BootMii/SD Card Compatibility List

This page allows you to collect information about your SD Card and the functioning of BootMii with it. You might compare with HBC's list here SD/SDHC Card Compatibility Tests

Legend

Boot time : The time (seconds) between pressing the "Power" button and the BootMii screen appearing.

Compatibility Legend
Works: This SD Card works without any problems.
Issues: This SD Card has minor problems, such as a slow boot process.
Doesn't Work: This SD Card doesn't work at all.
Not Tested: This SD Card has not yet been tested.

Tests

BootMii Public Beta 4

Brand	Model	Size	Nand backup	BootMii	Boot time	Notes	Confirmed
A-Data	SD	2GB	Doesn't work	Doesn't work		Boots always straight to system menu, never to BootMii.	0
A-Data	SD	2GB	Doesn't work	Doesn't work		Boots always straight to system menu, never to BootMii.	0
A-Data	SDHC class 6	8GB	Works	Works		0~1	0
Kodak	SD	2GB	Works	Works			0
Kingston	SDHC	8GB	Not tested	Doesn't work			0
Kingston	SDHC	4GB	Not tested	Works			0
Kingston	SD	2GB	Works	Works			1
Lexar	Premium 60x	2GB	Not tested	Doesn't Work		Boots to system menu, occasionally black screen instead	0
PNY	SD 2GB Optima	2GB	Works	Works	1	Works perfectly! Very fast!	2
PNY	SD 2GB Optima (MMAGF02GWMCU-PA)	2GB	Not tested	Doesn't Work		boots to blank screen, sometimes boots straight to System Menu	0
PNY	Optima SDHC	8GB	Not tested	Doesn't work		Boots to a black screen	0
PNY	Micro SDHC	4GB	Not tested	Doesn't work			0
Sandisk		512MB	Works	Works	1		0
Sandisk		2GB	Not tested	Doesn't Work		Boots to system menu, occasionally black screen instead	0
Sandisk	For Wii	2GB	Works	Works	1	backup/verify takes about 10 minutes	0
Sandisk	Ultra II	2GB	Works	Works	2	works just fine!	1
Sandisk	SDHC	8GB	Works	Works	2	backup/verify takes about 15 minutes	0
Sandisk	MicroSD (with SD Adapter)	2GB	Works	Works			0
Transcend	microSDHC	8GB	Works	Doesn't work		backup/verify takes about 15 minutes	0
Power Saves	SD	512MB	Works	Works			1

BootMii Public Beta 3 (BootMii v1.0, Stub v1.0, MINI v1.0)

