mario galaxy freeze and other issues

**mmoore5553** · 11-18-2009 07:30 PM

Okay I am new to modding wii. I got homebrew on and played alots of games ... i then got a drive to burn my own wii games for backup. I have mario galaxy. i backed it up . Then i moved it to my usb drive. This is the first game i have tried with usb drive. I am using the usb loader that is in the thread modding for wii 3.1 - 4.1 . I used the link there. It is a western digital drive. It was for laptop and just using a adapter to make it usb. I am playing mario galaxy and it works til i get to the princess and the ships are suppose to lift it off the ground. I know this works cause i have used just the backup disk and it plays fine but the video is very slow and choppy ...which i heard is normal if running from disk. So i thought usb drive would nto make it choppy but now i have freeze. Can anyone help or give me insight. Coudl it be my usb adapter ? I am going to copy another game to it and try out also.

**mauifrog** · 11-18-2009 08:01 PM

It could be your drive, it could be spinning down at the wrong time. Do you have a save game? You could just skip that part and move on. It should work very well from usb, faster than disk- so it is either your adapter or the disk is going to sleep. If you have a thumb drive put the game on it and test it out. If it works it is one of the two mentioned above. Try to find a utility for your disk that will allow you to adjust the spin down settings. The manufacture will usually make these, just grab on for their portable drives and try it out. It could be the adapter, no test for that other than a disk check utility that will graph read speeds.

**mmoore5553** · 11-18-2009 08:32 PM

thanks for your reply... I might just go buy a usb drive ....it is western digital and i download there spin down ulitlity but it only allows you to stop it ? I am loading more games on it now. Since i am new to this ..I just burn the iso and then load them ...4.37 gigs takes a while to move to the external drive ..I know the drive is good cause it is brand new laptop drive ...what would you suggest .... ? I do not have a saved game ..wish i did . I am loading more games on it to see if it is just that game ...this is first time like i said using usb loader gx. I do not mind buying a drive but want to make sure i am not having issues too lol

**mauifrog** · 11-18-2009 08:42 PM

Try to stop the spin down, it may help.

**mmoore5553** · 11-18-2009 08:50 PM

the only way i can stop the spin down is when i have it hooked to pc ..the program western D gives only runs on pc .... i didnt now if there was a firmware or what. i guess i will buy another drive ..any suggestions ?

**mauifrog** · 11-18-2009 08:52 PM

The program sets the setting in the hd's firmware. Set it on you pc, then those settings go with the drive to your wii. The drive controls it, not the wii.

**mmoore5553** · 11-18-2009 08:58 PM

thanks for your reply but it doesnt not appear to have anything like that in there settings ... I have attached a screenie ...just sucks now i have to find a drive that will work. i am not new to computers ..just new to this wii stuff

**mauifrog** · 11-18-2009 09:06 PM

Best of luck, I am out of ideas.

**nytevizion** · 12-03-2009 10:05 AM

I am having the exact same issue. It freezes right when the space ship is going to pull the castle out of the ground. Has anyone found a solution to this?

Is it really a HDD spin down problem?

This is from HDD using USB Loader DX.

**mauifrog** · 12-03-2009 11:04 AM

Originally Posted by nytevizion [Only Registered Members May View Links| Click here to register]

Is it really a HDD spin down problem?

It could be.

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