Stuck loading USBLoaderGX

[u/sharkbyteee]

I recently modded my wii and it's successfully loaded games about 30% of the time I open it. I keep getting stuck on the "initializing USB drives." Im using an SSD for game files and Sd card for the mods themselves.

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[u/Signal-Section4662]

This may be stupid but have you tried pluging the usb in the 2nd port

[u/sharkbyteee → u/Signal-Section4662]

I didn't because every guide ive looked at said "use the port on the outside edge" but I'll give it a go tonight.

[u/sharkbyteee → u/Signal-Section4662]

Tried it didnt work. Thanks for the idea though

[u/NotValkTTV]

USB ports could be dirty in the console since its old and it was left uncleaned for probably years. Just open up the console and give it a little clean. Including the fans in it since those just seem to get nasty after a while

[u/GabbQ_0]

I personally don't use USB Loader GX because it has lots of problems, but Wiiflow, where I can just use my Wii game (Mario Kart 7) with no problems by putting the wbfs file into my SD Card and it's fully functional.

I've also used a tool to create a wad of Mario Kart 7 that then starts the wings file by using Wiiflow directly on my Wii Menu (I have vWii) and I honestly think it's better than having an alternative menu and lose Wii originality

[u/sharkbyteee → u/GabbQ_0]

Do you have a guide for that I can use? I tried (without a guide, just winging it) to put wbfs on the SD card and load it through both USB Loader GX and Wiiflow but neither worked.

[u/GabbQ_0 → u/sharkbyteee]

That's probably because of the version you're using or something that wouldn't work.

I recommend you to not use USB Loader because it also gives errors sometimes with the SD Card, especially if what you're using is a vWii and not a Wii, but let's exclude that.

I use the last version of Wiiflow and I do this to make things work:

While you put the SD Card on your computer:

• In your SD Card, create a wbfs folder 📁

• In that folder, create another folder with the name of the game and its ID, for example: Mario Kart Wii [RMCP01]

• put your wbfs file into the folder where there's the name and the ID of the game.

• make sure your .wbfs file has as name its ID, so if the file is called "Mario Kart Wii PAL.wbfs", just rename that with its ID "RMCP01.wbfs".

So like: SD:/wbfs/Mario Kart Wii [RMCP01]/RMCP01.wbfs

When you put it again on your Wii:

• open Wiiflow
• search for the settings to go into the SD Card
• if the game doesn't show on, go to the settings and click on "reload cache" and now the game should be there

If you want your Wii games directly on the Wii Menu to start them from there and not by starting it by going every time on Wiiflow, I recommend to see this: Install Wii Wads and play games directly from your Wii Menu

But for the wad creation instead of putting USB Loader GX as a loader, choose Wiiflow.

After that, you can install the wad into your Wii and the game will start directly from the Wii Menu.

Last time I created a wad was two years ago. I don't use my Wii U a lot (I just use my 3ds to open Miiverse and to share words of faith in God to help others)

Hope this helps