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Frogger on 14 June 2014

I have a 1TB seagate something. I've had it for like 8 months. Never had an issue.



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Cobretti2 on 15 June 2014
*Sound Of Rain said:
Cobretti2 said:

Just a hint. Portables are tricky as most will require a Y cable (because they are USB 3.0 now). I got an imation 500gb one. Sometimes the Wii U doesnt detect it and sometimes it does. Just need to turn console on and off and it usually does. I have had my Wii U freeze on me before because of the external hdd.


Nintendo could have solved a lot of hdd issues with USB 3.0.

Do you have a Y cable? If so, it still doesn't work? Maybe I'll reconsider and just rearrange some things and get a regular hard drive...I have much thinking to do.

it works, but i think i may have damaged my usb port when i use to run it of one port (ie did the reboot trick till it detected). With Y cable, lIke 9/10 times the hdd loads up on the Wii U when I start up. the 1/10 i need to reboot. 



 

 

TomaTito on 15 June 2014
Cobretti2 said:

Just a hint. Portables are tricky as most will require a Y cable (because they are USB 3.0 now). I got an imation 500gb one. Sometimes the Wii U doesnt detect it and sometimes it does. Just need to turn console on and off and it usually does. I have had my Wii U freeze on me before because of the external hdd.


Nintendo could have solved a lot of hdd issues with USB 3.0.

You are saying that all 2.5" external HDD requiere a Y cable if they are USB 3.0, but old USB 2.0 ones would work perfectly fine with just one cable?



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Cobretti2 on 15 June 2014
TomaTito said:
Cobretti2 said:

Just a hint. Portables are tricky as most will require a Y cable (because they are USB 3.0 now). I got an imation 500gb one. Sometimes the Wii U doesnt detect it and sometimes it does. Just need to turn console on and off and it usually does. I have had my Wii U freeze on me before because of the external hdd.


Nintendo could have solved a lot of hdd issues with USB 3.0.

You are saying that all 2.5" external HDD requiere a Y cable if they are USB 3.0, but old USB 2.0 ones would work perfectly fine with just one cable?


my guess is it would since usb 2.0 draws less power, however hdd size would be limited to whatever usb 2.0 portable was.  Saying all this I wouldn't gurnatee  it as Nintendo always cuts costs so the port may not be enough to power it up.



 

 

TomaTito on 15 June 2014
Cobretti2 said:
TomaTito said:

You are saying that all 2.5" external HDD requiere a Y cable if they are USB 3.0, but old USB 2.0 ones would work perfectly fine with just one cable?

my guess is it would since usb 2.0 draws less power, however hdd size would be limited to whatever usb 2.0 portable was.  Saying all this I wouldn't gurnatee  it as Nintendo always cuts costs so the port may not be enough to power it up.

I think those would be fine, still got some time until I need to increase the memory, and even then I would use an old 16GB usb stick I have lying around. But I might be more on the look out for usb2 fire sales... maybe I'm too late since everything is usb3 now.



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Cobretti2 on 15 June 2014
TomaTito said:
Cobretti2 said:
TomaTito said:

You are saying that all 2.5" external HDD requiere a Y cable if they are USB 3.0, but old USB 2.0 ones would work perfectly fine with just one cable?

my guess is it would since usb 2.0 draws less power, however hdd size would be limited to whatever usb 2.0 portable was.  Saying all this I wouldn't gurnatee  it as Nintendo always cuts costs so the port may not be enough to power it up.

I think those would be fine, still got some time until I need to increase the memory, and even then I would use an old 16GB usb stick I have lying around. But I might be more on the look out for usb2 fire sales... maybe I'm too late since everything is usb3 now.

when i bought my Wii U at launch I couldnt find a USB 2.0 portable drive anywhere. Mind you i didnt try that hard.



 

 

TomaTito on 02 July 2014

Hmm, was thinking about usb hdd this morning; and this came up to mind, would this option be possible?

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000J01I1G/

I'm pretty sure I have quite a few old HDD with 320gb capacity that could make them work with this converter.
Only problem it would look cheap, but it is cheap



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hentai_11 on 03 July 2014

I am using this one:

http://www.amazon.de/Platinum-MyDrive-500GB-HDD-schwarz/dp/B001HKPY4O/

USB 2.0, 500 GB, with Y-Cable. Tried with normal cable, but had some problems, so I used the included Y-Cable, which gave me no Problems.