Brand	Model	Size	Nand backup	BootMii	Boot time	Notes	Confirmed
Lexar	SD 2 GB	2gb	Issues	Works	4	Backup and verifying takes 10 minutes.	0
Lexar	SDHC 8GB (Class 6)	8gb	Works	Doesn't work			0
Kingston	SD Elite Pro 50x 1GB	1gb	Works	Doesn't Work		Drivelight flashes as though there is no SD card when Wii is booting up.	0
Kingston	SD/2GB	2gb	Works	Works	4	Now perfectly compatible	1
Kingston	SDHC 4GB (Class 6)	4gb	Works	Works	1	Works Perfectly	1
Kodak	SDHC 4GB (Class 2)	4gb	Not tested	Doesn't Work		Would not load BootMii, would always go to System Menu	0
Micro Center	4GB SDHC Class 6	4GB	Doesn't Work	Doesn't work
PNY	Premium	2GB	Works	Works	2	Works Perfectly	1
PNY	MicroSD 2Gb w/adapter	2GB	Works	Works		Works Perfectly	1
Sandisk	Ultra II SD Plus	1GB	N/A	Doesn't Work		SD not detected by bootmii. Works fine for homebrew otherwise. It's a SD-Card with integrated USB-Connector.	0
Sandisk	Ultra II	2GB	N/A	N/A		SD not detected by bootmii. Works fine for homebrew otherwise.	0
Sandisk	microSDHC 4GB	4GB	Works	Works		it's a micro SDHC in a sandisk microSD to sd adapter and it works fine!	1
Sandisk	microSDHC (class 2)	8GB	Works	Works		Using it in a generic microSD->sd adapter and it works great.	0
Sandisk	for Wii	2GB	Works	Works	2	Faster nand Backup, with "Official Nintendo Seal" (!)	4
Transcend	Micro SD w/adapter 1GB	1gb	Works	Doesn't Work		Drivelight flashes as though there is no SD card when Wii is booting up.	1
Transcend	SDHC 4GB (Class 6)	4gb	Works	Doesn't Work		Drivelight flashes as though there is no SD card when Wii is booting up.	1
Transcend	SD 4GB (133x)	4gb	Works	Varies		BootMii compatibility only works for some--Wii stuck on blank screen for about 30 secs before drivelight flashes and system menu boots, or might be ignored immediately.	1
Transcend	SD 2GB (150x)	2gb	Works	Works		Formatted as FAT.	0
Transcend	SD 4GB (150x)	4gb	Doesn’t Work	Doesn’t Work*		Wii isn’t able to boot up with BootMii.	0
Transcend	MiniSD SDHC 8GB (Class 6)	8gb	Issues	Doesn't Work		can used for nand backup, but the freespace is not correct, if there is more than 4G data in the card, bootmii will said no enough free space.	0
Transcend	SDHC 16GB (Class 6)	16gb	Issues	Doesn't Work		can used for nand backup, but the freespace is not correct, if there is more than 4G data in the card, bootmii will said no enough free space.	0
MyFlash	Turbo 150x SD	4GB	OK	OK		Now works 100% with Beta 3	0
Play.com	SDHC	4GB	OK	Unable to load DOLs		Fails to load *all* DOLs ("Failed to boot selected file!"). NAND backup and BootMii menu loading is fine.	0
Verbatim	SD	2GB	Works	Works	2	Works perfectly, backup is fast.	0
Dane-Elec	Micro SD	4GB	Fails	Fails		Cannot mount.	0
Canon	SDC-32M	32 MB	Too small	Works	5	An old card that came with a digital camera	0
Panasonic	SD	16 MB	Too small	Works			0
A-Data	TURBO SDHC 16G EeePC(White)	16GB	Works	Fails		Works with the rest of HBC and apps, and bootmii installed as boot2 fine, but Wii never found it on boot.	0

BootMii Public Beta 2 (BootMii v0.9, Stub v0.9, MINI v0.9)

