HUELEN10
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http://www.compusa.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=3952296&CatId=136comedy bomb said:
Look no further. It is what I have and I am damn happy about it. 320GB should last you the consoles' entire lifespan!
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Look no further. It is what I have and I am damn happy about it. 320GB should last you the consoles' entire lifespan!
comedy bomb
Banned
Thanks man!
That looks pretty good for me also now I have to decide whether or not I want to pay a premium here in Canada from TigerDirect.ca for a colour other than silver.HUELEN10 said:
Silver = $99.99 CAD
Blue = $110.99 CAD
White = $137.99 CAD
Am I missing something or are all three the same except for the colour? I really want the white one but I'm not going to pay that much more for it.
EDIT: Just chatted with a customer service rep and he said the only difference is that the silver and blue ones are on sale and that I can't get the white one for those prices.
I guess I'm getting the silver one.
HUELEN10
Member
Regardless of the color, don't be vain about it. Think about what it does. White is nice, but it is the drive itself that matters.Fuzzy said:Just chatted with a customer service rep and he said the only difference is that the silver and blue ones are on sale and that I can't get the white one for those prices.
comedy bomb
Banned
I still have some rather odd issues.
There's a new Homebrew update, but when it tries to run IOS36 it fails. I never got the IOS36 thing to run for anything else either, but I thought it was a prerequisite for USB loader.
I'd imagine Boot Mii will solve these issues, but I hate waiting.
In the meantime I can take solace in the fact that (for now) the USB loader is working for me and it's time to save up for that WD passport HDD. : )
There's a new Homebrew update, but when it tries to run IOS36 it fails. I never got the IOS36 thing to run for anything else either, but I thought it was a prerequisite for USB loader.
I'd imagine Boot Mii will solve these issues, but I hate waiting.
In the meantime I can take solace in the fact that (for now) the USB loader is working for me and it's time to save up for that WD passport HDD. : )
The new exploits cant come soon enough for me =(
Finally got my wii working after 9 months or so of it not reading discs by using that nintendo brand cleaner thing. Games all booted up, so i went out and bought MadWorld and House of the Dead:Overkill to celebrate. Come home and it wont load games again. I updated to 4.0 for the new sd card stuff and have never installed the homebrew channel before, so im back to a broken wii with the addition of 2 new games mocking me from my shelf every time I walk by.
Finally got my wii working after 9 months or so of it not reading discs by using that nintendo brand cleaner thing. Games all booted up, so i went out and bought MadWorld and House of the Dead:Overkill to celebrate. Come home and it wont load games again. I updated to 4.0 for the new sd card stuff and have never installed the homebrew channel before, so im back to a broken wii with the addition of 2 new games mocking me from my shelf every time I walk by.
HisshouBuraiKen
Member
I was all psyched about winning a 320 GB drive on ebay for $55 until the guy didn't respond to me paying or any communication for a week 
The preview shot of bootmii looks sick. I wonder if we'll be able to add our own buttons (or dare I call them channels!) to the frontend.
The preview shot of bootmii looks sick. I wonder if we'll be able to add our own buttons (or dare I call them channels!) to the frontend.
lolVyse The Legend said:Note to WiiWare pirates: The developers are watching the forums. :lol
In short, a dirty pirate was complaining about not being able to pirate LIT over on the GBATemp forums, and the developer decided to offer him some advice.
Source
I thought this was funny and worth sharing.Major props to Adam and the WayForward team.
i would say 95% of gbatemp users are pirates, just look at the topics, they ask literally the dumbest questions about how to pirate shit
Mithos
Member
Hesemonni said:
I saw a youtube demonstration of Metroid Prime 3.. OMFG, absolutely NO waiting when shooting on doors, they open on the shot-impact pretty much, even on locations you KNOW usually take time when playing from the disc.
If its as good for everything, dunno, maybe...
Like the hat?
Banned
the hard drive thing is mighty tempting, but i dont think i want to risk installing custom IOSes and whatnot. mainly because if I bricked my wii somehow and lost my wifes animal crossing town, she'd kill me.
TheGreatDave
Banned
cw_sasuke said:
I'm so sad there isn't. I'd like to be able to install Excite Bots when I get it.
DeathbyVolcano
Banned
Bootmii is a fickle bitch, it needs to be released now
this is tricky getting everything to work together.
