SD/SDHC card compatibility tests

A lot of people on the WiiBrew forums and on the #wiihelp on EFnet IRC have reported problems using the Twilight Hack or loading Homebrew applications in the Homebrew Channel. These same people claim to have fixed their problems by using a different SD or SDHC card. The purpose of this page is to collect data about the SD or SDHC card you are using to determine which SD and SDHC cards cause problems and which don't.

• User: Input your username.
• Card Type: What type of card you are using.
• Card Size: What size your card is.
• Card Manufacturer: Who made your card.
• Twilight Hack: Yes or no, successful usage of Twilight Hack with this card.
• Homebrew Channel: Yes or no, successful usage of Homebrew via the Homebrew Channel using your card? (Not initially installing the channel, just using it once it has been installed)

You might try comparing the page for Mini at BootMii/SD Card Compatibility List

Note: SDHC cards do not work with the Twilight Hack, only the Homebrew Channel beta 9 or greater. MMC cards do not work in the Wii at all. Also try to follow the order when posting your test.

Note: If it does not work for you (especially with an SDHC card), please try again after reformatting on the Windows command line (Start > Run > cmd) using: format h: /fs:fat /a:4096

User	Card Type	Card Size	Card Manufacturer	Twilight Hack	Homebrew Channel	Comments
Nakoni9	SD	GB 002	SanDisk	Not tested	Yes	Works fine
Bwmdjeff	SDHC	2gb	Toshiba	Not tested	Yes	Works exactly like it should
Pixdoet	microSDHC in Kingston adapter	GB 004	Adata	Not tested	Yes	Works fast. Scam warning took 31 seconds to load
Stan-f	microSDHC Class 4 in SD Adapter	GB 008	Kingston(Card and Adapters)	Not tested	Partial
HomerJC	SDHC	GB 3.72	Sandisk	no	no	Doesnt work at all. And I checked the lock twice!
LGDX_lepou	SDHC	GB 008	CoreMicro	Not tested	Yes	Works fine. I didn't test the Twilight Hack but with Letterbomb it works perfectly.
Stan-f	microSDHC Class 4 in USB Adapter	GB 008	Kingston(Card and Adapters)	Not tested	Yes	Slows down when charging apps
Error	MicroSD in SD Adapter	GB 002	Kingston(Card and Adapter)	Not tested	Yes
arn`	SD Class 2	GB 001	Panasonic	Yes	Yes	Tested with HBC 1.0.3
Pishta68	SD	MB 512	PNY	Yes	Yes	Tested with HB browser
arn`/Sakisds	SD	GB 002	Transcend	Yes	Yes	Works perfectly(tested with all hbc versions and with a lot of apps).
code2lfe14	SD	GB 004	Hp	no	Yes	Works perfectly(Tested with HBC from 1.0.1 to 1.1.0 versions and with a lot of apps)HackMii Installer, HomeBrew Browser, DVDX and DVDX v2.
Kakkoii	SDHC Class 4	GB 004	Duracell	Yes	Yes	But apps in HBC such as HBB and Wad Manager cannot read the SDHC card. This is very odd, since everything else on the Wii can.
hykosphy / lego6245	SDHC Class 6	GB 008	Kingston	Not tested	Yes	Works with HBC 1.0.3 and earlier
Jservs7	SDHC Class 6	GB 008	Transcend	Not tested	Yes
AntFucker	SD HighSpeed 60x	GB 002	TakeMS	Yes	Yes
neit_jnf	SDHC Class 6	GB 032	Topram	No	Yes
