Hacking Prevent external harddrive from going to sleep?

[Kaydoe]

My harddrive sometimes in the middle of booting a game or saving just goes to sleep?
the light stops blinking and becomes a constant green(blinks when it reads / writes) but the harddrive keeps spinning? It's powered by an AC adapter aswell

This is the message that shows up on my screen:

 

[AmandaRose]

In the System Settings go to "Data Management". Once there do not click on the on-screen buttons but instead hold down on the GamePad's D-Pad and the "+" and "-" buttons for a couple of seconds. A hidden option will show up and you can disable or re-enable the Sleep Mode on the connected HDD

 

[kumikochan]

it happenede with me 2, even with using a Y cable and disabling it in the menu. I used a powered case and it fixed it for me.

 

[Kaydoe]

In the System Settings go to "Data Management". Once there do not click on the on-screen buttons but instead hold down on the GamePad's D-Pad and the "+" and "-" buttons for a couple of seconds. A hidden option will show up and you can disable or re-enable the Sleep Mode on the connected HDD

I did that and no success. I can boot every game just fine BUT as soon as ANY damn game tries to create a save file I get that error..

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it happenede with me 2, even with using a Y cable and disabling it in the menu. I used a powered case and it fixed it for me.

I have a 1TB seagate external harddrive that has it's own AC adapter and 1 USB cable that goes into the wii U. I don't think that's the issue

 

[kumikochan]

I did that and no success. I can boot every game just fine BUT as soon as ANY damn game tries to create a save file I get that error..

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I have a 1TB seagate external harddrive that has it's own AC adapter and 1 USB cable that goes into the wii U. I don't think that's the issue

then you should disable the sleep function in the wii u menu

 

[Kaydoe]

then you should disable the sleep function in the wii u menu

Like I said I have already tried this with no success :/

 

[kumikochan]

Like I said I have already tried this with no success :/

yeah saw it 2 late sorry. Some drives have an internal sleep function i read somewhere so maybe yours has that

 

[SomecallmeBerto]

That HDD might have an internal sleep function. Try another drive.

 

[Kaydoe]

That HDD might have an internal sleep function. Try another drive.

I think you might be right but still it doesn't make sense that I can play and load any game without an issue but as soon as ANY game tries to create a save file it "disconnects".

 

[johnara]

@Kaydoe i think i have the exact same problem (but from my experience i tried staying offline and didn't get an error so far not sure how this makes sense)

 

[Kaydoe]

@Kaydoe i think i have the exact same problem (but from my experience i tried staying offline and didn't get an error so far not sure how this makes sense)

Offline? I haven't tried going online to be honest! My problem is not that it's that every time ANY game tries to create a save file my harddrive goes into sleep mode and everything crashes.

 

[kumikochan]

Offline? I haven't tried going online to be honest! My problem is not that it's that every time ANY game tries to create a save file my harddrive goes into sleep mode and everything crashes.

well for some reason my hdd did it with a couple of games after a while and with some it didn't for some reason.

 

[Kaydoe]

well for some reason my hdd did it with a couple of games after a while and with some it didn't for some reason.

And this is exactly why I am looking to buy a new external harddrive lol. No but honestly it's a good investment and a 2TB external harddrive doesn't cost more than 60-80$ nowadays and
that's nothing compared to that you can install 200+ games on it!

 

[kumikochan]

And this is exactly why I am looking to buy a new external harddrive lol. No but honestly it's a good investment and a 2TB external harddrive doesn't cost more than 60-80$ nowadays and
that's nothing compared to that you can install 200+ games on it!

yeah HDD's don't cost that much anymore compared to many years ago.

 

[Kaydoe]

yeah HDD's don't cost that much anymore compared to many years ago.

I'm looking at nintendos site for the "best" harddrives but the problem is almost every single one of them is so old that they're not being sold anymore:
http://en-americas-support.nintendo...ernal-storage-devices-can-be-used-with-wii-u?

Do you happen to know a harddrive that works perfectly for the wii u?

 

[kumikochan]

I'm looking at nintendos site for the "best" harddrives but the problem is almost every single one of them is so old that they're not being sold anymore:
http://en-americas-support.nintendo.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/1359/~/what-external-storage-devices-can-be-used-with-wii-u?

Do you happen to know a harddrive that works perfectly for the wii u?

I would say most seagates and western digital as long as it's not the green western digitals. I would go for a 3.5 western digital blue or black since you already have a case. So that would be perfect