I have the ultimate 7.4 usb loader installed, downloaded some disc images and set up a wii channel for it with parental controls (in theory) so my kids can't see madworld/resident evil, then another copy without parental controls in the homebrew channel for when I want some 'mature' action
but I can't get it to show the images, and it seems to be ignoring the parental controls
any suggestions? Haven't changed the standard settings, so images are in S:\images\kkk.png and should be the right size. Do I need to save the config/titles.txt files in any particular format (unicode?), whats the folder structure needed? Getting fed up with it now. It works, but I'm not letting my son loose on it until I can remove the adult stuff, and I want the images to work
I have the ultimate 7.4 usb loader installed, downloaded some disc images and set up a wii channel for it with parental controls (in theory) so my kids can't see madworld/resident evil, then another copy without parental controls in the homebrew channel for when I want some 'mature' action
but I can't get it to show the images, and it seems to be ignoring the parental controls
any suggestions? Haven't changed the standard settings, so images are in S:\images\kkk.png and should be the right size. Do I need to save the config/titles.txt files in any particular format (unicode?), whats the folder structure needed? Getting fed up with it now. It works, but I'm not letting my son loose on it until I can remove the adult stuff, and I want the images to work
Bluemercury
Member
BrandNew said:
What does that do?
DeathbyVolcano
Banned
Bluemercury said:
It's supposed to be a way to install the HBC on any and all firmware, without the Twilight Hack.
It's been worked on for a long time now. It has been said to be released "soon," but whatever.
Bluemercury said:
It essentially bypasses the whole encryption system allowing complete free-access to the system.
What's even better is that it will be impossible for Nintendo to patch out and would provide an easy way to unbrick your Wii without having to use a USB gecko.
If it ever gets released it would essentially be Game Over for Nintendo.
comedy bomb
Banned
I'm hoping the Boot mii beta will be out within the next month. The homebrew stuff I have on my Wii is a house of cards I believe. So many things won't install, so I'm hoping Boot mii will be my savior.
Bluemercury
Member
I just bought madworld and no more heroes and i was thinking of putting this up but i dont really tried yet. Can anyone point to the best usb loader and cios36 ?
mrklaw said:
Are you using the widescreen mode? I'm guessing no since you said you haven't changed settings. But if you are, then images need to be in \wimages. I had some images but deleted them because they looked a bit wacky and instead I just allowed the loader to download them for me, and it's worked perfectly so far.
yoursisterspretty
Member
HUELEN10 said:
Plus they're fairly easy to crack open and exchange the hard drives out in those in case you ever wanted to upgrade a little more (cheaper). I'm using a 120 right now, and I still have so much space that its crazy.
USB Loader will rip the games for you.
Also, regarding BootMii, Nintendo CAN patch the exploit in older Wiis, and have already largely preemptively defeated it on newer hardware. Or at least, they've defeated the current method for loading BootMii.
WBFS Manager was updated to version 2.5 today. Nice changes.
If you're unsure what cIOS36 revision you have installed, just download the newest installer, and re-install. You can easily up/down/sidegrade your cIOS just by running the relevant installer again.
There are a couple of tricks to go through when testing HDDs, besides upgrading USB Loader and cIOS. They are as follows:
1) No matter what you do, make sure to only have one USB device plugged in. cIOS36 can't handle two USB devices.
2) If the HDD doesn't work in one USB port, reset and try the second.
3) Try loading USB Loader with the HDD unplugged, then pop it in when prompted.
4) I've heard of a swap trick that can trick earlier USB Loaders into recognizing your device, but I really don't know the details. Google it?
You should try these ideas individually first, then in combinations if all else fails.
Also, check out GBATemp's wiki page for USB Device Compatibility. If your device isn't listed, or is specifically listed as not working, you should shop around for a new one.
Load times generally improve. SSBB's sometimes dramatic and usually annoying loads are greatly slashed. In the case of some games (such as House of the Dead), the game's actual performance improves. Nice.
Ultimate USB Loader 7.4 is highly configurable via the included config.txt file. This includes being able to specify folders for cover art images. titles.txt is what's used to override the sometimes silly and arbitrary names that the discs default to, and, if I'm not mistaken, is also used to individually supply games with parental code restrictions. If your downloaded cover images aren't showing up, it's probably because you either have the wrong path specified in the config.txt, or you've disabled covers entirely (change covers = 0 to covers = 1 in the config.txt).
Also, regarding BootMii, Nintendo CAN patch the exploit in older Wiis, and have already largely preemptively defeated it on newer hardware. Or at least, they've defeated the current method for loading BootMii.
mackaveli said:
WBFS Manager was updated to version 2.5 today. Nice changes.