Brand	Model	Size	Nand backup	BootMii	Boot time	Notes	Confirmed
Adata	2GB Speedy	2GB	Works	Issues	1	Instant boot. EDIT: Mine doesn't work. YMMV.	0
Adata	MicroSDHC 8GB (Class 6) (with Adapter)	8GB	Doesn't work	Doesn't work			1
Ativa	SD 2gb 60x High Speed	2gb	Works	Works	2.5	Fast Boot	0
Ativa	SD 1gb	1gb	Works	Works	2.5	Fast boot	1
ATTiA Tech	SD+USB 2GB	2GB	Not tested	Works	3.5	Pretty fast boot.	1
CnMemory	Mini SD 1GB	1GB	Doesn't work	Doesn't work			0
Duracell	SDHC	4GB	Works	Works	2	Everything works fine, even HBC. But things like HBB can't seem to read the card. Same with WadManager 1.4.	1
EMTEC	SD 2GB	2gb	Doesn't work	Works		BootMii backup the NAND successfully but the nand.bin size is 0kb...	0
First Champion	SD 2.0GB	2GB	Not tested	Doesn't work		Booting with this card panics (2 slot blinks).	0
Impact	128MB	128MB		Works	3.5	Fast. Back-up isn't tested because the card is too small. Works great with installer too. Installed as boot2.	0
Kingston	SD 2gb	2gb	Not tested	Works	5		1
Kingston	SD/2GB	2gb	Works	Issues	4	Randomly fails to load MINI with 'sdmmc: MMC_READ_BLOCK_MULTIPLE failed for card 0 with 60'. -One made in Japan, with the numbers "SD-M020 0848 TT7892Y" works perfectly.	0
Kingston	Micro SD w/ Adapter	2gb	Issues	Works	2		3
Kingston	SDHC 4GB (Class 6)	4gb	Not tested	Doesn't work			1
Kingston	Elite Pro 1GB 50x	1gb	Works	Not tested			0
Lexar	SD 1GB	1GB	Works	Works	2.5		0
Lexar	SD 1gb Premium 60x	1gb	Doesn't Work	Works	2.5		0
Lexar	SD 2gb Platinum II 60x	2gb	Not tested	Dosen't Work		Does not boot. There is a 20 second gap between the startup and the fall to System Menu.	0
Lexar	SD 4gb Platinum II 60x	4gb	Works	Dosen't Work		Does not boot. There is a 20 second gap between the startup and the fall to System Menu.	0
Lexar	microSD 2 GB (with adapter)	2gb	Issues	Doesn't work		Worked perfectly in beta1. Beta2 backups the NAND a bit slower and fails to detect bootmii files on the SD resulting in a skip to sysmenu.	0
Lexar	SD 2 GB	2gb	Works	Works	3		0
Micro Center	2GB SD Flash Card	2GB	Doesn't Work	Doesn't work
Micro Center	4GB SDHC Class 6	4GB	Doesn't Work	Doesn't work
MyFlash	Turbo 150x	SD 4GB	Doesn't Work	Works		f_lseek failed: 1, f_lseek(0) failed: 2	0
Panasonic	SD Class2	1GB	Works	Works	~3	Works, but slow on booting	0
Patriot	EP+ SD	2gb	Works	Works	3	Works perfectly fine	0
Patriot	SD	2gb	Works	Works	2	Works perfectly fine	0
Patriot	Micro SDHC Class 6	4 GB	Works	Works	1		1
Patriot	SDHC Class 6	4 GB	Works	Works	1		1
Peak	MLC 1GB	1gb	Works	Works	3	Works perfectly	0
PNY	SD 128MB	128MB		Works			0
PNY	SD 512MB	512MB		Works	5		0
PNY	SD 2GB Optima (40x)	2gb	Doesn't Work	Works	2.8	Fast startup, NAND backup hangs when tried	0
PNY	SD 2GB Optima	2gb	Issues	Doesn't Work		boot2 fails to load; NAND backup hangs when tried, output image appears to be proper size	0
PNY	SD 2GB Polaroid	2gb	Works	Works	2	Works Fine and Fast.	0
PNY	TF+Adapter MicroSD	2gb	Issues	Works	3	Nand backup hang up,but I wait for one minutes,Backup begion to work,however verifying backup is hang up ,there is a nand.bin with 0 byte files.	0
PNY	TF+Adapter MicroSD	4gb	Works	Doesn't Work	3	Don't see bootmii screen. Wii flashes blue light to enter Wii System Menu.	0
PNY	Micro SDHC Class 6	4gb	Works	Works	2	Very Fast	0
Sandisk	Ultra II	1gb	Works	Works	3		0
Sandisk	Ultra II	2gb	Works	Issues	3	Didn't work for me. SD not detected by bootmii. Works fine otherwise. (20090817 - 2nd opinion: I tried FAT/FAT32 and various cluster sizes and did NOT work for me with bootmii)	0
Sandisk	SD 2.0GB	2gb	Works	Works	3	Took 21 seconds to boot on 0.8	2
Sandisk	for Wii	2GB	Works	Works	2	with "Official Nintendo Seal" (!)	3
Sandisk	MicroSD (with SD Adapter)	2gb	Works	Works	3	Works just fine.	0
Sandisk	MicroSD (with SD Adapter)	1gb	Works	Works	3	Everything works perfect! Fast loading, backup and restore features work well.	0
Sandisk	MicroSD (with SD Adapter)	4gb	Works	Works	3	Works just fine.	0
Sandisk	SD 512MB	512MB		Works	2	Much faster than in beta1.	0
Sandisk	SD 256MB	256MB		Doesn't work		Brief flashes occur but loads to the Wii System Menu. Tested with and without the SD card in the SD slot.	1
Sandisk	SD 64MB	64MB		Works			0
Sandisk	Mini SD (With SD Adapter)	1 GB	Not tested	Works	2.5	Fast Boot	0
Silicon Power	SD 2GB 45x	2GB	Works	Issues	3	Works fine with Nand backup. Bootmii doesn't start (for me).	0
Toshiba	SD 2.0 GB	2gb	Works	Works	5	Fast	1
Toshiba	MicroSD 1GB (SD Adapter)	1gb	Works	Works	5		0
Transcend	microSD1.0 (SD Adapter)	1Gb	Doesn't work	Doesn't work		Black screen at boot.	0
Transcend	microSD1.0 (SD Adapter)	2GB	Works	Works	2	Very fast	0
Transcend	miniSD1.0 (SD Adapter)	1Gb	Works	Works	2	Very fast	0
Transcend	SD1.1 (133x)	4GB	Works	Doesn't work		Don't see bootmii screen. Wii flashes blue light to enter Wii System Menu.	0
Transcend	SD	2GB	Not tested	Doesn't work	/	BootMii don't recognizes the sd:/bootmii/ dir	0
Transcend	8GB Class 6 SDHC	8gb	Works	Doesn't work		Locks up Wii about 20% of the time, boots fast to Wii health screen once in a while, beta1 was always around 8 seconds slower than factory, Still locks up before health screen randomly. Fails to boot bootmii bypassing to sysmenu	1
Transcend	SD2.0 (class 6)	16GB	Works	Doesn't work		Don't see bootmii screen. Wii flashes blue light to enter Wii System Menu.	2

