SD/SDHC card compatibility tests

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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. Abbreviations:
    • Cx - Speed Class (x is 2, 4, 6 or 10)
    • Ux - UHS Speed Class (x is 1 or 3). A newer speed standard than Speed Class.
    • Vx - Video Speed Class (x is 6, 10, 30, 60 or 90). A newer speed standard than UHS Speed Class.
    • UHS-x - Bus Speed (x is I, II or III)
  • Card Size: What size your card is (e.g., "GB 032").
  • Card Manufacturer: Who made your card. If using SD card with an adapter of the same manufacturer, then add "(card and adapter)" at the end of manufacturer's name (e.g., "Kingston (card and adapter)").
  • EAN (0 + UPC): Optional. EAN has 13 digits, UPC has 12 digits. Preferably input EAN. To convert UPC to EAN, add "0" before the UPC code (UPC: 123456789123 -> EAN: 0123456789123).
  • 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 after 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
Cptcollister SDHC GB 008 Intenso Not tested Partial HBC functional, BootMii on boot2 doesn't work but does on another card
Nakoni9 SD GB 002 SanDisk Not tested Yes Works fine
Bwmdjeff SDHC GB 002 Toshiba Not tested Yes Works exactly like it should
Pixdoet microSDHC in Kingston SD adapter GB 004 ADATA Not tested Yes Works fast. Scam warning took 31 seconds to load
Stan-f microSDHC C4 in SD adapter GB 008 Kingston (card and adapter) Not tested Partial
HomerJC SDHC GB 003.72 Sandisk No No Doesn't work at all. And I checked the lock twice!
LGDX_lepou SDHC GB 008 CoreMicro Not tested Yes Works fine. Letterbomb works perfectly.
Stan-f microSDHC C4 in USB adapter GB 008 Kingston (card and adapter) Not tested Yes Slows down when charging apps
Error MicroSD in SD Adapter GB 002 Kingston (card and adapter) Not tested Yes
arn` SD C2 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 lots 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 C4 GB 004 Duracell Yes Yes But apps in HBC such as HBB cannot read the SDHC card. This is very odd, since everything else on the Wii can.
hykosphy / lego6245 SDHC C6 GB 008 Kingston Not tested Yes Works with HBC 1.0.3 and earlier
Jservs7 SDHC C6 GB 008 Transcend Not tested Yes
AntFucker SD HighSpeed 60x GB 002 TakeMS Yes Yes
neit_jnf SDHC C6 GB 032 Topram No Yes
neit_jnf SDHC C6 GB 008 Transcend No Yes
neit_jnf SD GB 002 Wphoto (Walgreens) Not tested Yes
SpanishFly SD C4 GB 002 Panasonic Yes Yes
SpanishFly SDHC C6 (133x) GB 004 Sandisk Not tested Yes
baffle-boy microSDHC GB 004 SanDisk Not tested Yes
Justing6 SD GB 002 Patriot Yes Yes
Ron/Sakisds SD Ultra II 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 microSD in 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 microSDHC C4 in 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 C6 [FAT32] GB 016 Transcend No Yes
Gerome SDHC C6 [FAT32] GB 016 Transcend No Yes
BlueDragon SDHC GB 004 Toshiba Not tested Yes
JP SD GB 004 Transcend Yes Yes
Notsogr8one SDHC C4 GB 004 PNY Not tested Yes
Yossi SD MB 512 Connect 3D Not tested Yes
Arzuk SDHC GB 004 Lexar Not tested Yes
Yossi microSD in SD adapter GB 002 Kingston Not tested Yes
Yossi microSD in 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 microSD in 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 C4 GB 016 Kodak No No
teknecal microSD in 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 microSD in SD adapter GB 002 SanDisk Yes Yes
denper SDHC C2 GB 004 SanDisk Not tested Yes
OneUp SDHC C2 GB 008 SanDisk Not tested Yes
Starsplash microSD in SD adapter GB 002 I-O DATA Yes Yes
Starsplash SDHC C6 GB 016 PQI Not tested Yes
Digdug miniSD in SD adapter MB 512 Kingston Yes Yes
Digdug microSD in SD adapter GB 002 Kingston Yes Yes
Starsplash SD C4 GB 002 Hagiwara Sys-Com Yes Yes
Starsplash microSDHC C2 GB 008 SanDisk Not tested Yes
böllö SD MB 016 Panasonic Yes No
WiiCracker SD GB 002 Ricoh Yes Yes
Starsplash SDHC C6 GB 004 ADATA No Yes
Sunmight SDHC C6 GB 008 ADATA Not tested Yes
frozzted SDHC C6 GB 002 ATP Yes Yes
Gumble SDHC C4 GB 008 Kingston Not tested No
Xjph SDHC C4 GB 016 Kingston Not tested Yes
Chizad SDHC 2.0 GB 016 PQI Not tested No
Brx017 SDHC C6 GB 008 Patriot No No
denper SDHC C4 GB 004 Dikom Not tested No
HelpMii microSD in SD adapter GB 001 Kingston No No
yoshicircuit SDHC C6 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 microSDHC C4 in SD adapter GB 004 Kingston Not tested Yes made in Taiwan
Kkh3049 microSDHC C04G in SD adapter [FAT16/32] GB 004 Kingston Not tested No Made in Japan
Rambytes microSDHC C4 in SD adapter [FAT16/32] GB 004 Kingston Not tested No
Rambytes microSD C2 in SD adapter [FAT16/32] GB 002 Kingston yes yes
MiniMii Optima HD SDHC C4 [FAT] GB 016 PNY Not tested No
jimitha SDC-32M [FAT16, see below] MB 032 Canon Yes Yes See notes below
coreduo0099 SDHC C6 GB 016 PQI Not tested No See notes below
coreduo0099 SDHC C6 GB 008 ADATA No Yes
coreduo0099 SDHC C6 GB 016 ADATA Not tested Yes DEC 18 2009: Second confirmation by mia1dolfan. Fully functional, thanks coreduo0099!! [Google Product Search]
n2kra microSDHC C4 in SD adapter GB 004 PNY Not tested No See Wii SDMenu note
fallen101 microSDHC C4 GB 008 PNY Not tested Yes
Lakitu SD GB 002 First Champion Not tested Yes
Wolfdre SDHC C4 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 ADATA Yes Yes
