#Unable to load GameCube games through USBLoaderGX with Nintendont

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round schooner
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When i use Nintendont by itself, the games load fine although they don't let me save even though i have the emulated memcard on.
When i use USBLoaderGX to start the gamecube games, it says that it is creating a 2048kb (251 block) card, (even though in config i told it to make a 123 block card) and then shuts the wii down.
I don't know why this is happening.

round schooner
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anyone?

hidden violet
round schooner
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the thing is when i load Nintendont manually without USBLoaderGX, it works just fine

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for some reason it just shuts down the wii when i try loading a game through USBLoaderGX

round schooner
# round schooner yes

I've heard that Nintendon't doesn't like USB flashdrives a lot, but i don't have any other drive

hidden violet
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@round schooner flash drives often cause issues and should be avoided.

It's often when the Wii tries to write to the USB drive. Like when it's trying to write the save file to it.

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Use an SD or USB hard drive.

PNY 32gb SD:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07R494LB5/

SanDisk 32gb SD:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08GYG6T12/

Any usb hard drive 2tb or smaller should work. If you're low on money, just get the cheapest one you can find
Here is a very cheap 320gb HDD:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00HF9H0MA/
If you want something with a reliable warranty and might be made of better material, get a 1tb one from a known brand like WD, Seagate, or Toshiba:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B079D359S6/

You can also use any 2.5" drive with an enclosure known to work with the Wii:
https://www.amazon.com/Sabrent-Tool-free-Enclosure-Optimized-EC-UASP/dp/B00OJ3UJ2S/

round schooner
hidden violet
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k good luck

round schooner
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this isn’t an issue with the god damn USB drive though

hidden violet
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You can easily test that by loading from an SD instead

round schooner
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Nintendont works fine when i use it without usbloadergx

hidden violet
round schooner
round schooner
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it works

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it boots

hidden violet
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And it saves?

round schooner
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haven’t tested it

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it usually just says that there is no memcard

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buti think thats because i havent really fucked with the config

hidden violet
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and see if it works then.

round schooner
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fuck

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it works now

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Man I Sure Wonder What This Could Possibly Mean!!!

hidden violet
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lol

round schooner
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well shit man

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i guess i gotta find a hard drive somewhere

hidden violet
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I linked a $20 one

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It's the cheapest I've seen unless u have one laying around

round schooner
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yes the thing is i live in venezuela and it’s such a hassle to get amazon packages here i don’t wanna do it

hidden violet
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oh yeah those links only good for US

round schooner
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you have to use a proxy and then wait like 6 - 7 months for it to get here

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so im just gonna look around

hidden violet
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Good luck

round schooner
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thanks

hidden violet
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@round schooner
If you can't find one. Do you remember if you formatted your USB drive with 32kb allocation unit size

round schooner
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how do i check this?

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i formatted a 64GB Kingston USB flashdrive with FAT32

hidden violet
# round schooner how do i check this?

power down the Wii, insert the drive into your PC, then search in windows for cmd and press enter.
in the command prompt, type chkdsk x: but replace x with the letter for your USB flash drive.
then screenshot the output

round schooner
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hold on i gotta turn on my computer

round schooner
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it says that there are errors in the drive but won't fix them since i didn't use "/f"

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then it asks me if i want to turn bad sectors into files?

hidden violet
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just say no

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N

round schooner
hidden violet
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It's 32kb

round schooner
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so it's good?

hidden violet
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It's right

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But your drive has corruption

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Which happens a lot when using flash drives with the wii

round schooner
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do i fix the corruption

hidden violet
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U can try backing up your files and reformatting the drive

round schooner
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hm

hidden violet
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or yeah I guess running the command again with the /f

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See if it fixes it

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I don't think either will fix it but there's a chance

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So it's worth a try

round schooner
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I wonder why it's like that though

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why do wii programs just

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not like USB flashdrives

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alright

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done

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imma try it

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nope

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of course

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welp

hidden violet
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reformatting and trying that is your next hope

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It really is worth a try

round schooner
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here's something weird though

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if i try booting it with memcard emulation on through Nintendont

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it works

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just fucking fine

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perfectly

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memcard emulation works

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but not through USBLoaderGX

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in which case, it simply hangs and then shuts down

round schooner
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so uh where do i claim my trophy

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im gonna try saving a game then booting from USBLoaderGX

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maybe that'll work now?

hidden violet
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doubt

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But maybe it will

round schooner
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i say that because maybe since Nintendont now has a save file to load

hidden violet
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If it doesn't have to create the save file

round schooner
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it doesn't try to write anything

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i need to find a save point first

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this is my first time playing luigi's mansion for the gamecube

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uh

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well uh

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im just gonna go tyr it

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i can't find a savepoint plus i think it already created a file

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considering it actually loaded and said it had a memory card in

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@hidden violet yoooo it works on usbloadergx now !!!

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success !!!

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thank you for the help :)

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now i know that for the first boot i need to do it directly on Nintendon't

hidden violet
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That's not normal and definitely a symptom of USB stick disease

But I'm glad you got something working. Nice work

round schooner
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anyways

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i'll lock the thread now