USB Loader cant initialise new HDD: Wii!

[Nyta8591]

On my Wii I changed 120gb Kingston SSD to 232gb Toshiba HDD and USB loader fails to initialise…. When i changes IOS from 249 to 58 it initialised Toshiba HDD just fine, but games failed to load with 58…

any way to fix initialisation issue, but keep the ability to launch games? This looks like an IOS issue with 249 (also tried 248) preventing HDD to initialise?

 

[morning_glory]

https://gbatemp.net/threads/installing-ios-249-help.545635/

Start from where XFlak enters the thread.
Sounds like you have more than 1 conflict.

 

[Nyta8591]

https://gbatemp.net/threads/installing-ios-249-help.545635/

Start from where XFlak enters the thread.
Sounds like you have more than 1 conflict.

Thanks, but i already installed 249 via d2x, how does this thread help?

Post automatically merged: Jul 27, 2023

Also my SSD and USB initialise just fine, but specifically with HDD there is this problem…

 

[matto21]

Thanks, but i already installed 249 via d2x, how does this thread help?

Post automatically merged: Jul 27, 2023

Also my SSD and USB initialise just fine, but specifically with HDD there is this problem…

HDD and a Toshiba Store.E ALU

 

[morning_glory]

Thanks, but i already installed 249 via d2x, how does this thread help?

Have a read of what XFlak's ModMii offers & how it can help you solve your Wii problem settings.

 

[jared_core]

My problem is same. After years I updated Priiloader, Nintendont and other Apps. I installed via Homebrew browser.

Priiloader still autoboots the USB Loader GX as its installed file but the loader doesn't initialise my USB-Hdd like before. The SD-Card mode is now always on and must be disabled by hand. After that I have to initialise USB by hand and can then return to the list and choose a game.


I reformated my SD-Card, redownloaded USB-Loader GX and put just that on the SD-Card. The problem persists. So I guess that the problem is not caused by the SD-Card or its contents but by something on the Wii or my USB-Hdd. The Hdd is NTFS formated but worked fine until recently.

Some other oddities are occuring like Mario Kart Wii doesn't support my GC Controller in Port 1 anymore.

As a second step I appended SysCheck ME v2.5.0 and it came up with this:

