WiiU WiiVc Injection Compatible HDDs

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Since there's no real list of confirmed compatible USB HDDs around (at least that I can find), I figured I might as well post a thread here about it.

Basically, from what I have gleamed, WIIVC injects have a known issue based around USB HDDs. Essentially, if an inject is installed to an external hard drive, when the inject is launched, a handover occurs between the launch of the WIIVC and the actual application. If the application doesn't start in-time, the Wii U will black screen after showing the Wii logo. Apparently, it isn't entirely consistent between HDDs. Some work, some work sporadically, and some don't work at all.

Recently, I started backing up my colllection and converting over to injects using TeconMoon's WiiVC Injector. They work fine on NAND, but not from my HDD. It's a BUFFALO Extended SSD.

It does not use an external power cable, which may be a factor. It also does not work using a y cable adaptor or a powered USB hub.

So I think it's safe to say mine is non-compatible. What others have y'all tried that work, kind of work, or don't work?

 

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It could depend on your usb hub also. Cheap ones won't tend to work, I've had most success with uGreen powered sata adapter or similar and a WD hdd.

 

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It could depend on your usb hub also. Cheap ones won't tend to work, I've had most success with uGreen powered sata adapter or similar and a WD hdd.

Hmm... It is possible. I'll have to see about getting a WD drive or repurposing an old drive and upgrading my hub. Is it just that the ports on the WiiU are particularly underpowered?

 

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So I can now confirm that at least the WD 1TB My Passport works well as a WiiVC hard drive. It even semi-works without a y-cable, although the game will end up with a disk error after a few minutes. With the y-cable, it seems to be flawless.

Might be good to make like a spreadsheet or something to list out working / non-working drives.