If you're unsure what cIOS36 revision you have installed, just download the newest installer, and re-install. You can easily up/down/sidegrade your cIOS just by running the relevant installer again.
There are a couple of tricks to go through when testing HDDs, besides upgrading USB Loader and cIOS. They are as follows:
1) No matter what you do, make sure to only have one USB device plugged in. cIOS36 can't handle two USB devices.
2) If the HDD doesn't work in one USB port, reset and try the second.
3) Try loading USB Loader with the HDD unplugged, then pop it in when prompted.
4) I've heard of a swap trick that can trick earlier USB Loaders into recognizing your device, but I really don't know the details. Google it?
You should try these ideas individually first, then in combinations if all else fails.
Also, check out GBATemp's wiki page for USB Device Compatibility. If your device isn't listed, or is specifically listed as not working, you should shop around for a new one.
Hesemonni said:
Load times generally improve. SSBB's sometimes dramatic and usually annoying loads are greatly slashed. In the case of some games (such as House of the Dead), the game's actual performance improves. Nice.
mrklaw said:
Ultimate USB Loader 7.4 is highly configurable via the included config.txt file. This includes being able to specify folders for cover art images. titles.txt is what's used to override the sometimes silly and arbitrary names that the discs default to, and, if I'm not mistaken, is also used to individually supply games with parental code restrictions. If your downloaded cover images aren't showing up, it's probably because you either have the wrong path specified in the config.txt, or you've disabled covers entirely (change covers = 0 to covers = 1 in the config.txt).
Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
Ledsen said:
0. Start with a Wii below firmware 4.0
1. Hack Wii using Twilight Hack to install Homebrew Channel.
2. Mute speakers, run cIOS installer.
3. Unmute speakers, update firmware to 4.0 through official firmware.
4. Run IOS downgrader.
5. Run Ultimate USB Loader V7.4.
Ta-da!
Something bad happened today to my Wii, I tried to install cIOS Rev 10, USb loader and all went fine, then I wanted to rip my game discs and I tried to use several times something made by Waninoko called DVD Dumper with no sucess.
Sadly, when I changed the Internet settings something went horribly wrong and somehow my Wii was in a state that I can only describe as an awfully rare semibrick, because when I tried to open the Homebrew channel to keep testing it didn't open, the screen went black all the times I tried since the Internet settings changed, and certainly that wasn't the worst part, when I tried to see the data settings management, the thing was frozen!, not a single sign of life, every time I tried to access that option it was the same, the home button worked but when I clicked the "Return to Wii menu" it was frozen for good.
Long story short, I had to format my Wii and there was no way to recover my save games/channels, all gone for good. I'm very sad and I don't know what happpened, all was working perfectly 'till I changed those settings, pretty weird, I posted this because maybe someone may have an idea of what happened, and I hope that this "chronicle" would help somebody else to avoid making the same mistake I did.
Regards.
And again, today it's a sad day for me, all my data lost in an instant... well, the only thing to do is keep going and do all the things I did all over again...
: (
PD: Oh! and now I can't install the homebrew channel, the first time I tried I got the black screen with data saying "0300 exception" and the thing was frozen, I tried to do it again and when I tried to copy the Twilight Hack to the internal memory it said "It is possible that your data was not copied sucessfully" or something along those lines and indeed, the Twilight Hack was not in the internal memory... : (
Sadly, when I changed the Internet settings something went horribly wrong and somehow my Wii was in a state that I can only describe as an awfully rare semibrick, because when I tried to open the Homebrew channel to keep testing it didn't open, the screen went black all the times I tried since the Internet settings changed, and certainly that wasn't the worst part, when I tried to see the data settings management, the thing was frozen!, not a single sign of life, every time I tried to access that option it was the same, the home button worked but when I clicked the "Return to Wii menu" it was frozen for good.
Long story short, I had to format my Wii and there was no way to recover my save games/channels, all gone for good. I'm very sad and I don't know what happpened, all was working perfectly 'till I changed those settings, pretty weird, I posted this because maybe someone may have an idea of what happened, and I hope that this "chronicle" would help somebody else to avoid making the same mistake I did.
Regards.
And again, today it's a sad day for me, all my data lost in an instant... well, the only thing to do is keep going and do all the things I did all over again...