Spoiler: SysCheck.csv

SysCheck ME v2.5.0 von blackb0x	JoostinOnline	Double_A	R2-D2199 und Nano
...laeuft auf dem IOS58 (rev 6176).
Region: PAL
Systemmenue 4.1E (v450)
Priiloader installiert
Laufwerksdatum: 13.02.2007
Homebrewkanal 1.1.2 benutzt IOS58
Hollywood v0x11
Konsolen-ID: 122844192
Konsolentyp: Wii
Shop-Kanal-Land: Germany (78)
Boot2 v4
Es wurden 307 Titel gefunden.
Es wurden 55 IOS gefunden	von denen 6 funktionslos (Stub) sind.
IOS3 (rev 65280): Funktionslos (Stub)
IOS4 (rev 65280): Funktionslos (Stub)
IOS9 (rev 1034): Keine Patches
IOS10 (rev 768): Funktionslos (Stub)
IOS11[60] (rev 65535	Info: rev 6174): Trucha Bug
IOS12 (rev 526): Keine Patches
IOS13 (rev 1032): Keine Patches
IOS14 (rev 1032): Keine Patches
IOS15 (rev 1032): Keine Patches
IOS16 (rev 512): Funktionslos (Stub)
IOS17 (rev 1032): Keine Patches
IOS20[60] (rev 65535	Info: rev 6174): Trucha Bug
IOS21 (rev 1039): Keine Patches
IOS22 (rev 1294): Keine Patches
IOS28 (rev 1807): Keine Patches
IOS30[60] (rev 65535	Info: rev 6174): Trucha Bug
IOS31 (rev 3608): Keine Patches
IOS33 (rev 3608): Keine Patches
IOS34 (rev 3608): Keine Patches
IOS35 (rev 3608): Keine Patches
IOS36 (rev 3608	Info: rev 3351): Trucha Bug	ES Identify	NAND Zugriff
IOS37 (rev 5663): Keine Patches
IOS38 (rev 4124): Keine Patches
IOS40[60] (rev 65535	Info: rev 6174): Trucha Bug
IOS41 (rev 3607): Keine Patches
IOS43 (rev 3607): Keine Patches
IOS45 (rev 3607): Keine Patches
IOS46 (rev 3607): Keine Patches
IOS48 (rev 4124): Keine Patches
IOS50[60] (rev 65535	Info: rev 6174): Trucha Bug
IOS51 (rev 4864): Funktionslos (Stub)
IOS52 (rev 5888): Funktionslos (Stub)
IOS53 (rev 5663): Keine Patches
IOS55 (rev 5663): Keine Patches
IOS56 (rev 5662): Keine Patches
IOS57 (rev 5919): Keine Patches
IOS58 (rev 6176): USB 2.0
IOS60 (rev 65535	Info: rev 6174): Trucha Bug
IOS61 (rev 5662): Keine Patches
IOS62 (rev 6430): Keine Patches
IOS70[60] (rev 65535	Info: rev 6174): Trucha Bug
IOS80[60] (rev 65535	Info: rev 6174): Trucha Bug
IOS202[60] (rev 65535	Info: hermes-v5.1): Trucha Bug	NAND Zugriff	USB 2.0
IOS222[38] (rev 65535	Info: hermes-v5.1): Trucha Bug	ES Identify	NAND Zugriff	USB 2.0
IOS223[37] (rev 65535	Info: hermes-v5.1): Trucha Bug	NAND Zugriff	USB 2.0
IOS224[57] (rev 65535	Info: hermes-v5.1): Trucha Bug	NAND Zugriff	USB 2.0
IOS236[36] (rev 65535	Info: rev 3351): Trucha Bug	ES Identify	NAND Zugriff
IOS245[37] (rev 21008	Info: d2x-v8final): Trucha Bug	NAND Zugriff	USB 2.0
IOS246[38] (rev 21008	Info: d2x-v8final): Trucha Bug	ES Identify	NAND Zugriff
IOS247[53] (rev 21008	Info: d2x-v8final): Trucha Bug	NAND Zugriff	USB 2.0
IOS248[55] (rev 21008	Info: d2x-v8final): Trucha Bug	NAND Zugriff	USB 2.0
IOS249[56] (rev 21011	Info: d2x-v11beta1): Trucha Bug	NAND Zugriff	USB 2.0
IOS250[57] (rev 21011	Info: d2x-v11beta1): Trucha Bug	NAND Zugriff	USB 2.0
IOS251[38] (rev 21011	Info: d2x-v11beta1): Trucha Bug	ES Identify	NAND Zugriff
IOS254 (rev 65281): BootMii
BC v6
MIOS v10 (DIOS MIOS Lite 2.11+)
Bericht wurde am 01.01.2024 generiert.

and

Spoiler: IOSsyscheck.log

IOS257 base hash:

b0 73 c2 07, 1d 06 16 2c, 61 9d 88 bd, cc 79 7d cf, 3c d9 0b ee


IOS256 base hash:

13 e3 c6 06, f7 17 eb 3c, ac 5b 06 9a, 36 55 44 52, f0 9f 85 99


IOS224 base hash:

b4 cb 96 03, 12 6c e0 c9, 5c 8b 81 19, b9 0e 29 28, 2e 03 a9 4e


IOS223 base hash:

b7 f4 e6 a7, cd d0 52 09, 3a 49 59 8c, a1 07 83 0e, 12 48 bd 7a


IOS222 base hash:

7d 74 7b 22, e7 0c ec f9, d5 59 81 c4, c8 d7 62 fb, e3 6e 5c d6


IOS202 base hash:

dd 7e 23 94, ed e4 c8 58, 72 3d 42 63, bd 23 1b be, 3b a4 ce b0


IOS62 base hash:

fd ec 3a 1e, 78 06 60 7d, ef d3 eb ae, 08 5a 07 4b, 72 2a 91 5d


IOS61 base hash:

b3 49 36 e7, 5f de 34 48, 4f a9 1a 5a, 49 62 6e 6a, c7 b6 7e 81


IOS58 base hash:

36 32 55 b4, 14 5b 27 94, 53 b6 17 d0, a7 c4 ff 4a, af 65 68 6a


IOS57 base hash:

7c 4d 32 12, 3e ae 92 93, 9b 71 03 c2, 92 f8 15 f5, c3 48 7e 83


IOS56 base hash:

4d 66 3a 6f, 60 9e 22 f5, 72 26 9e 2e, 72 31 e8 9b, cc 0f e9 07


IOS55 base hash:

e2 70 ed 04, 64 6b fb c4, b9 a2 a4 63, 25 2e b7 af, a7 3a 32 bb


IOS53 base hash:

1e 9d b0 86, c6 4d d0 8d, 13 f4 e3 92, ab 7b f4 dd, 0e ca 17 46


IOS48 base hash:

67 89 94 8e, 33 79 39 54, 58 ae c1 49, f1 fe 5a da, ae a6 8b 31


IOS46 base hash:

9b 57 af 9a, 72 bf 04 c1, cd ef 04 81, bb f3 06 6a, ce a9 91 26


IOS45 base hash:

14 d8 ab c3, d9 f6 ab 4b, 31 39 58 7f, 17 28 20 75, 11 fd 96 38


IOS43 base hash:

60 ac 10 92, f2 70 d1 d1, 16 a7 ff 6a, dd 8e d2 0c, be 0f 36 9b


IOS41 base hash:

25 cd 31 90, fe 11 70 55, ab c4 ad 4a, de d2 28 94, 2b bb 84 0f


IOS38 base hash:

12 1a 3b b5, ad 91 77 62, 96 b4 37 38, ba 77 2f e3, 03 8b d4 e7


IOS37 base hash:

7d 87 15 ef, ef 93 78 d6, 56 13 f5 ec, 5d ab c7 f9, e3 c6 47 2b


IOS35 base hash:

60 9c 2c b3, 44 de 9e a7, cc ae 48 07, 5a 16 5f c4, 66 2b 6c 3b


IOS34 base hash:

62 60 18 63, ea 04 1d 43, e5 ee 04 7d, 06 6b 2d ff, 24 13 cc ab


IOS33 base hash:

e2 0a 3d a7, 30 3c 5b 39, 0f 89 de 27, 24 41 03 4e, 67 75 9e 3a


IOS31 base hash:

b0 21 51 e0, 0b 32 4e 25, 85 de 0c c2, 77 07 9f 73, c1 eb 44 a1


IOS28 base hash:

21 57 7a c6, 65 4c 47 10, 0d 67 cb 03, a4 44 4e 2e, fe 71 1d 29


IOS22 base hash:

54 14 df d3, 49 10 48 e3, b4 03 c5 ab, c7 5a df 17, fc 18 65 e0


IOS21 base hash:

80 ab e8 9d, 4b af 0a 95, dd c6 7c 32, 60 33 0f a3, 8a 92 8c 14


IOS17 base hash:

73 6f d6 2f, db 45 55 8b, 4c 9e 6d 37, b3 57 66 d7, e8 16 4d 20


IOS15 base hash:

5e 40 65 67, 79 a7 93 ab, 71 8b be 19, 4a fb 04 ae, c5 a2 3e be


IOS14 base hash:

b4 5d 44 1d, 0f e5 8e ea, c0 87 14 91, 39 95 d6 2d, d0 6f 0f bd


IOS13 base hash:

9e 19 ba 2b, b1 fa 36 14, cf a4 ae 56, 3e ac 58 b5, 73 31 3f 21


IOS12 base hash:

5c a9 08 6c, 3e 1b e7 78, 22 9d ff f3, 1c bb 08 71, fa 50 01 11


IOS9 base hash:

a2 a2 09 0d, db a5 d3 99, db 15 55 af, 44 36 ba 34, d7 d2 4c 36

What causes this and how do I continue troubleshooting? Should I already seriously consider to remove the softmod and start over?