neit_jnf	SDHC Class 6	GB 008	Transcend	No	Yes
neit_jnf	SD	GB 002	Wphoto (Walgreens)	Not tested	Yes
SpanishFly	SD Class 4	GB 002	Panasonic	Yes	Yes
SpanishFly	SDHC Class 6 (133x)	GB 004	Sandisk	Not tested	Yes
baffle-boy	Micro SDHC	GB 004	SanDisk	Not tested	Yes
Justing6	SD	GB 002	Patriot	Yes	Yes
Ron/Sakisds	Ultra II SD Plus	GB 001	SanDisk	Yes	Yes	Tested with HBC from 1.0.0 to 1.0.6. USB Stick also works.
Ron	SD	GB 002	SanDisk/Nintendo	Yes	Yes	Tested with HBC 1.0.5 and 1.0.6
Vortex099	SD	GB 002	SanDisk/Nintendo	Yes	Yes
MadCatMk2	SD	MB 512	ExtreMEmory ("Allaround")	Not tested	Yes
Drugold	Micro SD (with SD Adapter) [FAT16/32]	GB 002	Transcend	Yes	Yes
Drugold	SD (133x) [FAT32]	GB 004	Transcend	No	Yes
CashMan	SD	GB 002	Toshiba	Yes	Yes
Clorox	SD	MB 256	Nintendo (I think)	Yes	Yes
Arikado	SD	GB 002	SanDisk	Yes	Yes
Flark	SD	GB 001	Kingston	Yes	Yes
Octoroks	SD	GB 001	Dane-Elec	Yes	Yes
Baffle-boy	SD	GB 002	Dane-Elec	Not tested	No	Wasn't recognized by anything on the Wii.
Pinball Wizard	SD	MB 512	SanDisk	Yes	Yes
Pinball Wizard	SD	GB 001	SanDisk	Yes	Yes
Rldowling03	SD	GB 002	DSE	Yes	Yes
Arzuk	SD	GB 002	Lexar	Yes	Yes
Jesse	SD	GB 002	Lexar (Multi-Use)	No	No	Model # LSD2GBASBWMC Rev B - Cannot be read by Wii at all in FAT16 or FAT32
Jesse	SD	GB 002	HP	Not tested	Yes	Model # L1877A#707-EF
Wiiboy59	SD	GB 002	Lexar SD Gaming Edition	Not tested	Yes
Notsogr8one	SD	GB 002	Kingston	Yes	Yes
Duhow	SD	MB 128	Kingston	Yes	Yes
Ninjafish1990	SD	GB 002	SanDisk	Yes	Yes	Tested with HBC 1.0.1 to 1.0.3
Ninjafish1990	SD	GB 002	Toshiba	Yes	Yes	Tested with HBC 1.0.1 to 1.0.3
Ninjafish1990	Micro SDHC Class4 (with SD Adapter)	GB 004	Kingston	Yes	Yes	Tested with HBC 1.0.1 to 1.0.3
bg4m3r	SD	MB 256	Kodak	Yes	Yes
bg4m3r	SD	GB 002	Lexar	Yes	Yes
Whodares	SD	GB 001	EMTEC	Yes	Yes
Wiiboy59	SD	GB 002	EMTEC	Not tested	No	Wii doesn't show any content even though files are shown on the PC. Other SD cards work though.
Whodares	SD	GB 002	OCZ	Yes	Yes
DragonQ	SD Hi-Speed 150x	GB 002	OCZ	Yes	Yes	Tested with HBC 1.0.6, HackMii Installer v0.6, HomeBrew Browser 0.3.8, DVDX v2
Yossi	SD	GB 002	Kingston	Yes	Yes
DrLucky	SD	GB 002	PNY	Yes	Yes
Drugold	SDHC Class 6 [FAT32]	GB 016	Transcend	No	Yes
Gerome	SDHC Class 6 [FAT32]	GB 016	Transcend	No	Yes
BlueDragon	SDHC	GB 004	Toshiba	Not tested	Yes
JP	SD	GB 004	Transcend	Yes	Yes
Notsogr8one	SDHC Class 4	GB 004	PNY	Not tested	Yes
Yossi	SD	MB 512	Connect 3D	Not tested	Yes
Arzuk	SDHC	GB 004	Lexar	Not tested	Yes
Yossi	Micro SD (with SD adapter)	GB 002	Kingston	Not tested	Yes
Yossi	Micro SD (with SD adapter)	GB 002	Patriot	Not tested	Yes
JerryX	Power Saves SD Card	MB 512	Datel	Yes	Yes	BootMii loads extraordinarily slow compared to other cards.
Clorox	Micro SD (with SD Adapter)	GB 002	SanDisk	Not tested	Yes
KnoWei	SD	GB 001	Datel "MAX Memory"	Yes	Yes
NSSVelocity	SD	MB 512	Impact	Yes	Yes
NSSVelocity	SD	GB 002	Kodak	Not tested	Yes
NSSVelocity	SDHC Class 4	GB 016	Kodak	No	No
teknecal	Micro SD (with SD Adapter)	MB 064	SanDisk	Yes	Yes
