Hacking USB Backup Loaders Failing to Rip Games

[SpiderSpartan]

I've had my Wii modded for years, and have been using USBLoader GX to rip and play my games to a USB drive. I got my kids Barbie & Her Sisters: Puppy Rescue and it asked for an update, even though I was on 4.3. I did some google-ing and let it do the update. Now I've been having all kinds of problems. Best I can figure it corrupted my USB drive. I started reworking everything. Redid wii.guide/cios.html. Downloaded Homebrew Browser and used that to update USBLoader GX V 30r1272 and get CFG Loader V70 249. Got a new USB drive, formatted it, and put my disc backups on there from the PC. Now I can play the backups I already had, but I cannot backup games using the loaders. Both USBLoader GX and CFG start the rip and then freeze. CFG is freezing at the exact same percentage every time, no matter how long I let it sit. It was stuck at 8.05% for a couple hours last night. Discs play fine in the wii, but I'd like to be able to load the game from USB without messing with the discs. CleanRip did appear to complete, but I'd really like something that rips to wbfs instead of split ISOs. Anyone have any idea what might be going on here? TIA

Here are my sysCheck Results

Spoiler

sysCheck v2.1.0b11 by Double_A and R2-D2199
...runs on IOS58 (rev 6176).

Region: NTSC-U
System Menu 4.3U (v513)
Priilaoder installed
Homebrew Channel 1.0.0 running on IOS0
Hollywood v0x11
Console ID: 70685792
Boot2 v4
Found 132 titles.
Found 52 IOS on this console. 5 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 512): Stub
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, Info: rev 3351): Trucha Bug, ES Identify, NAND Access
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
IOS51 (rev 4864): Stub
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
IOS62 (rev 6430): No Patches
IOS70 (rev 16174): Trucha Bug, NAND Access
IOS80 (rev 16174): Trucha Bug, NAND Access
IOS202[60] (rev 65535, Info: v5.1): Trucha Bug, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS222[38] (rev 4, Info: v0.1): Trucha Bug, ES Identify, USB 2.0
IOS223 (rev 65280): Stub
IOS224[57] (rev 65535, Info: v5.1): Trucha Bug, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS236[36] (rev 65535, Info: rev 3351): Trucha Bug, ES Identify, NAND Access
IOS247[57] (rev 65535, Info: d2x-v10beta52): Trucha Bug, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS248[56] (rev 65535, Info: d2x-v10beta52): Trucha Bug, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS249[57] (rev 65535, Info: d2x-v10beta52): Trucha Bug, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS250[56] (rev 65535, Info: d2x-v10beta52): Trucha Bug, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS251[38] (rev 65535, Info: d2x-v10beta52): Trucha Bug, ES Identify, NAND Access
IOS254 (rev 65281): BootMii
BC v6
MIOS v10

Report generated on 2021/08/18.

 

[Alexander1970]

Hello.

I've had my Wii modded for years, and have been using USBLoader GX to rip and play my games to a USB drive. I got my kids Barbie & Her Sisters: Puppy Rescue and it asked for an update, even though I was on 4.3. I did some google-ing and let it do the update. Now I've been having all kinds of problems. Best I can figure it corrupted my USB drive. I started reworking everything. Redid wii.guide/cios.html. Downloaded Homebrew Browser and used that to update USBLoader GX V 30r1272 and get CFG Loader V70 249. Got a new USB drive, formatted it, and put my disc backups on there from the PC. Now I can play the backups I already had, but I cannot backup games using the loaders. Both USBLoader GX and CFG start the rip and then freeze. CFG is freezing at the exact same percentage every time, no matter how long I let it sit. It was stuck at 8.05% for a couple hours last night. Discs play fine in the wii, but I'd like to be able to load the game from USB without messing with the discs. CleanRip did appear to complete, but I'd really like something that rips to wbfs instead of split ISOs. Anyone have any idea what might be going on here? TIA

Here are my sysCheck Results

Spoiler

sysCheck v2.1.0b11 by Double_A and R2-D2199
...runs on IOS58 (rev 6176).

