Hacking Initialize USB Device Fix

[mattjames2717]

Hey everyone, I'm running into a problem I can't seem to find a solution for.

I'm getting the freeze at "Initialize USB Device" - I should say i have found a "solution", but it's not an ideal one. If I plug in my external hard drive and turn on the Wii U, it freezes at "Initialize USB Device" when loading USB Loader GX. Now if I plug my external HD in when the Wii U is on, it works perfectly.

I'm just going to guess the problem is with the external HD and just wondering if anyone here has a clue what the solution to this would be.

UPDATE: Alright, it also stops working it seems if my external hard drive goes into rest/sleep mode either if I don't mess with the wii u for a bit.

UPDATE 2: Okay so it actually only works if my hard drive is plugged in AFTER the Wii minu, not the Wii U menu, is booted up. So it seems there is something wrong with my hard drive being recognized when it turns off and back on.

 

[GreyWolf]

What is it? Some drive enclosures just don't get along with Wii homebrew and flash drives are very hit or miss.

If you put some homebrew in an /apps folder on it does the HBC recognize it?

 

[mattjames2717]

What is it? Some drive enclosures just don't get along with Wii homebrew and flash drives are very hit or miss.

If you put some homebrew in an /apps folder on it does the HBC recognize it?

It's a 1 TB Canvio Basics Toshiba external hard drive

I actually remember now, it was having some issues even on my computer after I used Ustealth. When I put the hard drive back to normal using the reversal built into ustealth, my computer wasn't recognizing it. So I had delete and make a new normal volume.

Do I have to make it an active partition now? Like I said, it works just find if I plug the hard drive in when it's already in the wii menu, the problem occurs if it's plugged in when it shuts and and reboots.

 

[The Real Jdbye]

Hey everyone, I'm running into a problem I can't seem to find a solution for.

I'm getting the freeze at "Initialize USB Device" - I should say i have found a "solution", but it's not an ideal one. If I plug in my external hard drive and turn on the Wii U, it freezes at "Initialize USB Device" when loading USB Loader GX. Now if I plug my external HD in when the Wii U is on, it works perfectly.

I'm just going to guess the problem is with the external HD and just wondering if anyone here has a clue what the solution to this would be.

UPDATE: Alright, it also stops working it seems if my external hard drive goes into rest/sleep mode either if I don't mess with the wii u for a bit.

UPDATE 2: Okay so it actually only works if my hard drive is plugged in AFTER the Wii minu, not the Wii U menu, is booted up. So it seems there is something wrong with my hard drive being recognized when it turns off and back on.

There is a way to disable HDD sleep in Wii U mode, try it out: http://www.ign.com/wikis/wii-u/How_to_Disable_a_Removable_HDD's_Sleep_Mode
There might also be a tool specific to your HDD to disable sleep mode completely.