Homebrew Connecting an old computer's hard drive to Wii U?

[Boogieboo6]

I want to connect my old computer's hard drive to my Wii U. The plan is to use this cable to give it a usb connection and use this cable to split the cable in two to properly power the hard drive while it's connected to the Wii U. Will this work? I intend to use this drive for Loadiine so if there's anything I should know about properly setting up a drive for that, please let me know. Thanks everybody for your answers!

 

[izy]

No for one you wont get enough power. the USB splitter is because some devices were known not to supply the full 500mah from the USB2 port so the 2 connectors combined made it work. Notice these were mainly used for the Wii and WiiU to correctly power a 2.5inch portable hard drive.

The 3.5 inch desktop drives need way more power than that. you need something like this

http://www.amazon.com/Anker®-Conver..._UL160_SR160,160_&refRID=11R7H1F7FTAS44NYZ8N4

 

[Boogieboo6]

That looks like it'll work nicely. Will that still need a Y cable or do I only need that adapter.

 

[DarkJediRey]

loadiine uses sdcard only, but you could use your hdd for vwii