lanjoe9	SDHC (133x)	GB 004	Zap Glider	Not tested	Yes
lanjoe9	SD (66x)	GB 002	Zap Glider	Yes	Yes
ML™	SD (66x)	GB 002	EMTEC	Yes	Yes
malexous	Micro SD (with SD Adapter)	GB 002	SanDisk	Yes	Yes
denper	SDHC Class 2	GB 004	SanDisk	Not tested	Yes
OneUp	SDHC Class 2	GB 008	SanDisk	Not tested	Yes
Starsplash	Micro SD (with SD Adapter)	GB 002	I-O DATA	Yes	Yes
Starsplash	SDHC Class 6	GB 016	PQI	Not tested	Yes
Digdug	Mini SD (with SD Adapter)	MB 512	Kingston	Yes	Yes
Digdug	Micro SD (with SD Adapter)	GB 002	Kingston	Yes	Yes
Starsplash	SD Class 4	GB 002	Hagiwara Sys-Com	Yes	Yes
Starsplash	Micro SDHC Class 2	GB 008	SanDisk	Not tested	Yes
böllö	SD	MB 016	Panasonic	Yes	No
WiiCracker	SD	GB 002	Ricoh	Yes	Yes
Starsplash	SDHC Class 6	GB 004	A-DATA	No	Yes
Sunmight	SDHC Class 6	GB 008	A-DATA	Not tested	Yes
frozzted	SDHC Class 6	GB 002	ATP	Yes	Yes
Gumble	SDHC Class 4	GB 008	Kingston	Not tested	No
Xjph	SDHC Class 4	GB 016	Kingston	Not tested	Yes
Chizad	SDHC 2.0	GB 016	PQI	Not tested	No
Brx017	SDHC Class 6	GB 008	Patriot	No	No
denper	SDHC Class 4	GB 004	Dikom	Not tested	No
HelpMii	Micro SD (with SD Adapter)	GB 001	Kingston	No	No
yoshicircuit	SDHC Class 6	GB 004	Verbatim	Not tested	No
mushroom	SD	MB 128	Jessops	No	No
Q_Kid	SDHC (Fat32)	GB 004	Presidents Choice	Not tested	No
Q_Kid	SD (Fat32)	GB 002	DaneElec	Yes	Yes
WiiPower	Micro SDHC class4 (with SD Adapter) made in Taiwan	GB 004	Kingston	Not tested	Yes
Kkh3049	Micro SDHC C04G (Japan) (with SD Adapter) [FAT16/32]	GB 004	Kingston	Not tested	No
Rambytes	Micro SDHC class4 (with SD Adapter) [FAT16/32]	GB 004	Kingston	Not tested	No
Rambytes	Micro SD class2 (with SD Adapter) [FAT16/32]	GB 002	Kingston	yes	yes
MiniMii	Optima HD SDHC class4 [FAT]	GB 016	PNY	Not tested	No
jimitha	SDC-32M [FAT16, see below]	MB 032	Canon	Yes	Yes	See notes below
coreduo0099	SDHC Class 6	GB 016	PQI	Not tested	No	See notes below
coreduo0099	SDHC Class 6	GB 008	A-Data	No	Yes
coreduo0099	SDHC Class 6	GB 016	A-Data	Not tested	Yes	DEC 18 2009: Second confirmation by mia1dolfan. Fully functional, thanks coreduo0099!! [Google Product Search]
n2kra	Micro SDHC Class 4 (with Adapter)	GB 004	PNY	Not tested	No	See Wii SDMenu note
fallen101	Micro SDHC Class 4	GB 008	PNY	Not tested	Yes
Lakitu	SD	GB 002	First Champion	Not tested	Yes
Wolfdre	SDHC class 4 platinum II 60x	GB 016	Lexar	Not tested		Works with 4.0 SD menu and HBC 1.0.3
ej	SD	GB 002	Maxell	Yes	Yes
Alexanderpas	SD (with "Official Nintendo Seal")	GB 002	SanDisk	Yes	Yes
Appitizer	SD	MB 512	A-DATA	Yes	Yes
norac_egres	SDHC Ultra II class 2 [FAT32]	GB 016	SanDisk	Not tested	Yes
MiniMii	Kodak SDHC (SanDisk?)	GB 004	Kodak	Not tested	Yes
brass	SDHC Class 4	GB 004	Kingston	Not tested	No
Xeiden	SDHC Class 4	GB 004	Kingston	Not tested	Yes	But only before first app run
NintendoManiac64	SDHC Class 4	GB 004	Kingston	Not tested	No (see note)	Yet BootMii's SD file browser works (though bootmii itself cannot boot from the card)
Wiiguy	SD (with "Official Nintendo Seal")	GB 002	SanDisk	No	Yes
Wiill	SD	GB 002	SanDisk	Yes	Yes