BootMii Public Beta 1 (BootMii v0.8, Stub v0.8, MINI v0.8)

Brand	Model	Size	Nand backup	BootMii	Boot time	Notes	Confirmed
Adata	SD Class 6 SDHC	4gb	Doesn't work	Doesn't work		Doesn't Work	0
Canon	SD Memory Card SDC-32M	32mb		Issues	18	Very slow	0
Corsair	SD 1GB	1gb	Doesn't work	Issues	20	Very slow for BootMii / Format Failure for Nand Backup	0
Crucial	SD 2.0GB	2gb	Works	Works	1	Very fast	0
Dane-Elec	SD 1GB	1gb	Not tested	Works			0
Dane-Elec	SD 2GB	2gb	Works	Works	1		0
Duracell	SD 2GB	2GB	Not tested	Issues	10	Average of 10sec to boot after initial power on	0
EMTEC	SD 2GB (up to 60x)	2gb	Works	Works		Works fine (it's slow if you use more than 1gb of the SD card)	0
First Champion	SD 2.0GB	2gb	Works	Doesn't work		Booting with this card panics (2 slot blinks). Booting with another card and dumping NAND to this card works.	0
FujiFilm	SD 2.0GB	2gb	Works	Works	1	Very fast	0
Impact	SD 1GB	1GB	Works	Not tested		Not tested	0
Kingston	Elite Pro 1GB 50x	1gb	Works	Doesn't work		BootMii : Drive slot flashes. Then Wii Menu boot.	0
Kingston	SD/2GB	2gb	Not tested	Issues	14	Very slow	0
Kingston	Mirco SD	2gb	Works	Works	2		1
Kingston	SD/2GB	2gb	Works	Works	4		0
Kingston	micro SDHC class 4 made in Taiwan	4gb	Not tested	Works	4		0
Kingston	SDHC 4GB (Class 6)	4gb	Works	Works	2		0
Kodak	SD 1GB	1gb	Issues	Not tested		Fails verification of Nand Backup	0
Lexar	SD 2 GB	2gb	Works	Works	3		1
Lexar	microSD 2 GB (with adapter)	2gb	Works	Works	3		0
Maxell	SD	1GB	Not tested	Works	5		0
Nytech	SD 128 MB	128mb		Doesn't work			0
Panasonic	SD 16mb	16mb		Issues	21	Very slow	0
Patriot	EP+ SD	2gb	Works	Works	3	Works perfectly fine	0
PNY	TF+Adapter MicroSD	2gb	Works	Works	3	Works perfectly fine	0
PNY	TF+Adapter MicroSD	4gb	Works	Works	3	Works perfectly fine	0
Sandisk	micro SD (with adapter)	2gb	Works	Works	3		1
Sandisk	Ultra II	1gb	Not tested	Works	3		0
Sandisk	Ultra II	2gb	Works	Works	3		2
Sandisk	MicroSDHC	4gb	Works	Works	2	works/fast	0
Sandisk	4gb sdhc class 2	4gb	Works	Issues		Very fast (20090817 - 2nd opinion: I tried FAT, FAT32 and various cluster sizes and this card did *NOT* work for me)	0
Sandisk	for Wii	2GB	Not tested	Works	1	with "Official Nintendo Seal" (!)	1
Sandisk	SD 512MB	512MB	Not tested	Issues	10	Slow boot.	0
Team	SD 2gb	2GB	Not tested	Issues	23	Very slow	0
Transcend	Transcend 80x 512mb	512mb		Issues	20	Very slow	0
Transcend	Transcend 133x 4Gb	4gb	Not tested	Doesn't work			0
Transcend	8GB Class 6 SDHC	8gb	Works	Doesn't work		Wont boot BootMii and also locks up Wii 1 in 5 times or so (No Boot)	1
Transcend	Micro-SD	2gb	Not tested	Doesn't work		BootMii : Drive slot flashes. Then Wii Menu boot.	0