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Bofferbrauer on 09 October 2014
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cannonballZ said:
Lucas-Rio said:


If it was just the OS, it would happen to everyone. My Wii Unever froze (got it at MK8 launch)

The demo is great and very promising. Will buy.


Let me explain further: Do you have an external HDD? Because that is where the issue lies. Without using the external my Wii U never freezes. It froze less often when I didn't have over 150GB of games on it as well. It definitely has something to do with the way it's reading the HDD. And with every other patch Nintendo manges to fix the problem and then make it happen again with the following patch. 

I have bought 2 new HDD's and the one I currently have connected is only 3 weeks old, I bought it when I got my Wii U back from Nintendo. If you have an external drive, I found a way to prove that it's pretty much the way the system is readint the HDD. Put in a game, start it then pause it, let it sit idle for about 20 minutes then hit the home button and attempt to close software. 8 out of 10 times it will freeze.

 

Edit: I havee spent a lot of time and money on my Wii U, 3 different HDD's and have sent it to Nintendo 2x. If Ninty hasn't figured out how to solve the issue 2 years in, I doubt they ever will. Either way, I am through spending money to fix a problem that will never be fixed.

Edit 2: It is downloading Bayo 2 now.

2 questions about your external HDD: Which one are you using and does it have an external power supply?