USB Loader GX - Loads GC In SD Mode Only

[PhiloceraptorEh]

Had been running everything off of SD card since 2023 without a problem. Recently freed up an HD so packed it full of wii backups as well as gamecube backups. That's when the trouble started and GC games stopped loading at all, even though they loaded without issue in Nintendont directly from SD or USB drive. My apps are still on the SD card.

Stopped loading = goes to a black screen that never resolves. Left it for up to 30 minutes.

Ultimately I can run GC games when USBLoader is in SD Card Mode. I can not however load them when SD card mode is off, even though the path is correctly set to the SD Card in the Path and Nintendont settings. To be thorough I've set both SD and Main path to the SD card folder.

I can run Wii games without issue off of the HD, but I can't access the HD while USBloader is in SD mode. So ultimately it's just annoying I can't work with the whole menu across the SD Card and HD at the same time, especially seeing how the GC titles appear in the menu (though won't load) with the HD enabled.

USB Uploader GX is a fresh install of the newest version, as is Nintendont. cIOS's should be up to date as I went through a full new ModMii softmod as a part of my troubleshooting, and I get no new cIOS flags reviewing the Systemchek.csv after a recent update.

Any ideas on how to resolve this?

 

[jeannotte]

Hello,

Please post a syscheck report here.

SD card and external hard drive ==> FAT32?

GX USB loader ==> V1281 or V1282?

From the GX settings ==> have you changed the disk settings ==> to SD or USB mode?

 

[XFlak]

Maybe just renaming or erased your apps/usbloader_gx folder, then do a full fresh reinstall. Modmii just updates/overwrites any older versions if detected, leaving other config files untouched. In some cases those leftovers may cause issues, most of which I think have been addressed by the new new private build of gx (or so I've heard). This may or may not have been applicable in your case, but worth a shot.

That plus a syscheck would be a good start

 

[PhiloceraptorEh]

Hello,

Please post a syscheck report here.

SD card and external hard drive ==> FAT32?

GX USB loader ==> V1281 or V1282?

From the GX settings ==> have you changed the disk settings ==> to SD or USB mode?

SD Card and USB = Fat32
GX USB loader = V1282
GX Settings -> So if I want to run GC games off SD, I gotta be in SD mode - in which case, I can't access the USB. So I've been switching back and forth as necessary to access GC or Wii games.

SysCheck ME v2.5.0 by blackb0x	JoostinOnline	Double_A	R2-D2199 and Nano
...runs on IOS58 (rev 6176).
Region: NTSC-U
System Menu 4.3U (v513)
Priiloader installed
Drive date: 02.13.2007
Homebrew Channel 1.1.2 running on IOS58
Hollywood v0x11
Console ID: 54419745
Console Type: Wii
Shop Channel Country: Canada (18)
Boot2 v4
Found 112 titles.
Found 48 IOS on this console. 6 of them are stubs.
IOS4 (rev 65280): Stub
IOS9 (rev 1034): No Patches
IOS10 (rev 768): Stub
IOS11[60] (rev 65535	Info: ModMii-IOS60-v6174): 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[60] (rev 65535	Info: ModMii-IOS60-v6174): Trucha Bug	NAND Access
IOS21 (rev 1039): No Patches
IOS22 (rev 1294): No Patches
IOS28 (rev 1807): No Patches
IOS30[60] (rev 65535	Info: ModMii-IOS60-v6174): 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): No Patches
IOS37 (rev 5663): No Patches
IOS38 (rev 4124): No Patches
IOS40[60] (rev 65535	Info: ModMii-IOS60-v6174): 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[60] (rev 65535	Info: ModMii-IOS60-v6174): Trucha Bug	NAND Access
IOS51 (rev 4864): Stub
IOS52[60] (rev 65535	Info: ModMii-IOS60-v6174): 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 65535	Info: ModMii-IOS60-v6174): Trucha Bug	NAND Access
IOS61 (rev 5662): No Patches
IOS62 (rev 6430): No Patches
IOS70[60] (rev 65535	Info: ModMii-IOS60-v6174): Trucha Bug	NAND Access
IOS80[60] (rev 65535	Info: ModMii-IOS60-v6174): Trucha Bug	NAND Access
IOS222 (rev 65280): Stub
IOS223 (rev 65280): Stub
IOS248[38] (rev 65535	Info: d2x-v11beta3): Trucha Bug	ES Identify	NAND Access
IOS249[56] (rev 65535	Info: d2x-v11beta3): Trucha Bug	NAND Access	USB 2.0
IOS250[57] (rev 65535	Info: d2x-v11beta3): Trucha Bug	NAND Access	USB 2.0
IOS251[58] (rev 65535	Info: d2x-v11beta3): Trucha Bug	NAND Access	USB 2.0
IOS254 (rev 65281): BootMii
BC v6
MIOS v10
Report generated on 05/20/2025.

Post automatically merged: May 21, 2025

Maybe just renaming or erased your apps/usbloader_gx folder, then do a full fresh reinstall. Modmii just updates/overwrites any older versions if detected, leaving other config files untouched. In some cases those leftovers may cause issues, most of which I think have been addressed by the new new private build of gx (or so I've heard). This may or may not have been applicable in your case, but worth a shot.

That plus a syscheck would be a good start

I feel like I've done that.
I've definitely deleted the CFG files so they could be rebuilt. Same idea?

 

[jeannotte]

Have you checked these boxes since GX?

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[PhiloceraptorEh]

Have you checked these boxes since GX?

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View attachment 506154

Yes.
To clarify, I can see the games. They run while on SD Card Mode (and selected from an SD card source), though further testing shows this can be a little hit and miss and WAY slower loading than with Nintendont directly. They do not run when selected from an SD Card Source while not in SD card mode, even though the path is properly set, hence why I can see them in the menu. They do not run from USB even though I can see them when sourcing them from the USB with path settings.

Since writing the first post, I've also discovered that I cannot run EMUNAND USB installed games from USB Loader. In those cases, I get kicked out to the homebrew channel.

Moving the Emunand to SD card worked.

Wii games are loading fine from the USB.

GC games are fine regardless of source in Nintendont directly.

The USB to be clear is an SSD in an enclosure.

It's all a bit weird as I don't know where the variables are creeping in after getting a handle on the settings and paths and presumably the right cIOS. Just leaves the randomness of the SD card and USB drive I guess?