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- Wed Apr 08, 2026 3:34 pm
- Forum: UHD drives
- Topic: I bricked my LG WH14NS40 1.03N (2018) drive... Here's my story, what I tried, with source code. Any help is appreciated!
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Re: I bricked my LG WH14NS40 1.03N (2018) drive... Here's my story, what I tried, with source code. Any help is apprecia
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...
- Wed Apr 08, 2026 2:44 am
- Forum: UHD drives
- Topic: I bricked my LG WH14NS40 1.03N (2018) drive... Here's my story, what I tried, with source code. Any help is appreciated!
- Replies: 9
- Views: 399
Re: I bricked my LG WH14NS40 1.03N (2018) drive... Here's my story, what I tried, with source code. Any help is apprecia
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...
- Tue Apr 07, 2026 11:08 pm
- Forum: UHD drives
- Topic: I bricked my LG WH14NS40 1.03N (2018) drive... Here's my story, what I tried, with source code. Any help is appreciated!
- Replies: 9
- Views: 399
Re: I bricked my LG WH14NS40 1.03N (2018) drive... Here's my story, what I tried, with source code. Any help is apprecia
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...
- Tue Apr 07, 2026 4:20 pm
- Forum: UHD drives
- Topic: I bricked my LG WH14NS40 1.03N (2018) drive... Here's my story, what I tried, with source code. Any help is appreciated!
- Replies: 9
- Views: 399
I bricked my LG WH14NS40 1.03N (2018) drive... Here's my story, what I tried, with source code. Any help is appreciated!
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 ...