Sam6226	SD	MB 512	Lexar	Yes	Yes
Extrems	SD	GB 002	Kingston	Yes	Yes
Extrems	SD	GB 002	Lexar	Yes	Yes
TheStorm	SDHC Class 4	GB 008	Toshiba	Not tested	Partial	No apps which use libfat work
SquidMan	SD with USB Connector	GB 002	ATTiA Tech	Yes	Yes
ghee22	Micro SD (with SD Adapter) [FAT32]	GB 004	Dane-Elec	No	No
malexous	SD	MB 016	Panasonic	Not tested	Yes	böllö reports that Panasonic 16MB does not work with the Homebrew Channel but my card does
Chainsawkitten	MicroSD with SD adapter	GB 001	Transcend	Not tested	Yes
LightInDark	SDHC (Class 6)	GB 008	Integral	Not tested	Yes	Card reads, can be used for installs and apps. But sometimes the Wii/HMC will loose the card and un-mount it when loading some apps such as Supersonic Wii
Khaledh	SD	GB 002	SanDisk	Not tested	Yes
Weebat	SDHC (Class 4)	GB 004	Panasonic	Not tested	Yes	Tested with HBC 1.0.6. Most apps (such as HBB, MPlayer) can not access SD-Card. Exception: GeeXboX 0.1alpha7 works without problems.
ummwat	SDHC Class 4	GB 008	Panasonic	Not tested	Yes	Wii Family Edition; HBC 1.1.0; System Menu 4.3U; LetterBomb. All apps tested so far work.
DarthRiko	Optima HD SDHC class4	GB 008	PNY	Not tested	No
dag	Dane-Elec SDHC class4	GB 016	Dane-Elec	Not tested	Yes	Only worked after reformatting on Windows command line using: format h: /fs:fat /a:4096
mia1dolfan	Kingston SDHC class4	GB 032	Kingston	Not tested	Partial	Homebrew Channel 1.0.6 starts apps off card, but applications unable to mount SD:/ - such as Homebrew Browser (FAT16 4096 sector size trick did not work) - DEC 12 09
User:Filgoto	Kingston SDHC class4	GB 016	Kingston	Not tested	Partial	Homebrew Channel 1.0.6 starts apps off card, but they are not able to mount SD:/ for example Homebrew Browser, Wad Manager 1.5 (FAT16 4096 sector size trick did not work)
mia1dolfan	SanDisk Extreme III SDHC	GB 004	SanDisk	Not tested	Yes
Dragonsss	OCZ SDHC Class 6	GB 004	OCZ	Not tested	Partial	Cannot run any apps
trymion	MicroSD in SD Adapter	GB 001	Kingston/Japan (Both SD and Adapter)	Not tested	Yes
Ratty	MicroSD in SD Adapter	GB 001	Sandisk	Not tested	Yes
Legacy	Ultra SDHC Class 4 (100x)	GB 004	Sandisk	Not tested	Yes
AaronMosh7	SDHC Memory Card	GB 008	Toshiba	Not tested	Partial	Sometimes it shows up and sometimes it doesn't show up on the homebrew channel.
hizzle	SDHC Ultra Class 4	GB 008	SanDisk	Not tested	Yes	2010-01-23 Confirmed and working with homebrew channel, downloaded apps and emulators.
howieu	SDHC Memory Card	GB 032	Microcenter	Not tested	Yes	Works fine. Some games (Rick Dangerous) only black screen. Hard to know.
howieu	SDHC Memory Card	GB 016	Kingston	Not tested	Not Really	Worked, but then gave some strange errors. Had to turn off Wii and turn back on. Then same situation occurred again
wiihelper	MicroSD in SD Adapter	GB 002	Centon	Not tested	Yes	It works perfectly fine with a normal FAT format. Sometimes the Homebrew Apps will stay black screen and you'd have to restart.
jiangyan86	SDHC	GB 008	Kingston	Not tested	No	4.0U
