Dios Mios HDD Compatibility List
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This is the compatibility list for DIOS MIOS. Credit to maxternal for the Idea. If anyone want's to make this more advanced like the rest of the compatibility lists here, feel free.
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Current table format is the standard wikitable.
- Type
- Is it a stand-alone hard drive, flash drive, IDE/SATA adapter, or a hard drive enclosure
- Brand
- Brand name of the drive (Western Digital, Seagate, HP, ect)
- Model Name
- The model name of your drive. (Passport, SimpleSave, ect.)
- Model Number
- Provide the exact model number of your device if possible.
- Size
- How much space does the drive have?
- Power Source
- External Power or USB power?
- USB Interface
- What is the USB interface? 2.0 or 3.0
- Status
- Is is working with Dios Mios? Working, Not Working, or Issues (issues is less than 95% consistent compatibility)
- Notes
- Provide any other information that you can. If the status is issues, explain why here, provide
- Link
- Provide a link to the drive's page at the manufacturers website or amazon page if possible, if not put N/A
Compatibility List
| Type | Brand | Model Name | Model Number | Size | Power Source | USB Interface | Status | Notes | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HDD | Western Digital | My Passport | N/A | 1TB | USB | 2.0 | Working | Disable Spindown | Link |
| HDD | HP | SimpleSave | N/A | 320GB | USB | 2.0 | Working | Extremely rare spin down possible | N/A |
| FlashDrive | PNY | P-FD16G/MINI-EFS2 | P-FD16G/MINI-EFS2 | 16GB | USB | 2.0 | Working | Rare instances of DM booting the disk in the drive possible | Link |
| Stand-Alone | Buffalo | HD-CX1.0TU2 | HD-CX1.0TU2 | 1TB | External | 2.0 | Issues | Random Booting Issues | N/A |
| HDD | Samsung | M3 Portable | HX-M101TCB/G | 1TB | USB | 3.0 | Working | N/A | N/A |
| HDD | Seagate | Expansion Desktop Drive | STBV2000100 | 2TB | External | 3.0 | Not Working | No Dios Mios Logo, Black Screen in USB CFG loader | N/A |
| HDD | Western Digital | My Book Essentials 3.0 | WDBACW0020HBK-NESN | 2TB | External | 3.0 | Not Working | 3 Drives tested, none work | N/A |
| HDD | Iomega | Select | SPHDU | 500GB | USB | 2.0 | Working | No issue | Link |
| HDD | Western Digital | Elements | WDBAAR3200ABK-NESN | 320GB | USB | 2.0 | Working | None apparant | Link |
| HDD | Toshiba | STOR E alu | PX1396E-3T01 | 1TB | External | 2.0 | Working | No issue | N/A |
| HDD | Western Digital | My Book Studio | WD7500H1Q-00 | 750GB | External | 2.0 | Not Working | Tested with two Wiis (both work with a different drive) | N/A |
| HDD | Verbatim | Store n GO | N/A | 1TB | USB | 3.0 | Not Working | Black screen/No DM Logo | Link |
| HDD | Western Digital | Elements portable | N/A | 1TB | USB | 3.0 | Not working | GC games boot up fine, but the spindown cannot be disabled with this serie, after 10min the Wii shuts down. | Link |
| HDD | Western Digital | My Passaport | PN: WDBKXH0010BBK-01 MODEL: WDBKXH0010BBK-NEBZ | 1TB | USB | 2.0 3.0 | Working | Compatible with Wii Games = YES Compatible with Dios Mios = YES (Dios Mios 2.10) Compatible with Homebrews and movies WiiMC = YES. |
N/A |
| HDD | Western Digital | Elements SE | WDBABV5000ABK-EESN | 500GB | USB | 2.0 | Working | N/A | Link |
| HDD | Samsung | S2 Portable | HXMU050DA(B) | 500GB | USB | 2.0 | Working | Works flawlessly with Wii games, extremely rare freezing of GC games | N/A |
| Enclosure | iMicro | 2.5 sata & ide HDD Combo | im25com-bk | says up to 500GB - Using 2TB no problems | USB | 2.0 | Working | Works with both Wii games and Dios Mios 2.11 GC games - Works with Homebrew also | Link |
| HDD | Toshiba | (no name) | PX1219E-1G16 | 160GB | External | 2.0 | Not Working | Works flawlessly with Wii games, black screen / no DM logo for GC games. Emulators work fine. Formatted at partial FAT32(32kb cluster) / NTFS using EaseUS Partition Master and tried seperately with just FAT32(32kb cluster) | Link |
| HDD | Fantom | GreenDrive Pro | GDP2000EU | 2TB | External | 2.0 | Not Working | Works with Wii games, black screen / no DM logo for GC games. Emulators work fine. Formatted at partial FAT32(32kb cluster) as primary-active / NTFS using EaseUS Partition Master | Link |
| HDD | Western Digital | WD My Passport Ultra | WDBPGC5000ATT-04 | 500GB | USB | 2.0 / 3.0 | Not Working | Works perfectly with WBFS games, Dios Mios Booter shows a list of the GC games, but selecting one results in a black screen | Link |
