already and it gets past the HDD part. I fixed that last night. The problem now is that the games are recognized and I could play GameCube roms earlier, but after adding the .wbfs file of a Wii game to the drive, pressing a USB Loader GX app makes it hang.

Alexander1970 · Oct 24, 2020

Hello.

MercusMassacre said:
I can't use FAT32 because Wii roms are typically WAY over the 4gb cap.

This Explanation from @Maxpower5544 maybe helps you

Maxpower5544 said:
Use wiibackup manager to formate for drives bigger than 32 GB and to transfer Wii games larger than 4gb. And you can use wit GameCube manager to do GameCube games if you have a large collection .

Yes please.

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