Hacking USB Loader GX stuck at Initializing USB Device

[MercusMassacre]

Hello.




This Explanation from @Maxpower5544 maybe helps you



Yes please.

I'm trying now. It'll take a while to transfer the rom.

 

[MercusMassacre]

It's best to formate to fat32 it will work for both Wii and GC games wbfs corrupts after awhile and NTFS is buggy.
Use wiibackup manager to formate for drives bigger than 32 GB and to transfer Wii games larger than 4gb. And you can use wit GameCube manager to do GameCube games if you have a large collection .
The best way to test a usb drive is formate to fat32 then boot usbloader with it usb plugged in (port closest to the edge) if it hangs looking for a hdd then your USB is questionable if not then proceed to transfer your games

GC go in a folder called games then in a folder with its game title and game id if you want to download boxart, the iso should be called game.iso and if two disc the second iso is called disc2.iso
Wii games go into a folder called wbfs and can be iso or .wbfs

I got a good video setting up a Wii with a 2tb HDD and games

YouTube Justin case Wii and yiu can watch the whole process

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So, this gets past the issue of the freezing, but now it's just a black screen. I press the button to start the game, it goes black.
edit: I checked the ISO that I made into the WBFS and have confirmed that it works. Dolphin can read it. The problem is definitely not the ISO.

 

[Alexander1970]

So, this gets past the issue of the freezing, but now it's just a black screen. I press the button to start the game, it goes black.
edit: I checked the ISO that I made into the WBFS and have confirmed that it works. Dolphin can read it. The problem is definitely not the ISO.

Your USB "Device" is an USB Stick....oh dear....
I know,you do not have another Choice actual...

We have here actual this Thread:
https://gbatemp.net/threads/hey-can...ios-each-game-could-need.576040/#post-9243813

and from that Thread this Post maybe could help in your Case too:
https://gbatemp.net/threads/hey-can...ios-each-game-could-need.576040/#post-9243817


Good Luck.

 

[Maxpower5544]

Make sure your plugged into the usb port closest to the Wii edge.

If your playing out of region games you may need to go into loader settings --> display settings --> then force pal or NTSC depending your region .. north America is NTSC.

Try dumping a Wii game if you have one.

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[MercusMassacre]

Make sure your plugged into the usb port closest to the Wii edge.

If your playing out of region games you may need to go into loader settings --> display settings --> then force pal or NTSC depending your region .. north America is NTSC.

Try dumping a Wii game if you have one.

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It's the same region and in the right port. I tried to dump Brawl earlier and the console crashed. I press the "Install a Game" button in USB Loader GX, it opens a progress bar, jumps to 100% and freezes the console.

 

[Maxpower5544]

Some games I recall require to see the Waring screen of the Wii motion plus to work before they will boot.

I did a work around of using wiiflow to the game first launch (Zelda) first which allowed for the Waring to play which usbloader didn't. You only need the Waring to play once then usbloader should work. (really recommend wiiflow as a loader with rhapsodii Shima theme btw)

What game are you trying to launch.


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[Alexander1970]

Make sure your plugged into the usb port closest to the Wii edge.

If your playing out of region games you may need to go into loader settings --> display settings --> then force pal or NTSC depending your region .. north America is NTSC.

Try dumping a Wii game if you have one.

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I "will" crash/freeze because he uses an USB Stick....

@MercusMassacre
..maybe please get an HDD.It saves your Nerves.

 

[MercusMassacre]

Some games I recall require to see the Waring screen of the Wii motion plus to work before they will boot.

I did a work around of using wiiflow to the game first launch (Zelda) first which allowed for the Waring to play which usbloader didn't. You only need the Waring to play once then usbloader should work. (really recommend wiiflow as a loader with rhapsodii Shima theme btw)

What game are you trying to launch.


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I'm trying to launch Xenoblade Chronicles. I have the file, it runs in Dolphin (but I can't run Dolphin above 10fps), and I wouldn't think the wii motion plus would be needed in that game.

 

[Maxpower5544]

It's the same region and in the right port. I tried to dump Brawl earlier and the console crashed. I press the "Install a Game" button in USB Loader GX, it opens a progress bar, jumps to 100% and freezes the console.

Try... wiiflow...
if the Wii is able to dump and your able to see the game it's less likely it's your usb but it still could be tho.
But I've found a few games that launch from wiiflow and not usbloadergx.

What game are you launching?

You can try launching the game from your sdcard too to see. Transfer the same way with Wii backupmanger from your computer.


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[MercusMassacre]

Try... wiiflow...
if the Wii is able to dump and your able to see the game it's less likely it's your usb but it still could be tho.
But I've found a few games that launch from wiiflow and not usbloadergx.

What game are you launching?

You can try launching the game from your sdcard too to see. Transfer the same way with Wii backupmanger from your computer.


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I tried on the SD earlier to see if it was the USB. It didn't work, to no one's surprise. I'll try Wiiflow after I retry it on the SD. If that doesn't work, then my Wii is just going to stay as a GameCube with buffer specs.

 

[Maxpower5544]

I tried on the SD earlier to see if it was the USB. It didn't work, to no one's surprise. I'll try Wiiflow after I retry it on the SD. If that doesn't work, then my Wii is just going to stay as a GameCube with buffer specs.

When you try on the sd make sure usbloader is looking at sd for Wii games. Sometimes it sticks to its last setting which would be usb.





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[MercusMassacre]

When you try on the sd make sure usbloader is looking at sd for Wii games. Sometimes it sticks to its last setting which would be usb.





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How exactly would I set that? I looked through the settings and all the things I could find were about GC.

 

[Maxpower5544]

Can't remember off hand. Don't have a usb plugged in on launching usbloader

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[MercusMassacre]

Can't remember off hand. Don't have a usb plugged in on launching usbloader

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If I do that, it never loads. It gets stuck on "Loading USB into Port 1". I tried, believe me.

edit: I got it to load without the USB, but now it won't show Wii games. I add Wii games to the filter list and it says "USB Device not initialized. Switching to channel list mode."

 

[Maxpower5544]

It should only look for 30 secs then boot to usbloader. Do you see a timer and countdown on a black background.

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[MercusMassacre]

It should only look for 30 secs then boot to usbloader. Do you see a timer and countdown on a black background.

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I got it to work, but there are new problems. I edited the last reply.

 

[Maxpower5544]

Wii flow is your last bet

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[MercusMassacre]

Wii flow is your last bet

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Alright. If it doesn't work I'll be very sad.

 

[Maxpower5544]

Ya lol I've lost a few inches on my hair line over wiis over the years

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[MercusMassacre]

Ya lol I've lost a few inches on my hair line over wiis over the years

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THANK YOU WHATEVER LORD EXISTS. Wiiflow works for Wii backups. It'd be nice to use it for GC, too, so if you know how please feel free to share, but I'll settle with just Wii working.