norac_egres SDHC C2 Ultra II [FAT32] GB 016 SanDisk Not tested Yes
MiniMii SDHC GB 004 Kodak (SanDisk?) Not tested Yes
brass SDHC C4 GB 004 Kingston Not tested No
Xeiden SDHC C4 GB 004 Kingston Not tested Yes But only before first app run
NintendoManiac64 SDHC C4 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 C4 GB 008 Toshiba Not tested Partial No apps which use libfat work
SquidMan SD in USB Connector GB 002 ATTiA Tech Yes Yes
ghee22 microSD in 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 in SD adapter GB 001 Transcend Not tested Yes
LightInDark SDHC C6 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 C4 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 C4 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 C4 GB 008 PNY Not tested No
dag Dane-Elec SDHC C4 GB 016 Dane-Elec Not tested Yes Only worked after reformatting on Windows command line using: format h: /fs:fat /a:4096
mia1dolfan SDHC C4 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 SDHC C4 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 (FAT16 4096 sector size trick did not work)
mia1dolfan Extreme III SDHC GB 004 SanDisk Not tested Yes
Dragonsss OCZ SDHC C6 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 C4 (100x) GB 004 Sandisk Not tested Yes
AaronMosh7 SDHC GB 008 Toshiba Not tested Partial Sometimes it shows up and sometimes it doesn't show up on the homebrew channel.
hizzle SDHC Ultra C4 GB 008 SanDisk Not tested Yes 2010-01-23 Confirmed and working with homebrew channel, downloaded apps and emulators.
howieu SDHC GB 032 Microcenter Not tested Yes Works fine. Some games (Rick Dangerous) only black screen. Hard to know.
howieu SDHC 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 System Menu 4.0U
earthbound22 SD 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 C4 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 C2 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 microSDHC 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 in SD adapter [FAT32] GB 001 Kingston (card and adapter) Not tested Yes Made in Japan. Homebrew, BootMii and a number of Apps work. Used for all steps of softmod including NAND backup on a 4.0U
Rasori Extreme SDHC C10 U1 GB 032 SanDisk Not tested Yes HBC, BootMii work, no problems with Apps so far. Recognized at boot.
StefanBC Extreme SDHC UHS-1 Card GB 032 SanDisk Not tested Yes HBC, BootMii work, no problems with Apps or games so far. Recognized at boot. Model: SDSDXVT-032G-GNCIN
JustinPayne SDHC C10 GB 032 Silicon Power Not tested Yes Product code: SP032GBSDH010V10. Came formatted. Originally installed Homebrew using letterbomb on a Patriot 2 GB 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 C4 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 C4 in SD adapter GB 008 Kingston Not tested Yes Made in China. Works fine
Purplewowies microSDHC in SD adapter GB 008 SanDisk (card and adapter) Not tested No Would not do Letterbomb (had to use microSD in same adapter), and would not do anything in Homebrew Channel
Clefairy microSDHC C10 UHS-I in SD adapter GB 016 ADATA Not tested Yes Homebrew Channel 1.1.2, BootMii work, no problems with any apps.
Clefairy microSDHC C10 UHS-I in SD adapter GB 016 ADATA 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 C6 SD6 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 C6 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 C10 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 C4 GB 016 Kingston Not tested No Hombrew tested on vWii using SmashStack
jous Evo microSDHC C10 in SD adapter GB 016 Samsung 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 Not tested Yes Works fine with Homebrew Channel. Nintendont works 100%.
takerukoushirou SDHC C6 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 C10 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-I in SD 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 C4 GB 004 Fujifilm Not tested Yes Works fine with System Menu 4.3 and Homebrew Channel.
CommodoreCrunch SDXC C3 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 C10 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.
GalaxyJiggy SDXC C3 GB 128 Samsung Not tested Yes
EnergyEffect microSDHC C10 U1 UHS-I in SD adapter GB 016 Silicon Power Not tested Yes
OrnateRope SD GB 002 Intergral Not tested Yes Product code: SP016GBSTH010V10SP. System Menu 4.3, Homebrew Channel 1.1.2, BootMii work
TappyTurtle13 SDHC C10 GB 008 Gigastone Not tested Yes Works perfectly with System Menu 4.3U, HBC 1.1.3, and BootMii 1.5, as well as other channels and data. Exploited with Letterbomb
HackAndRino microSDXC UHS-1 E-series in SD adapter GB 128 Lexar Not tested Yes Works perfectly with System Menu 4.3E, HBC, and BootMii, as well all the games i tried. partition format: 128Gb FAT32 primary(not logical, you need a program like Partition Master free edition). Exploited with str2hax(DNS and user agreement)
Mad-Al microSDXC U3 in SD Adapter GB 064 Samsung EVO Select (card and adapter) Not tested Yes Works with System Menu 4.3 and Homebrew Channel.
Mad-Al SDHC U1 V10 GB 032 Samsung EVO Plus Not tested Yes Works with System Menu 4.3, Homebrew Channel, and BootMii 1.5. Also worked well with the following apps: Usb Loader GX, Riivolution, Snes9x GX, Genesis Plus GX, SaveGame Manager GX, WiiXplorer.
  • 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