Region: NTSC-U
System Menu 4.3U (v513)
Priilaoder installed
Homebrew Channel 1.0.0 running on IOS0
Hollywood v0x11
Console ID: 70685792
Boot2 v4
Found 132 titles.
Found 52 IOS on this console. 5 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 512): Stub
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, Info: rev 3351): Trucha Bug, ES Identify, NAND Access
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
IOS51 (rev 4864): Stub
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
IOS62 (rev 6430): No Patches
IOS70 (rev 16174): Trucha Bug, NAND Access
IOS80 (rev 16174): Trucha Bug, NAND Access
IOS202[60] (rev 65535, Info: v5.1): Trucha Bug, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS222[38] (rev 4, Info: v0.1): Trucha Bug, ES Identify, USB 2.0
IOS223 (rev 65280): Stub
IOS224[57] (rev 65535, Info: v5.1): Trucha Bug, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS236[36] (rev 65535, Info: rev 3351): Trucha Bug, ES Identify, NAND Access
IOS247[57] (rev 65535, Info: d2x-v10beta52): Trucha Bug, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS248[56] (rev 65535, Info: d2x-v10beta52): Trucha Bug, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS249[57] (rev 65535, Info: d2x-v10beta52): Trucha Bug, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS250[56] (rev 65535, Info: d2x-v10beta52): Trucha Bug, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS251[38] (rev 65535, Info: d2x-v10beta52): Trucha Bug, ES Identify, NAND Access
IOS254 (rev 65281): BootMii
BC v6
MIOS v10

Report generated on 2021/08/18.

Please try and change in the USB Loader GX Settings - Loader Settings the Loader´s IOS from IOS 58 to 249 and Re-Boot please.
(and please change it back after you are finished with the Ripping Process and Re-Boot please,otherwise you maybe experience Troubles with the HDD/USB Device Initialization)

Good Luck.

 

[SpiderSpartan]

Hello.



Please try and change in the USB Loader GX Settings - Loader Settings the Loader´s IOS from IOS 58 to 249 and Re-Boot please.
(and please change it back after you are finished with the Ripping Process and Re-Boot please,otherwise you maybe experience Troubles with the HDD/USB Device Initialization)

Good Luck.

Thanks. The loaders ios and game ios are both set to 249 already. Any other settings I should check?

 

[Alexander1970]

Thank you.

Thanks. The loaders ios and game ios are both set to 249 already. Any other settings I should check?

Did you have tried it with the Loader´s Setting IOS58 too maybe please ?
Did you maybe have used/tried @blackb0x Release (it is now the "official" further Developement of the USB Loader GX.
https://gbatemp.net/threads/usb-loader-gx.149922/page-1316#post-8856063

Oh,and by the Way,your USB HDD/Device is plugged into



Port 0 on your Wii ?
And is it formatted with FAT32 ?


Thank you.

 

[SpiderSpartan]

Thank you.



Did you have tried it with the Loader´s Setting IOS58 too maybe please ?
Did you maybe have used/tried @blackb0x Release (it is now the "official" further Developement of the USB Loader GX.

Oh,and by the Way,your USB HDD/Device is plugged into

View attachment 273426

Port 0 on your Wii ?
And is it formatted with FAT32 ?


Thank you.

My drive is plugged into port 0.
I just reformatted the drive to FAT32 with WiiBackupManager
I'm copying existing backups back over and when is done I'll try to rip again, then try using ios58, then try the newest blackb0x release.
Thanks for all the tips!

 

[CoolMe]

@SpiderSpartan Hey! If you have a disc drive for your PC, you can rip the wbfs file from your disc and avoid all this, or if you have iso images of your games ripped from your game discs, you can convert them into wbfs files too.

 

[SpiderSpartan]

@SpiderSpartan Hey! If you have a disc drive for your PC, you can rip the wbfs file from your disc and avoid all this, or if you have iso images of your games ripped from your game discs, you can convert them into wbfs files too.

I had an external USB disc drive for my PCs, but I can't seem to find it right now.

I formatted my USB drive to FAT32 using WiiBackupManager, tried using IOS58 on USBLoader GX, and tried using the latest USBLoader GX from blackb0x linked above. I'm starting to think it may be a hardware issue with my wii DVD drive. Guess I'll try to find my PC DVD drive and rip games that way, just a bummer to have to add steps compared to ripping directly on the Wii. Thanks for all the help guys.

 

[SpiderSpartan]

So today I picked up a new 240GB Inland SSD and a Sabrent enclosure. Plugged that into the wii and looks like I'm back in business. Guess I'll use the other drive as a backup storage so I can copy the games over in 1 shot instead of ripping them 1 by 1 if this drive ever fails. Thanks again for all the troubleshooting help, but this might have been a simple hardware issue.