earthbound22	SD Memory card	GB 002	Kodak	No	No	Shows nothing at all on either
Nameguy	MicroSDHC in SD Adapter	GB 016	Lexar	Not tested	Yes	It seems that BootMii and the Homebrew Browser cannot mount to the disk. It may be because (but is VERY unlikely that) the lock button is always being pushed to LOCKED when put in some devices. Also, Gecko OS does not load cheats (but this may not be because of the disk, as there are other cases of this).
Lunakoa	SDHC C6	GB 004	Crucial	Not tested	No	Homebrew recognizes and launches Apps, but those apps will not see the SD card. Apps like Homebrew Browser, Multi-Mod Manager, and MPlayer do not work. You can use this to launch bootmii, priloader or Banner Bomb, those work.
mdbrim	SDHC Class 4	GB 016	Toshiba	Not tested	Partial	Some apps work, others do not. (libfat worked on some, didn't on others) could not mount in some cases. Even after the format h: /fs:fat /a:4096 it still didn't.
mdbrim	SDHC Class 2	GB 016	SanDisk	Not tested	Yes	worked great even without a format. (note this is the non Ultra II (which also works) (see above))
jrash06	Micro SDHC	GB 004	Kingmax	Not tested	Yes
kraylord	SD (HyperSpeed 133x)	GB 004	takeMS	Not tested	Yes	Works fine. Article number: MS4096SDC-SD4
Paco103	SD	GB 001	Lexar	Yes	Yes	Works fine. Installed Homebrew with Indiana Pwns
Iced	MicroSD C01G (Japan) (with SD Adapter) [FAT32]	GB 001	Kingston (Card and Adapter)	Not tested	Yes	Homebrew, BootMii and a number of Apps work. Used for all steps of softmod including NAND backup on a 4.0U
Rasori	Extreme SDHC (Class 10) UHS 1	GB 032	SanDisk	Not tested	Yes	HBC, BootMii work, no problems with Apps so far. Recognized at boot.
JustinPayne	SDHC Class 10 (SP032GBSDH010V10)	GB 032	Silicon Power	Not tested	Yes	Came formatted. Originally installed Homebrew using letterbomb on a Patriot 2 gig SD. Moved existing files over to 32GB card. Homebrew reported an update. After updating there were no issues. Ran some apps as well as Scumm. All seems fine.
Mikha	SDHC Class 4	GB 016	SanDisk	Not tested	Yes	Tried to run various games from the card. All seems like it would read from it, and save back to it through apps. Only thing is that a N64 VC game would get TO the card, but not back again. But Seems fine though.
C-TR	microSDHC in SD Adapter (Class 4) made in China	GB 008	Kingston	Not tested	Yes	Works fine
Purplewowies	Sandisk microSDHC in Sandisk adapter	GB 008	SanDisk	Not tested	No	Would not do Letterbomb (had to use microSD in same adapter), and would not do anything in Homebrew Channel
Clefairy	microSDHC in SD adapter (Class 10) UHS-I	GB 016	A-DATA	Not tested	Yes	Homebrew Channel 1.1.2, BootMii work, no problems with any apps.
Clefairy	microSDHC in SD adapter (Class 10) UHS-I	GB 016	A-DATA	Not tested	Yes	Homebrew Channel 1.1.2, BootMii work, no problems with any apps.
xobyot	SD Optima SD-M02G	GB 002	PNY	Not tested	Yes	No Problems, System Menu 4.3 - LetterBomb, Homebrew Channel 1.1.2, BootMii, tested many apps
