Hacking Post the model of HDD's you've used with Dios-Mios

[PolloDiablo]

- Western Digital
- 1 TB
- MyBook Essential WDBAAF0010HBK
- Hard Drive enclosure (with an WD10EADS Caviar Green)
- Separate Power
- Is it working with Dios-Mios
- doesn't work properly with SNEEK/UNEEK (if that matters)
- works with WODE
- I've set the idle timer off
- USB 2.0

 

[Rydian]

• WD
• 320GB
• Elements
• WDBAAR3200ABK-NESN (WD 3200BEV External USB Device)
• USB powered, single cable.
• HDD in an enclosure.
• 2.5" form factor, I assume.
• A single white LED to indicate power/activity.
• Yes.
• 2.0

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002CZQ4GK
That's the exact entry I orded, as linked from the GBATemp main USB devices compatibility list for the Wii.
http://wiki.gbatemp.net/wiki/USB_Devices_Compatibility_List#320GB

 

[HomebrewEnthusiast109876]

Yes it is, mine is silver but from the same series. Your link to newegg have a good price, I've paid approximately 155 USD.

http://gamehot8668.ecrater.com/p/17626211/wd-my-passport-2tb-external

And if you poke around they have it in silver too!

 

[scooby74029]

-WD 750 gig (western digital my passport)
-setup for uneek (32 cluster)
-not working with DM(in uneek only)(real nand untested)
-usb2.0

uneek works just fine yet it is very slow to boot up which may be my problem i also have a few usb sticks that i will try and report back also with the model of the WD 750 gig HD

@linkfan16 thanks i should have stated that

ok update with real nand dios mios is working great
using dios mios booter
- giest working
- sonic adventures dx working
- burnout 2 working

will update more games when i get a chance to test some more of them

 

[OmniShadow]

-Verbatium
- 500GB
- SmartDisk
- 96570
- separate power
- Enclosed HDD
- 3.5"
- black brick sized enclosure. very sturdy. has fallen on more than one occasion (thanks cat...)
- works with DIOS MIOS (metroid prime, starfox assault, zelda wind waker, mario sunshine, luigis mansion tested and work) no problems running wii games.
- USB 2.0
- fat32 default allocation size

my friends I help setup.

- Seagate
- 640GB
- FreeAgent Go
- ST906403FAA2E1-RK
- USB powered
- Enclosed HDD
- 2.5"
- Nice and quiet. Runs wii game no problems.
- works with DIOS MIOS (only Wind Waker was tested)
- USB 2.0
- fat32 default allocation size

Both use CFG USB loader. and DIOSMIOSv2.0

 

[coffincolors]

Xbox 360 hard drive with an Xbox transfer cable works perfectly. I just for formatted with the windows disk manager. If I run into any issues with with dios mios 2.9 I'll update this but as it stands it works with all the GameCube games I've tried. (Windwaker, Sonic Adventure 2/DX, Skies of Arcadia, Animal Crossing, Mario Sunshine, Melee)

 

[icw35]

Samsung G2 Portable
640GB
P/N:HX-MU064DC/GB
Made in Korea

So far works with everything I've thrown at it.

 

[bostonBC]

- Seagate Expansion
- 2 and 3TB drives
- Expansion
- 1D7AP2-500 (2TB) & 1D7AP3-500 (3TB)
- separate power from wall
- External stand alone drive
- 7x5x1.5"
- Is it working for you with Dios-Mios? No, not working - doesn't even get to boot logo
- USB 2.0 / 3.0 - stock on these drives is USB 3.0 but I tried it with a USB 2.0 cable as well and it didn't work


- Western Digital
- 500GB
- Elements
- WDBAAR500ABK-00
- USB Powered
- External stand alone drive
- 5x3x.5"
- Is it working for you with Dios-Mios? Yes
- USB 2.0

 

[Gun Slinger Boy]

- brand: Staples Relay
- size 4GB advertised, 3.79 actual
- model name: Micro Blue
- model number: Says 21873, and 80-56-10407-004G
- separate power or USB powered: USB powered
- Is it a stand-alone hard drive, IDE/SATA adapter, or hard drive enclosure ... or even a flash drive ?: Flash.
- Physical size: USB takes up most of it, there's about six or so milimeters sticking out of the Wii and it's about 1.5CM or so in total size
- other physical description: Here's a picture

- Is it working for you with Dios-Mios? <-- this is an important one: Yes
- USB 2.0 / 3.0: 2.0

 

[jaydeekay]

Western Digital My Passport http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822236196
I use a 1TB drive myself but when fixing up systems for friends they've used the 500GB versions
My Passport
WDBBEP0010BBL-NESN
USB powered
Stand-Alone HDD
2.5
Works with every Dios-Mios version I've thrown at it on the real NAND. Never messed with sneek/uneek though.
USB 2.0 / 3.0 Some older models are just 2.0 but most newer ones are 3.0


They're nice, compact drives that don't spindown in any tests I've run. Always worked great for me.

 

[nakata6790]

FAT 32 formatted, Primary, Active
3.5'', external HDD, plug powered
Works with DM 2.0 perfectly, and with everything else too.