PS:
I dropped the SysCheck.csv into ModMii and it returned this:

Spoiler: ModMii recommended wads

Here's your unique list of 12 WADs to install:

1. cIOS248[38]-d2x-v11-beta1
2. cIOS251[58]-d2x-v11-beta1
3. IOS11v65535(IOS60v6174[FS-ES-NP-VP-DIP-RC24])
4. IOS20v65535(IOS60v6174[FS-ES-NP-VP-DIP-RC24])
5. IOS30v65535(IOS60v6174[FS-ES-NP-VP-DIP-RC24])
6. IOS36-64-v3608
7. IOS40v65535(IOS60v6174[FS-ES-NP-VP-DIP-RC24])
8. IOS50v65535(IOS60v6174[FS-ES-NP-VP-DIP-RC24])
9. IOS52v65535(IOS60v6174[FS-ES-NP-VP-DIP-RC24])
10. IOS60v65535(IOS60v6174[FS-ES-NP-VP-DIP-RC24])
11. IOS70v65535(IOS60v6174[FS-ES-NP-VP-DIP-RC24])
12. IOS80v65535(IOS60v6174[FS-ES-NP-VP-DIP-RC24])

You have some extra IOSs installed on your Wii that are unnecessary. Optionally recover some space by navigating to the WAD/STUBS folder and repeating the steps above to install the 9 stub IOS WADs below.

1. STUB-IOS3-64-v404
2. STUB-IOS4-64-v404
3. STUB-IOS10-64-v404
4. STUB-IOS16-64-v404
5. STUB-IOS51-64-v404
6. STUB-IOS202-64-v404
7. STUB-IOS222-64-v404
8. STUB-IOS223-64-v404
9. STUB-IOS224-64-v404

Would you recommend to install these, too?

PPS:
I just tried to put the /apps folder from SD to my USB drive and start the Wii without SD inserted. Now it starts the Loader GX file installed in Priiloader but the USB cannot be initiaised. Not even by hand by clicking on Game/Install Partition under Hard Drive Settings.
And if I set Priiloader to boot to systerm menu and start homebrew channel from there I press "1" and select USB-Drive, the Wii crashes and I have to hold the power button to shut it down.

 

[Exidous]

It looks like ModMii is telling you to install modern hacks: CIOS 248 and 251, and replace the likely older-CIOS that are in your stock IOS slots. Presumably, this Wii was hacked a long time ago.

It's not clear that this step would fix your issues, but it's a very low effort potential solution thanks to ModMii.

As for the hard drive, it might be starting to fail. If you saw a change in performance (before you changed any configuration).

If you think it's a configuration issue, the prevailing wisdom today is FAT32, 32k cluster size for a Wii's hard drive (WiiBackupManager can do this).

My recollection is that USBLoaderGX has a default IOS that it uses, which bears on its USB functionality. Double check its setting to make sure it is using the correct (c)IOS - which will almost certainly be one of the 24x/25x that ModMii wants to install.

 

[jared_core]

Thank you for the answer.
I will apply the updates and check again. Then try another USB-Hdd. I prefer to keep NTFS so I don't have to split images.

Edit:
I applied the wads and Stubs that Modmii suggested. Further did I connect the Hdd to my pc an ran extensive SMART check under Linux Mint. The result was all fine with the Hdd. After both actions the Hdd was recognised and initialised right from the start.
Hurra.

Sadly some minor inconveniences remain but I will open different threads for it.