Ghetto load IOS202 in WiiMC 1.09

[cardesity]

I just recently bought a new External HD, the Eagle Tech Consus T-Series 2TB USB3.0, and I have been unable to get it detected by IOS58. While trying to fix the problem I found an interesting work-around.
I ran my USB 2.0 test (created by rodries i believe) http://mplayer-ce.googlecode.com/files/USB%20Test.rar , it failed the first check (seems to be usual for any of my drives), but once the drive was initialized it said the drive was 100% compatible with the driver. So I then went BACK to WiiMC and there my drive was, fully working. I checked info of the program (clicked the logo in the upper right corner) and it assured me that it was 1.09 using IOS58. Maybe that’s just hard-coded into the program? I have a feeling its using IOS202.
I then did a fresh boot of my Wii and went straight to WiiMC from the HBC. The drive was no longer being recognized. After many tests I have found that once any application that loads using IOS202 is run via the HBC any subsequent runs of WiiMC will find my harddrive. However, Once the HBC is exited you will have to repeat the load of an IOS202 app to get the effect again.

Tested on:
USB 2.0 Test
WiiXplorer
Geexbox

Also note that WiiMC 1.06 works fine with my Eagle Tech USB3.0 Drive. But as there are many cool additions from 1.06 to 1.09+ this is not an optimal solution.

[rodries]

It is indeed running under 58. The issue is your drive is going to sleep, and that other app is able to wake it up before WiiMC starts. HBC actually puts the drive to sleep before loading WiiMC which doesn’t help matters. I think you’ll see this fixed in the next WiiMC + HBC releases.

[cardesity]

Good to know. Thanks for the quick response.

[cardesity]

With the 1.1.0 update I can no longer do the trick I explained to use WiiMC with my Eagle Tech Consus T-Series 2TB USB3.0 Hard Drive. I now need to use a non IOS58 application, Mplayer CE / Geexbox to play media off the drive.

I’m wondering what change has from 1.0.9 caused this.

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