Hacking External HDD help.

[AerosolSP]

I used some file recovery software that saved some information to my portable hdd, knowing it might cause some damage. I think it might have, cause since then, whenever I plug my hdd into my wii, the hard drive just beeps annoyingly, and nothing on the Wii will detect the HDD.

Now, I've formatted and reformatted the thing as FAT32 (even with a low-level format) and still nothing, leading me to wonder if something's up with my Wii. Well, that and the fact that the HDD works fine as far as I can reckon on Windows. I did just install a crapton of wads for the latest NeoGamma so that I get all of it's benefits. Nothing went wrong till I used the file recovery software but...you never know. So here's my sysCheck!

sysCheck v2.0.1 by Double_A
...runs on IOS58 (rev 6176).

Region: NTSC-U
System Menu 4.1U (v449)
Hollywood v0x11
Console ID: 61193160
Boot2 v3

Found 107 titles.
Found 50 IOS on this console. 2 of them are stub.

IOS4 (rev 65280): Stub
IOS9 (rev 1034): No Patches
IOS10 (rev 768): Stub
IOS11 (rev 16174): Trucha Bug, NAND Access
IOS12 (rev 526): No Patches
IOS13 (rev 1032): No Patches
IOS14 (rev 1032): No Patches
IOS15 (rev 1032): No Patches
IOS16 (rev 54321): Trucha Bug, ES Identify, Flash Access, NAND Access
IOS17 (rev 1032): No Patches
IOS20 (rev 16174): Trucha Bug, NAND Access
IOS21 (rev 1039): No Patches
IOS22 (rev 1294): No Patches
IOS28 (rev 1807): No Patches
IOS30 (rev 16174): Trucha Bug, NAND Access
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 16174): Trucha Bug, NAND Access
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 16174): Trucha Bug, NAND Access
IOS52 (rev 16174): Trucha Bug, NAND Access
IOS53 (rev 5663): No Patches
IOS55 (rev 5663): No Patches
IOS56 (rev 5662): No Patches
IOS57 (rev 5919): No Patches
IOS58 (rev 6176): No Patches
IOS60 (rev 16174): Trucha Bug, NAND Access
IOS61 (rev 5662): No Patches
IOS70 (rev 16174): Trucha Bug, NAND Access
IOS80 (rev 16174): Trucha Bug, NAND Access
IOS90 (rev 54321): Trucha Bug
IOS202 (rev 65535): Trucha Bug, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS222 (rev 4): Trucha Bug, ES Identify, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS223 (rev 4): Trucha Bug, ES Identify, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS224 (rev 65535): Trucha Bug, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS236 (rev 54321): Trucha Bug, ES Identify, NAND Access
IOS247 (rev 65535): Trucha Bug, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS248 (rev 65535): Trucha Bug, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS249 (rev 21006): Trucha Bug, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS250 (rev 21006): Trucha Bug, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS254 (rev 65281): BootMii
BC v5
MIOS v10

Report generated on 2011/12/13.

So. Ideas guys?

 

[Hielkenator]

Why would you install anything especially for NEOGAMMA?
Basic softmod is all you need for ANY loader.
So that's overkilling...

Neogamma does'nt handle FAT32 drives, only .wbfs formatted ones.

Please use the latest version of Syscheck.
Did you set the cluster size to 32?
Did you set it as a active partition?
What did you use to format it with? I recommend the fat32 gui tool.
Make sure it's NOT in xfat. ( windows 7 )

A beeping HDD often is an indication of bad hardware, in this case your HDD or Wii.

 

[junkerde]

NTSF is where its at

 

[shortz1994]

NTSF is where its at

??? what?? i think you meant to say fat32 is where it's at. ntfs sucks, most of the loaders work better with ntfs, an you get the benafits of using the hdd for most if not all the homebrew. also if your planning on using any of the variations of *neek. it doesn't work with ntfs. the list goes on but i will not list them all.
i never used neo so i can't really comment on that part. but IMPO.. wbfs, as a format for hdd is dead. ntfs, is on life support.

 

[XFlak]

??? what?? i think you meant to say fat32 is where it's at. ntfs sucks, most of the loaders work better with ntfsFAT32, an you get the benafits of using the hdd for most if not all the homebrew. also if your planning on using any of the variations of *neek. it doesn't work with ntfs. the list goes on but i will not list them all.
i never used neo so i can't really comment on that part. but IMPO.. wbfs, as a format for hdd is dead. ntfs, is on life support.

