Hacking USB Loader reboots Wii on start-up

[MattWii]

Last night I used ModMii to softmod my black PAL Wii and it all went well. I now have the Homebrew Channel and USB Loader on the system menu and today I've been looking into using a USB stick to run a game through USB Loader.

I managed to USB Loader working perfectly with Super Smash Bros. Brawl, but ran into some problems when trying to add other games to the list. When I plugged the USB stick back into the PC, it required me to format the device before I could do anything. It is still formatted as FAT32, but now it won't work with USB Loader at all.

I've tried running ModMii's USB Loader setup + guide multiple times and I've attempted to format the USB stick several times too, but nothing is working. I also tried to update my USB Loader using ModMii and nothing has changed.

If I launch USB Loader, it shows up with a logo of a Wiimote and Wii text, but quickly turns black and resets the Wii. If the USB device is not plugged in, it takes longer for the screen to go black, but it still resets the Wii. I can launch it through the Homebrew channel and from there I am able to see the game grid, but it's a hassle to navigate through all of those menus to get to it.

Does anyone know why this is happening? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Lacius]

First of all, are you able to load backups off your USB stick when you go into your USB loader through the Homebrew Channel, or is that still a problem you're having? You said you're able to see the game grid. Use Wii Backup Manager to manage the backups on your USB stick.

Second, it sounds like the forwarder channel you are trying to use on your system menu doesn't work with whichever USB loader you have in your apps folder on your USB stick and/or SD card. Which USB backup loader are you even using?

 

[MattWii]

Yes, I am able to load backups off the USB stick through the Homebrew Channel. The loader is 'Configurable USB Loader', as recommended by ModMii.

 

[Lacius]

It's possible you're using an outdated forwarder channel or perhaps even a forwarder channel for another USB backup loader. You should be using one of the forwarder channels found here: http://gbatemp.net/threads/official-cfg-loader-forwarder.275487/

 

[MattWii]

hmm, interesting. There seems to be no mention of USBLoader in my apps folder. I have the following:

HackMii Installer
IOS236 v5 MOD
MMM
Priiloader
SIP

edit: So I guess I would nee to use the Priiloader-compatible version of the launcher you posted. Could you instruct me on how exactly to install it? Sorry to be a pain, I'm very new to this.

 

[Aractus]

Get the latest cfg loader .dol file here and put it here- SD://apps/usbloader_cfg/boot.dol

It has to be in a folder named usbloader_cfg, and it has to be named boot.dol, and then the forwarder channel you're using will boot it. The rest of the cfg usb loader files go in SD://usb-loader (which I'd assume are already on your sd card).

While you're at it, you should get syscheck, make a report and post it. Here's an example report:

Spoiler

sysCheck v2.1.0b19 by Double_A and R2-D2199, Nano
...runs on IOS58 (rev 6176).

Region: PAL (original region: AUS)
System Menu 4.1E (v450)
Priiloader installed
Drive date: 2007.02.13
Homebrew Channel 1.1.2 running on IOS58
HomebrewFilter ist nicht installiert
Hollywood v0x11
Console ID: 62568422
Boot2 v4
Found 69 titles.
Found 35 IOS on this console. 0 of them are stub.

IOS9 (rev 1034): No Patches
IOS12 (rev 526): No Patches
IOS13 (rev 1032): No Patches
IOS14 (rev 1032): No Patches
IOS15 (rev 1032): No Patches
IOS17 (rev 1032): No Patches
IOS21 (rev 1039): No Patches
IOS22 (rev 1294): No Patches
IOS28 (rev 1807): No Patches
IOS31 (rev 3608): No Patches
IOS33 (rev 3608): No Patches
IOS34 (rev 3608): No Patches
IOS35 (rev 3608): No Patches
IOS36 (rev 1042): Trucha Bug, ES Identify, Flash Access, NAND Access
IOS37 (rev 5663): No Patches
IOS38 (rev 4124): No Patches
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
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 6174): No Patches
IOS61 (rev 5662): No Patches
IOS245[37] (rev 21008, Info: d2x-v8final): Trucha Bug, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS246[38] (rev 21008, Info: d2x-v8final): Trucha Bug, ES Identify, NAND Access
IOS247[53] (rev 21008, Info: d2x-v8final): Trucha Bug, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS248[55] (rev 21008, Info: d2x-v8final): Trucha Bug, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS249[56] (rev 21008, Info: d2x-v8final): Trucha Bug, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS250[57] (rev 21008, Info: d2x-v8final): Trucha Bug, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS251[58] (rev 21008, Info: d2x-v8final): Trucha Bug, NAND Access, USB 2.0
BC v6
MIOS v10 (DIOS MIOS 2.6.1+)

Report generated on 2013/08/29.

 

[MattWii]

Thanks for the help Aractus & Lacius. Here is the syscheck:

Spoiler

sysCheck v2.1.0b19 by Double_A and R2-D2199, Nano
...runs on IOS58 (rev 6176).

Region: PAL
System Menu 4.3E (v514)
Priiloader installed
Drive date: 2008.07.14
Homebrew Channel 1.1.2 running on IOS58
HomebrewFilter ist nicht installiert
Hollywood v0x21
Console ID: 126351210
Boot2 v4
Found 77 titles.
Found 50 IOS on this console. 5 of them are stub.

IOS3 (rev 65280): 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): No Patches
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: hermesrodries-v6): Trucha Bug, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS222[38] (rev 4, Info: hermes-v4): Trucha Bug, ES Identify, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS223[38+37] (rev 4, Info: hermes-v4): Trucha Bug, ES Identify, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS224[57] (rev 65535, Info: hermesrodries-v6): Trucha Bug, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS236[36] (rev 65535, Info: rev 3351): Trucha Bug, ES Identify, NAND Access
IOS249[56] (rev 21008, Info: d2x-v8final): Trucha Bug, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS250[57] (rev 21008, Info: d2x-v8final): Trucha Bug, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS254 (rev 65281): BootMii
BC v6
MIOS v10

Report generated on 2013/09/09.

I'm not entirely sure how the Wii is accessing CFG USB Loader through the Homebrew Channel menu as I can't see any folders for it on my SD. The only real mention is in my WAD folder which includes:
USBLoader(s)-ahbprot58-SD-USB-v12-IDCL.wad
USBLoader(s)-ahbprot58-SD-USB-v12-IDCL-Forwarder Paths.txt

As far as I know, no files have been deleted since it was working properly and the only thing that changed was the formatting for the USB stick. The SD card features the following files/folders (excluding syscheck stuff):

private (folder)
boot.elf
bootmini.elf
installer.log
IOS36-64-v3351.wad
apps (folder)
WAD (folder)
mmmconfig.txt


Edit: Adding the updated boot.dol file to the usbloader_cfg folder appears to work well. Thanks again!

 

[d.d.d.]

Yeah Aractus has it - there should be an additional folder in the root along with the CFG folder in x:/apps.
And if you're tired of troubleshooting, you could try USBLGX (I prefer it and there's only one folder ).