128GB SDXC WKF Compatibility Issues

[deckard]

Emu_kidid asked me to start a new thread on this topic, rather than discuss this in the "Swiss 0.3" thread.

I finally got around to purchasing a 128GB SDXC card for use with the WKF and Swiss and have found that I'm unable to boot any games past offset 08000000 (64GB). If anyone else with a 128GB card and WKF could report here with their findings of launching games specifically through the WKF past the 64GB barrier, it'd be very much appreciated.

The same 128GB card can be fully read via SD Gecko and launch games off the entire space on the card. This has been tested from version 0.3 (r174), as well as the latest SVN compile (r240).

If anyone is running version 1.3 or higher of the WKF firmware (with GC menu support) and could also share whether they are able to access the whole 128GB through the official menu, that'd also be helpful to know.

Cheers.

[Gamerlolwind]

um, 128gb SDC?
i'll use it for my GC games loading when iget one. so i can confrim the compatablty of it on official firmware.

i heard you can use it on wkf, and it works, as wii HD tested it. maybe you need to reformat it via SD formatter or windows format to FAT32, and then to the WBFS format.

64gb SDXC works fine, im using on my GCP works perfectly, but i can't store all my GC games + Megaloader/swiss all one one card.

hopefully with the 128gb SDXC card i can.

[deckard]

I have my card formatted properly to fat32 with 32kb clusters. It does work with the wkf, but any games stored past the first 64gb can't be read by swiss.

Haven't tried using the wbfs format since I'm on firmware 1.0 for swiss autoboot support, thus no GC menu support from the official wkf loader.

[Gamerlolwind]

I have my card formatted properly to fat32 with 32kb clusters. It does work with the wkf, but any games stored past the first 64gb can't be read by swiss.

Haven't tried using the wbfs format since I'm on firmware 1.0 for swiss autoboot support, thus no GC menu support from the official wkf loader.

humm, maybe swiss doesn't work well with 128gb SDXC?

or it doens't work well with 1.0 FW.

have your tried using the Easeus partition manager to format the card?
Wii_HD used this he says and it worked for him on wkf.

my WKF uses FW 1.5, so when i get my 128gb SDC card from amazon uk, i'll test games out.

mega releases some wkf menu .dol files to use, but you can only use the .dol file that your FW is on.

1.0 fw -> 1.0 wkf menu .dol
1.3 fw -> 1.3 wkf menu .dol
1.5 fw -> 1.5 wkf menu .dol

emu_kidd answered my question on 128gb card that i had asked:

Use the 128GB SDXC as FAT32 with Swiss as the WKF menu and everything should work, emulators too.

[emu_kidid]

In theory, yes it should work according to the code, but I'm curious if the WKF internally has issues reading past 64GB..

[wii_HD]

I have NOT tried wii key fusion with 128GB card although swiss works okay.

I really should install my wkf before its too late in my life

[emu_kidid]

to avoid confusion, you mean you've tried it in the SDGecko in Swiss only?

[megalomaniac]

Very interesting results deckard...
I would not doubt if this indeed was a WKF firmware issue since it seems to be exactly cutoff past 08000000...
...but is this for all base firmware 1.0 -1.5?? maybe so
Back in 2010 when v1.5 was released, the 64GB card was only a few months into its release and out of price range of normal consumers...so I don't believe WiiKey team bothered to support 128GB which was not relatively affordable until 3 years after v1.5 was released..


SD Gecko works great with swiss on 128GB as confirmed by Wii_HD...and also confirmed with IDE-EXI up at least 500GB last I remember someone posting...
( shameless plug ) if anyone is looking for a large HDD storage solution..don't forget I have IDE-EXI's for sale

[emu_kidid]

hehe, I've tested 2TB on IDE-EXI even.

[andzlay]

Are there even 2TB IDE HDDs? Or with SATA adapter?

[wii_HD]

to avoid confusion, you mean you've tried it in the SDGecko in Swiss only?

Yes.

I never mentioned wkf in relation to said card back in Febuary.

[Gamerlolwind]

Wii_HD used this he says and it worked for him on wkf.

to avoid confusion, you mean you've tried it in the SDGecko in Swiss only?

Yes.

I never mentioned wkf in relation to said card back in Febuary.

whoops!, my bad .
i misread your thread, wii hd.
my apologies man,

so, the 128gb SDXC card works fine on swiss only, but is untested on WKF FW?
so, to be clear on WKF FW, no one here has tested out a 128gb SDXC card yet?

i'll be sure to get a 128gb card to load all my GC games + megaloader/swiss to test it out and see if it works.

how is it possible to load all your games on one SD card? on WBFS formatted card?

[emu_kidid]

To be 100% clear:

128GB SD in WKF + Swiss = up to 64GB was OK
128GB SD in SDGecko + Swiss = all 128GB was OK
128GB SD in WKF + Wiikey Fusion Menu = ??