SD/SDHC card compatibility tests
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A lot of people on the wiibrew forums and on the #wiihelp 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 HackY: Yes or no, were sucessful in running the twilight hack with your card?
- Homebrew Channel: Yes or no, were successful in running 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.
| User | Card Type | Card Size | Card Manufacturer | Twilight Hack | Homebrew Channel | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| arn` | SD Class 2 | GB 001 | Panasonic | Yes | Yes (with HBC 1.0.3) | |
| arn` | SD | GB 002 | Transcend | Yes | Yes (with HBC 1.0.3) | |
| 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 | SDHC Class 6 | GB 008 | Kingston | Didn't Try | Yes (with HBC 1.0.3) | |
| sashavol | SD | GB 001 | Ativa | Yes | Yes | |
| Jservs7 | SDHC Class 6 | GB 008 | Transcend | Didn't Try | Yes (But only after I click on Reload) | |
| 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) | Didn't try | Yes | |
| SpanishFly | SD Class 4 | GB 002 | Panasonic | Yes | Yes | |
| SpanishFly | SDHC Class 6 (133x) | GB 004 | Sandisk | Didn't try | Yes | |
| baffle-boy | Micro SDHC | GB 004 | Sandisk | Didn't try | Yes | |
| Justing6 | SD | GB 002 | Patriot | Yes | Yes | |
| Vortex099 | SD | GB 002 | SanDisk/Nintendo | Yes | Yes | |
| MadCatMk2 | SD | MB 512 | ExtreMEmory ("Allaround") | Didn't try | 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 | GB002 | Dane-Elec | Didn't try | No | wasnt 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 | |
| Notsogr8one | SD | GB 002 | Kingston | Yes | Yes | |
| Duhow | SD | MB 128 | Kingston | Yes | Yes | |
| bg4m3r | SD | MB 256 | Kodak | Yes | Yes | |
| bg4m3r | SD | GB 002 | Lexar | Yes | Yes | |
| Whodares | SD | GB 001 | EMTEC | Yes | Yes | |
| Whodares | SD | GB 002 | OCZ | Yes | Yes | |
| Yossi | SD | GB 002 | Kingston | Yes | Yes | |
| DrLucky | SD | GB 002 | PNY | Yes | Yes | |
| Drugold | SDHC Class 6 [FAT32] | GB 016 | Transcend | No | Yes (But only after I click on Reload) | |
| Gerome | SDHC Class 6 [FAT32] | GB 016 | Transcend | No | Yes (But only after I click on Reload) | |
| BlueDragon | SDHC | GB 004 | Toshiba | Didn't try | Yes | |
| JP | SD | GB 004 | Transcend | Yes | Yes | |
| Notsogr8one | SDHC Class 4 | GB 004 | PNY | Didn't try | Yes | |
| Yossi | SD | MB 512 | Connect 3D | Didn't try | Yes | |
| Arzuk | SDHC | GB 004 | Lexar | Didn't try | Yes | |
| Yossi | Micro SD (with SD adapter) | GB 002 | Kingston | Didn't try | Yes | |
| Yossi | Micro SD (with SD adapter) | GB 002 | Patriot | Didn't try | Yes | |
| JerryX | Power Saves SD Card | MB 512 | Datel | Yes | Yes | |
| Clorox | Micro SD (with SD Adapter) | GB 002 | SanDisk | Didn't try | Yes | |
| KnoWei | SD | GB 001 | Datel "MAX Memory" | Yes | Yes | |
| NSSVelocity | SD | MB 512 | Impact | Yes | Yes | |
| NSSVelocity | SD | GB 002 | Kodak | Didn't try | 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 | Didn't try | 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 | Didn't try | Yes | |
| OneUp | SDHC Class 2 | GB 008 | Sandisk | Didn't try | Yes | |
| Starsplash | Micro SD (with SD Adapter) | GB 002 | I-O DATA | Yes | Yes | |
| Starsplash | SDHC Class 6 | GB 016 | PQI | Didn't try | 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 | Didn't try | 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 | Didn't try | Yes | |
| frozzted | SDHC Class 6 | GB 002 | ATP | Yes | Yes | |
| Gumble | SDHC Class 4 | GB 008 | Kingston | Didn't try | No | |
| Gumble | SDHC Class 4 | GB 016 | Kingston | Didn't try | No | |
| Chizad | SDHC 2.0 | GB 016 | PQI | Didn't try | No | |
| Brx017 | SDHC Class 6 | GB 008 | Patriot | No | No | |
| denper | SDHC Class 4 | GB 004 | Dikom | Didn't try | No | |
| HelpMii | Micro SD (with SD Adapter) | GB 001 | Kingston | No | No | |
| yoshicircuit | SDHC Class 6 | GB 004 | Verbatim | Didn't try | No | |
| mushroom | SD | MB 128 | Jessops | No | No | |
| Q_Kid | SDHC (Fat32) | GB 004 | Presidents Choice | Didn't try | No | |
| Q_Kid | SD (Fat32) | GB 002 | DaneElec | Yes | Yes | |
| WiiPower | Micro SDHC class4 (with SD Adapter) made in Taiwan | GB 004 | Kingston | Didn't try | Yes | |
| Kkh3049 | Micro SDHC C04G (Japan) (with SD Adapter) [FAT16/32] | GB 004 | Kingston | Didn't try | No | |
| Rambytes | Micro SDHC class4 (with SD Adapter) [FAT16/32] | GB 004 | Kingston | Didn't try | No | |
| Rambytes | Micro SD class2 (with SD Adapter) [FAT16/32] | GB 002 | Kingston | yes | yes | |
| MiniMii | Optima HD SDHC class4 [FAT] | GB 016 | PNY | Didn't try | No | |
| jimitha | SDC-32M [FAT16, see below] | MB 032 | Canon | Yes | Yes - see below | |
| coreduo0099 | SDHC Class 6 | GB 016 | PQI | Didn't try | No - see below | |
| coreduo0099 | SDHC Class 6 | GB 008 | A-Data | Didn't try | Yes | |
| coreduo0099 | SDHC Class 6 | GB 016 | A-Data | Didn't try | Yes | |
| n2kra | Micro SDHC Class 4 (with Adapter) | GB 004 | PNY | Didn't try | No - See Wii SDMenu note | |
| Lakitu | SD | GB 002 | First Champion | Didn't try | Yes | |
| Wolfdre | SDHC class 4 platinum II 60x | GB 016 | Lexar | Didn't Try | 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 | Didn't Try | Yes | |
| MiniMii | Kodak SDHC (Sandisk?) | GB 004 | Kodak | Didn't try | Yes | |
| brass | SDHC Class 4 | GB 004 | Kingston | Didn't Try | No | |
| Xeiden | SDHC Class 4 | GB 004 | Kingston | Didn't Try | Yes (But only before first app run) | |
| 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 | |
| User:TheStorm | SDHC Class 4 | GB 008 | Toshiba | Not tested Didn't Try | Yes (but 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 |
- 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
- 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.