I've been looking around and reading a hell of a lot of forums and articles about the Wii U's external hard drive options and capabilities. However, theres one last thing i can't seem to find out! No matter which model I get I'm gonna get a hard drive, but currently I have an Verbatim 500GB drive that is powered by a single USB output. I know the Wii U won;t work wirth this in its current set up. To save buying a whole new hard drive that has an external power source could I just buy a USB Y Splitter cable and plus it into 2 of the Wii U's ports that way. As I read a dual USB powered drive will work without an external power source.
cheers!
4 replies to this topic
#1
Posted 02 December 2012 - 06:10 AM
#2
Posted 02 December 2012 - 08:45 AM
Yes.
#3
Posted 02 December 2012 - 10:49 AM
Precise and to the point. I like it
#4
Posted 04 December 2012 - 12:41 PM
Yeah
#5
Posted 06 December 2012 - 02:49 AM
Confirmed with my Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex 1 TB. The Wii U didn't even pick up that a hard drive was connected until I used a usb 3.0 Y cable.
http://www.amazon.ca/Seagate-FreeAgent-Ultra-Portable-External-STAA1000101/dp/B0045JLPMO/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1354790788&sr=8-1
http://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B006C0S2JS/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00
I have then downloaded and played Nintendoland for about 1 hour with no problems or slowdowns. Moved Trine 2 over and it played just as well as when it was on the consols hard drive.
http://www.amazon.ca/Seagate-FreeAgent-Ultra-Portable-External-STAA1000101/dp/B0045JLPMO/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1354790788&sr=8-1
http://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B006C0S2JS/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00
I have then downloaded and played Nintendoland for about 1 hour with no problems or slowdowns. Moved Trine 2 over and it played just as well as when it was on the consols hard drive.
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