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FAT 32 formatted, Primary, Active
2.5'', external HDD, USB cable powered
Doesn't work with DM 2.0, it blackscreens immediately (not even the DM logo is shown, sigh...)
Works with Devolution, USBL GX (Wii retail, emunand for VC & Wiiware, Devo for GC), WiiMC and every homebrew i've ever thrown at it

 

[KHANV1CT]

- Toshiba
- 1TB
- MQ01ABDxxx
- MQ01ABD100
- USB powered
- 2.5" HDD Enclosure from Ultra P/N: ULT40243 [TigerDirect]
- 2.5"
- 5400rpm, 8MB cache, 512b host sector, good load times
- Working with Dios Mios (every game I've tried so far)
- Wii games work great as well
- USB 2.0

 

[Motobug]

Mine is a 16GB PNY Flash Drive, works with DIOS-MIOS, usb powered, fairly small, USB 2.0.

 

[nukeboy95]

some cheap 50 pin to usb converter and a 120hdd (dont know brand)

 

[the_randomizer]

Western Digital My Passport http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822236196
I use a 1TB drive myself but when fixing up systems for friends they've used the 500GB versions
My Passport
WDBBEP0010BBL-NESN
USB powered
Stand-Alone HDD
2.5
Works with every Dios-Mios version I've thrown at it on the real NAND. Never messed with sneek/uneek though.
USB 2.0 / 3.0 Some older models are just 2.0 but most newer ones are 3.0


They're nice, compact drives that don't spindown in any tests I've run. Always worked great for me.

Same type of drive as I have, but the 500 GB version, shiny black model. Very, very reliable, I like Western Digital's stuff.

 

[momin]

-Seagate Expansion 1 TB 2.5"
- 1 TB
- Expansion
- USB powered
- 2.5"
- Is it working for you with Dios-Mios? No, not working - frozen on GC logo
- USB 2.0 / 3.0

- Iomega Prestige 1TB Portable USB 3.0 - 2.5"
- 1TB
- Prestige
- USB Powered
- 2.5''
- Is it working for you with Dios-Mios? No, not working
- USB 2.0 / 3.0

-Toshiba STOR.E EDITION 1TB 2.5"
- 1TB
- STOR.E EDITION
- USB Powered
- 2.5''
- Is it working for you with Dios-Mios? Yes, works perfectly
- USB 2.0 / 3.0
-Toshiba STOR.E EDITION 1TB 2.5"
- 1TB
- STOR.E EDITION
- USB Powered
- 2.5''
- Is it working for you with Dios-Mios? Yes, works perfectly
- USB 2.0 / 3.0

-Western Digital (WD) Elements SE Portable 1TB 2.5''
-1TB
- Elements SE Portable
- USB Powered
- 2.5''
- Is it working for you with Dios-Mios? Yes, works perfectly
- USB 2.0

 

[George35000vr]

Western Digital (WD)
-500GB
-Elements
-WDBPCK5000ABK-EESN
-USB Powered
-Stand-Alone HDD
-2.5''
-Yes, works perfectly.
-USB 3.0

 

[snazzify]

- SanDisk
- 32GB
- SanDisk Cruzer 32GB
- SDCZ36-032G
- USB powered
- flash drive
- Dimensions: 2.37 x 0.82 x 0.44 in. (60.20 x 20.83 x 11.18 mm)
- Is it working for you with Dios-Mios? YES
- USB 2.0

I've already tried both the DML(2.10) and Dios-Mios (2.10) on USBLoader GX 3.0 and I've been playing Animal Crossing, Pikmin, and Pikmin 2 without any problem. My only wish is for the NMM to work.

note: My usb flash drive is partitioned into two different file system. The first one is Fat32 for gamecube games and the other one is NTFS for Wii games.

 

[lastninjagaijin]

So why isn't anyone using or reporting on internal hdds/enclosures?

Why do people still use these 'external' hdds when an internal hdd in enclosure is such a better (and usually same cost) option???

Used a WD black FAEX 1TB in a Stardom iTank i310 enclosure for my white old Wii.. used same on my new black Wii before getting the white for GC.. - vc, ww, gc & wii games worked great.. pretty sure need to update my softmod/apps though by now, a year old..

Now using a WD blue 10EZEX drive in a Vantec Nexstar USB2/esata enclosure for my mate's old white Wii.. had Wii games work so far on this drive, still sorting out GC + ww/vc - will update once confirmed whether or not working for GC

As for SD cards, been using a 2GB verbatim SD, now my primary SD. Using a no-name old 1GB SD for my mate's Wii and just bought a 2GB sandisk Wii branded SD to replace the 1GB (was using this for my black wii modding, I have two wiis and now working on a mate's wii too). Never tried DML or SD loading of GC.

 

[shadoom]

Hama 8GB USB Pendrive
USB Powered
Fat32
32kb Cluster
Primary
Active
Doesn't get recognized by the WII

Western Digital My Book Essentials 3.0
3TB
Seperate Power
Stand Alone Hard Drive (But openable)
3.5"
Fat32
32kb Cluster
Primary
Active
Doesn't get recognized by the WII
USB 3.0



A.C. Ryan Alu box USB 2.0
Seperate Power
Hard Drive Enclosure
3.5"
USB2.0

Generic USB 3.0 (http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B0099P4F5I/ref=oh_details_o02_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1)
Seperate Power
Hard Drive Enclosure
3.5"
USB3.0


I ran all 3 Enclosures with these 2 drives
WD Caviar SE WD2500
Seagate Barracuda ES 400GB

Both with:
Fat32
32kb Cluster
Primary
Active

Both get BlackScreens when starting NGC games. only 20-30% of the times I start a NGC game it works.