 

[AerosolSP]

Why would you install anything especially for NEOGAMMA?
Basic softmod is all you need for ANY loader.
So that's overkilling...

Neogamma does'nt handle FAT32 drives, only .wbfs formatted ones.

Please use the latest version of Syscheck.
Did you set the cluster size to 32?
Did you set it as a active partition?
What did you use to format it with? I recommend the fat32 gui tool.
Make sure it's NOT in xfat. ( windows 7 )

A beeping HDD often is an indication of bad hardware, in this case your HDD or Wii.

About NeoGamma. My hdd HAD a wbfs partition. That's why I mentioned that it wouldn't detect the HDD. And I also softmodded my wii a long(ish) time ago. I was missing some stuff that the version of NeoGamma I was upgrading to needed in order to use some new features it had. And I was using NeoGamma because USB Loader GX stopped detecting new games that I added to the drive for some mysterious reason. Figured I'd just try something else.

In any event, I've formatted the entire hdd (deleted partitions and all!) with fat32 (using easeus partition master first, then something else thinking that the master boot record might be borked) and I still have the beeping problem. I'm going to pick up a new 2.5in SATA enclosure tomorrow, because one of the formatters I used listed the firmware and serial number of the drive as 0000000, but the hdd itself works perfectly fine in windows. No beeping at all. So I'm starting to think that the enclosure messed up somehow...I don't know how, however.

Here's a sysCheck with the latest version used.

sysCheck v2.1.0b14 by Double_A and R2-D2199
...runs on IOS58 (rev 6176).


Region: NTSC-U
System Menu 4.1U (v449)
Priilaoder installed
The drive supports DVDs
Homebrew Channel 1.0.8 running on IOS58
Hollywood v0x11
Console ID: 61193160
Boot2 v3
Found 107 titles.
Found 50 IOS on this console. 2 of them are stub.


IOS4 (rev 65280): Stub
IOS9 (rev 1034): No Patches
IOS10 (rev 768): Stub
IOS11 (rev 16174): Trucha Bug, NAND Access
IOS12 (rev 526): No Patches
IOS13 (rev 1032): No Patches
IOS14 (rev 1032): No Patches
IOS15 (rev 1032): No Patches
IOS16 (rev 54321): Trucha Bug, ES Identify, Flash Access, NAND Access
IOS17 (rev 1032): No Patches
IOS20 (rev 16174): Trucha Bug, NAND Access
IOS21 (rev 1039): No Patches
IOS22 (rev 1294): No Patches
IOS28 (rev 1807): No Patches
IOS30 (rev 16174): Trucha Bug, NAND Access
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 16174): Trucha Bug, NAND Access
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 16174): Trucha Bug, NAND Access
IOS52 (rev 16174): Trucha Bug, NAND Access
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 16174): Trucha Bug, NAND Access
IOS61 (rev 5662): No Patches
IOS70 (rev 16174): Trucha Bug, NAND Access
IOS80 (rev 16174): Trucha Bug, NAND Access
IOS90 (rev 54321): Trucha Bug
IOS202[60] (rev 65535, Info: hermes-v5.1): Trucha Bug, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS222[38] (rev 4, Info: hermes-v4.0): Trucha Bug, ES Identify, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS223[38] (rev 4, Info: hermes-v4.0): Trucha Bug, ES Identify, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS224[37] (rev 65535, Info: hermes-v5.1): Trucha Bug, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS236 (rev 54321): Trucha Bug, ES Identify, NAND Access
IOS247 (rev 65535): Trucha Bug, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS248 (rev 65535): Trucha Bug, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS249[56] (rev 21006, Info: d2x-v6): Trucha Bug, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS250[57] (rev 21006, Info: d2x-v6): Trucha Bug, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS254 (rev 65281): BootMii
BC v5
MIOS v10


Report generated on 2011/12/15.

I did have this sysCheck in a CODE box but....it got filled with garbage tags for no reason. Dunno what's up there.

 

[Hielkenator]

Aside from your HDD problem, your softmods aren't up to date.

Use Modmii to get up to date with all mods.
http://gbatemp.net/topic/207126-modmii-for-windows/

I hope you get things sorted with your HDD.

 

[AerosolSP]

A new casing for the hdd solved my issue. Thanks guys!

Oh and I used modmii to update everything. Thanks again!

 

[Hielkenator]

Good to know you guys sorted it out!