By the way, I know about gbatemp wiki compatibility list of ehd and certain usb loaders.
I thought I made my mind clear when I decided to buy a western digital 120-250-320GB my passport essential in order to back up most of my games. Most people use WD my passport essential as hdds, and it seems it has great compatibility with the wii. The thing is that I was trying to get info from other sites as well, and then I read something about getting the wii USB PORTS FRIED if one uses an hdd without a power supply ( like the wd passport that only requires USB ). It never crossed my mind that this may be possible ( the energy output/input of an hdd on a wii cant be handled by the wii's usb port because they weren't made to use that way .. dunno ).
I thought most of the compatibility issues where caused by using hdds that needed a power supply, and the usb ones were more easily recognized by the wii system, but I'm not sure thats longer the case.
What type of external hard drives do you use or recommend?
Also, WD have 2 kinds of passport drives. One is the essential and one is the elite. The essential has been widely tested with positive results, while the elite one remains unknown ( in the gbatemp comaptibility list ). Will there be no difference between the 2 of them. I will just be using it to store wii isos and maybe wads.
I thought I made my mind clear when I decided to buy a western digital 120-250-320GB my passport essential in order to back up most of my games. Most people use WD my passport essential as hdds, and it seems it has great compatibility with the wii. The thing is that I was trying to get info from other sites as well, and then I read something about getting the wii USB PORTS FRIED if one uses an hdd without a power supply ( like the wd passport that only requires USB ). It never crossed my mind that this may be possible ( the energy output/input of an hdd on a wii cant be handled by the wii's usb port because they weren't made to use that way .. dunno ).
I thought most of the compatibility issues where caused by using hdds that needed a power supply, and the usb ones were more easily recognized by the wii system, but I'm not sure thats longer the case.
What type of external hard drives do you use or recommend?
Also, WD have 2 kinds of passport drives. One is the essential and one is the elite. The essential has been widely tested with positive results, while the elite one remains unknown ( in the gbatemp comaptibility list ). Will there be no difference between the 2 of them. I will just be using it to store wii isos and maybe wads.