My external hard drive is shutting down...

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My external hard drive is shutting down...

Post by flyinggilou »

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I have a Plextor PX-PH320US external HDD, it connects with two usb plugs and gets its power from the Wii (no plug to put in the wall). So far nothing too extraordinary. The problem is that when I play, after a while it ends up turning off and then there's no way to keep playing. I have to restart the Wii and start over from my last save. I'd like to know if there's a solution to my problem...

Thanks in advance.
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Re: My external hard drive is shutting down...

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Unfortunately for you, there are HDDs that do that!

I had the same experience with an external enclosure from the Advance brand :(

Apart from getting a hdd from a known brand such as Verbatim, memup, samsung and others there's not much you can do as far as I know

Here are lists of compatible HDDs
https://wiki.gbatemp.net/wiki/USB_Devic ... ility_List
https://www.wii-addict.fr/forum/LIST-Li ... 13312.html
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Re: My external hard drive is shutting down...

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Thanks. You don't know if it would do the same thing to me with a 1TB Intenso 3.5"? That one has a power plug...^^
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Re: My external hard drive is shutting down...

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worth testing
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Re: My external hard drive is shutting down...

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I can recommend the WD drives which work very well
I have a WD bought at carrefour 2To for 139€ partitioned in 2 times 1TO
and I have no problem with it, except sometimes when launching wiiflow when I leave the wii menu too long in sleep mode where I have to restart wiiflow, 2 to 3 times, but nothing serious

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I forgot, a friend had the same problem with his self-powered HDD, he simply changed which USB port he plugged into and since then no more problems... Worth testing for your case, because I don't remember the brand of his HDD anymore
T'es comme moi.... Tu sors des blagues Vaseuses et tu cherches la porte,
c'est simple elle est par là

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Re: My external hard drive is shutting down...

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Thanks I'll test...we'll see ^^
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Re: My external hard drive is shutting down...

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Some hdds have a built-in utility that puts the hdd to sleep.

Just go to the manufacturer's site for the hard drive or the enclosure (but I doubt it for the enclosure).

Here are the brands that use this kind of utility:

Western digital and Seagate

There's often a hidden partition on western digital hdds (partition with a linux utility).

On the other hand, if the hard drive has its own power supply and the hard drive really turns off, it's because the capacitors are giving up and no longer holding, thus releasing the electricity.
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Re: My external hard drive is shutting down...

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well... Let's recap:
- crappy enclosure. Need to test another one.
- hdd with sleep mode to disable.

Also worth testing if your hdd's cable needs 2 usb ports: plug the power part of the usb not into your wii but into a pc or a usb charger/adapter to see if your usb port might be underpowered.
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Re: My external hard drive is shutting down...

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My problem is fixed, I got my 1TB HDD, formatted it, created two partitions one of which in wbfs and it works perfectly...

Thanks to everyone for your advice!
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Re: My external hard drive is shutting down...

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:arff: you mostly worked around the problem. Anyway, it works. Cool ;)

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