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Billycar11 wrote: ↑

Wed Apr 08, 2026 8:58 pm

That drive is definitely not able to do UHD it's the older case design
Do not flash it, it will die

Thanks, I didn't do enough homework again... Now I understand why it's being cheaply offloaded. It's not worth $50, even new. I cancelled the order!

Update: Alright guys, I gave up for now because I saw this BC-12D2HT model for sale on newegg for $50 ($55+tax)!! If it cost OneDay $15 to ship an old, non-UHD drive to me, I might as well add $35 on top to get a new 2022 model that may also potentially be UHD-friendly! So here are the specs: Make: ...

still not bricked you just need dos flash and 1.00 fw or a fw that dosflash is enabled on the 5/2015 day is correct for mt1959 What if I sent my JB8 chip to one of you pros to try ?? Only someone with the proven hardware that has done it in the past. I tried this method on a 2001 PC; used an IDE to...

The RECOVER method of SDFtool Flasher works. I've done it before with a BH16NS55 flashed to BU40N firmware. You may not be able to use it as you have most likely fucked your drive by flashing original BU40N firmware to it. You should NEVER have doen this. Simply changing the version number does not...

You need to use the recovery mode in sdf tool Then just follow the prompts Yep, I tried that... Everything errors out. I even tried 2 old PCs, one of which set to Win98 with Exit to DOS for the DOS Flasher, and it failed every time (I could actually get the drive seen in DOS which surprised me usin...

Hello, So long story short, someone told me about OmniDrive because we were talking about my WH14NS40, I got [mis]led to guides from this forum that I could flash it to upgrade for 4K/UHD reading... One of the first guides with SDFtool Flasher provided a ZIP with an ASUS and BU40N firmware, and for ...