Hardware Wii HDD Broken?

[chaospker98]

So after about 1 year (I think) of not playing Wii, I decided to come back and play. I booted it up, navigated to my USB Loader GX, and let it rip. It gave me the "waiting for your slow USB device" message. I switched the USB ports, unplugged it and plugged it back in, and put another USB device into the other slot. Nothing worked. It USED to work fine...

I brought my Wii HDD upstairs and stuck it into the computer. It shocked me when my computer didn't recognize it. I am certain that when I formatted it to WBFS, I made a small partion of it FAT. I downloaded the new WBFS manager. Even it would not recognize my HDD. After some more vigorous searching, I found a little guide. I opened up my "Computer Management" thingy and went to "Disk Management". The external HDD didn't show up on here either.

I'm running a 4.1U Wii. My HDD is a 320GB WD My Passport Essential (if I remember correctly).

What do I need to do to be able to run Wii games off of this HDD again?

 

[Langin]

A new HDD. Sorry friend I think your device is dead.

WWWWWWOOOOWW wait try another USB-Cable! Could work!

Else do you have any warranty's left?

 

[chaospker98]

I'll try getting a new cable. You think Futureshop/Best Buy would sell them?

 

[Langin]

I'll try getting a new cable. You think Futureshop/Best Buy would sell them?

Hmm I think it is the best to ask them in the shop(if you live near one of those.) Because BB and FutureShop are not in Holland if I remember it good.

 

[PsyBlade]

check your other usb devices for a cable you can test with
2.5 -> hubs, mp3, phone
3.5 -> hubs, printers