: (
PD: Oh! and now I can't install the homebrew channel, the first time I tried I got the black screen with data saying "0300 exception" and the thing was frozen, I tried to do it again and when I tried to copy the Twilight Hack to the internal memory it said "It is possible that your data was not copied sucessfully" or something along those lines and indeed, the Twilight Hack was not in the internal memory... : (
MikeE21286
Member
Stumpokapow said:
Quick question here....
are you able to download your covers when using USB Loader 7.4? It won't let me do it. I hit "1" and it just hangs up and does nothing and then the option disappears. Anyone else have this happen or know a remedy?
Dante23 said:
Why were you using DVD Dumper? Isn't USB Loader meant to have it's own ripping software included in the app itself?
As for the semi-brick, that's annoying. I guess you hit one of those weird bugs that the Team Twiizers guys have been warning about with cIOS. I take it you were on 4.0? That would explain the inability to reinstall the HBC.
nbcjr said:
cover art images..
didn't change the images path, so should be root:\images\ . Downloaded images were from that wii boxart site so the right size. pressing B then 1 to download doesn't bring things up either, and after I do it once it doesn't come up again. Very odd. AFAIK the config.txt is ok.
Was using titles.txt to exclude the adult stuff from my sons list. Just downloaded a big list of games then added =1 next to ones that I've ripped that are also suitable for my son
Are there any issues using a Mac? I think when I was originally setting the homebrew stuff up, there were issues with dol files not being recognised, but using my wife's PC it was ok. Does a mac maybe format stuff not quite right? USB loader runs ok though. Would be noticed if it didn't work surely, as that OSX wfbs tool is being used by Mac owners
Rewrite
Not as deep as he thinks
:lol That's so awesome.Vyse The Legend said:Note to WiiWare pirates: The developers are watching the forums. :lol
In short, a dirty pirate was complaining about not being able to pirate LIT over on the GBATemp forums, and the developer decided to offer him some advice.
Source
I thought this was funny and worth sharing.
The makers of Ultimate USB Loader have apparently joined another project with a much better GUI, based on the v1.1 loader (which only requires cIOS rev9 and rips your discs much faster than any running with rev10):
(the screenshot is from their Google Code page, I hope it's ok but if it's not please notify me and I'll remove it)
(the screenshot is from their Google Code page, I hope it's ok but if it's not please notify me and I'll remove it)
HUELEN10
Member
DAMN THAT'S SEXY! Can't wait to hear more!Jocchan said:The makers of Ultimate USB Loader have apparently joined another project with a much better GUI, based on the v1.1 loader (which only requires cIOS rev9 and rips your discs much faster than any running with rev10):
(the screenshot is from their Google Code page, I hope it's ok but if it's not please notify me and I'll remove it)
Caesar III
Member
Damn, why can the pirates get a so much better system?
Yeah, I know, you are no pirates, I am not talking about you either but anyway they do not buy anything and get something like this? That's just not fair at all.
edit: This looks great and I'm going to install this as well as soon as BootMii is released.
Yeah, I know, you are no pirates, I am not talking about you either but anyway they do not buy anything and get something like this? That's just not fair at all.
edit: This looks great and I'm going to install this as well as soon as BootMii is released.
I don't know if I can link it (it would be like leaving a bunch of knives on the table, they could be used in a legit way to eat a tasty steak you've bought with your hard earned money... or they could be used to stab someone).Hesemonni said:
I think I can tell the GUI is made by some guys called dimok, nIxxx and cyrex, and that you can find awesome deals for knives on Google if you only want to eat your own steak.
HisshouBuraiKen
Member
Borrowed a friend's HDD to try this out - I cannot BELIEVE how much faster and smoother CoDWaW is. Before I'd usually end up finally starting the match at around 9:45 but now all the maps load almost instantly. MP3 is also another good example.
Shitfing gears - where can I find a tutorial on how to use all those awesome brawl texture hacks out there?
Shitfing gears - where can I find a tutorial on how to use all those awesome brawl texture hacks out there?
TheSonicRetard
Banned
I have a 1 tb USB HDD, but I've heard I have to partition it into 2 500 gb partitions in order to get it working with my wii. Any truth to this, and if so, can anyone recommend a good disc partitioner? I haven't used one since partition magic :lol
EDIT: Apparently not, I just updated cIOS rev 10 and now it's working like a charm... installing madworld right now.
EDIT: Apparently not, I just updated cIOS rev 10 and now it's working like a charm... installing madworld right now.