Hacking error 160-2713 external hard drive not enough power with y-cable

[funnypoli]

I'm using a wd passport 1tb WDBYNN0010BBK-WESN drive with a y-cable to play wup installed games. It was working fine, then started getting error 160-2713, drive was disconnected or not getting enough power. I bought a new y-cable thinking that might be the issue but the problem persists. Then with the new y-cable, I even tried plugging in the usb 3.0 port into the wii u and the power usb cable to usb wall power adapter and still getting the same error.

 

[AxlSt00pid]

Go to system settings, then go to data management and then do not touch any of the two options that appear there, instead hold down on the d-pad, and the + and - buttons on your wii u gamepad for a few seconds. A dialog should appear that let's you disable sleeeping mode for HDDs, that should fix your problem

 

[funnypoli]

Error still comes up after disabling sleeping mode in data management :/

 

[AxlSt00pid]

Try to disable your HDD's sleeping mode using a PC

 

[funnypoli]

I found the software for the drive and turned off the drives own sleep mode, but the error still came up.

 

[nichtalf]

I have the same error. Also tried everything else. What can I do now?

Post automatically merged: Dec 1, 2022

I tried the exact same steps as the post creator and nothing worked for me either. Does anyone have a solution to the problem?

 

[V10lator]

I have the same error.

You're saying you have the same error on threads with completely different issues... I mean I just replied to another thread where you say you used a flash drive and the data on it corrupted, beeing certain this is no power issue but now you say you used a (mechanical) hard drive and are getting brownouts... We can't help you when you fool us...