#Mario Galaxy freezes on a black screen

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cosmic ivy
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Mario Galaxy freezes on a black screen when i start it with USB loader GX

fading crystal
# cosmic ivy Mario Galaxy freezes on a black screen when i start it with USB loader GX

To assist you in troubleshooting your issue, I recommend performing a Syscheck on your Wii. This involves testing all the IOS on your console. Here's a step-by-step guide you can follow: https://wii.guide/syscheck

  • Once you complete the Syscheck, it will generate a syscheck.csv file on the ROOT of your device.

  • To share the results with me, simply drag and drop the syscheck.csv file from the root directory of your SD or USB drive into the chat. This will allow me to analyze the information and provide further assistance.

cosmic ivy
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I also noticed that my wii remode disconnects and I cant reconnect it.

fading crystal
main rune
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Hey! Same thing happens for me for Mario Kart! And my remote disconnects

cosmic ivy
worn laurel
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@cosmic ivy are you using a usb flash drive?

cosmic ivy
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Yes

worn laurel
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that’s your issue, you need to use an hdd

cosmic ivy
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hdd?

worn laurel
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yes

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external hard drive

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⚠️ Don't use USB flash drives, thumb drives or sticks ⚠️

The list is long but the main reasons why we don't recommend USB Flash Drives are, thumb drives or sticks are:

  • USB flash drive can die or get corrupted out of nowhere.
  • Loaders have problems with flash drives.
  • They're not really meant to load games.
  • The Wii doesn't really like flash drives.

The ideal setup would be to get an SD card and a USB HDD.

For SD cards:

  • It's recommended that the SD card be used for homebrew apps, mods, and that BootMii requires one in order for you to install it and to create a NAND backup.
  • You can just use an SD card to load games, but some games and mods do not work with Large SD cards. (For example Kirby Return to Dreamland does not run properly from an SD cards and Brawl mods do not work with SDXC (SD larger than 32gb)).
  • It's recommended to get a 32gb SD card, but pretty much any size should be fine.
  • The limit is 2tb and preferably get a name brand SD card (e.g. SanDisk).
  • Ensure that the SD card is formatted to the FAT32 file system with an MBR partition scheme and a cluster size of 32KB.

For USB HDD's:

  • It's recommended that the USB HDD be used just for Wii and GameCube games.
  • A 250gb USB HDD is fine, but you can go for a larger capacity if you want more games, the limit is 2TB.
  • Ensure that the USB HDD is formatted to the FAT32 file system with an MBR partition scheme and a cluster size of 32KB.

Recommended SD cards and USB HDD's

cosmic ivy
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have to correct my self I am using a 265gb HDD

worn laurel
cosmic ivy
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How do I find the the cluster size out?

whole oar
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disk management in windows

fading crystal
# cosmic ivy How do I find the the cluster size out?

Perform a chkdsk on the drive using a Windows PC to help troubleshoot your issue.

  1. Connect the drive to your PC
  2. Search in windows for cmd then press enter.
  3. In the command prompt, type chkdsk x: but replace x with the letter for your drive.
  4. Screenshot the output.

We are looking to verify the following:

  1. No issues are found.
  2. If Windows finds problems, close and reopen the command prompt
  3. Type chkdsk /f x: but replace x with the letter for your drive.
  4. When it asks to convert lost chains to files, type n
  5. You have 32kb (32768 bytes) in each allocation unit.
  • If you have a different allocation unit size backup your data and reformat to FAT32 with the correct allocation unit size.
cosmic ivy
abstract basalt
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why is your hard drive named hard drive