xobyot	SDHC Class 6 SD6/4GB	GB 004	Kingston	Not tested	Yes	No Problems, System Menu 4.3 - LetterBomb, Homebrew Channel 1.1.2, BootMii, tested many apps
xobyot	SDHC Ultra 30MB/s Class 6 SDSDH-016G	GB 016	SanDisk	Not tested	Yes	No Problems, System Menu 4.3 - LetterBomb, Homebrew Channel 1.1.2, BootMii, tested many apps
seandgibbonsy	SDHC Platinum II 45MB/s Class 10	GB 008	Lexar	Not tested	Yes	No Problems, System Menu 4.3 - LetterBomb, Homebrew Channel 1.1.2, BootMii, tested many apps
MegaSuperab	MicroSDHC in SD adapter (Class 4)	GB 016	Kingston	Not tested	No	Hombrew tested on vWii using SmashStack
jous	microSDHC in SD Adapter (Class 10)	GB 016	Samsung evo	Not tested	Yes	HBC Browser working. Wiixplorer starts, but does not find sd card. Other apps work fine.
Jasjar	Sandisk Ultra SDXC UHS-I	GB 064	Sandisk Ultra	Not tested	Yes	Works fine with Homebrew Channel. Nintendont works 100%.
takerukoushirou	SDHC Card 4GB Class 6	GB 004	entryx	Not tested	Yes	Homebrew Channel, System Menu 4.3 and apps work perfectly fine. BootMii hangs during boot, but runs fine under HBC.
takerukoushirou	microSDHC 32GB Class 10 in SD adapter	GB 032	Kingston (card and adapter)	Not tested	Yes	Works fine with System Menu 4.3 and Homebrew Channel. BootMii boots without issues.
MtheInsomniac	SDHC	GB 032	Toshiba	Not tested	Yes	h: /fs:fat /a:4096 does not complete, used typical formatting. Homebrew Channel via Letterbomb works perfectly on Wii 4.3. Tested GCMM & FSToolbox0.3. Was able to backup all saves with GCMM, the latter does not boot.
DimensionPizza	microSDHC UHS-1 32GB SD and adapter	GB 032	Sandisk (card and adapter)	Not tested	Yes	Works fine with System Menu 4.3 and Homebrew Channel (test on vWii).
tkrn	SDHC Class 4	GB 004	Fujifilm	Not tested	Yes	Works fine with System Menu 4.3 and Homebrew Channel.
CommodoreCrunch	SDXC Class 3	GB 256	PNY	Not tested	Yes	I wasn't expecting a card this high capacity to work. BootMii, HBC, and any apps I try seem fine.
JoHNNy352	SDHC Class 10	GB 032	Walmart onn.	Not tested	Yes	I did not see the command provided above when I started, so I had to use this article to set it up as FAT16. You should set it up as 4 GB, but you can use 32 GB (FAT32) when everything's set up. You can get a Class 10, 16 GB onn. SD card for just $5.74, so I highly reccommend this card.
GalaxyJiggy	SDXC Class 3	GB 128	Samsung	Not tested	Yes

• Note on SDC-32M: The 32MB card that came with my camera worked fine--but only after correctly reformatting. The original, failing format was FAT12. Reformatting with the "official" program failed too (result was also FAT12). But formatting FAT16 from the Windows command line worked, and both the Twilight Hack and HBC loaded up:

format h: /fs:fat /a:4096

Command For Linux Users:

sudo mkfs.vfat -F 16 -S 4096 /dev/mmcblk0p1

• Note on PQI 16GB Class 6: formatted using [Panasonic Formatter] with size adjust and it worked for the Wii SD menu, but not for HBC. Without [Panasonic Formatter], did not work for either.