funny, i found problems with several different drives after this... its got to be the wii... it ended up getting worse, when id load up the drive with games etc eventually it would start to fail and really looked like a drive issue... even going back to a completely fresh install the usb wasnt being recognized. tried drives on another wii worked flawless.
looking forward to attempting a fix on this rvl001, it came as a refurb from gamestop so ill have to take a look inside. any ideas what can cause issues that look like a failing hard drive?