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3-Bay SCSI enclosures might work, but you need to change the cables inside the enclosure. ESATA cables could be a solution

Billycar11 wrote: ↑

Tue Aug 18, 2020 11:52 am

I'm actually surprised you got through it most people can go beyond the ide mode step because their PC is to new

It happened to me aswell, but I own more than one computer so it was not really a problem.

eBay - for parts or not working - "untested" - bank transfer

It was basically my fault for being too naive. He sold a lot of other drives which were tested and working...
So why should he not test this drive aswell? I guess the answer to that question ist quite obvious

It worked flawlessly this time. I just ripped a Blu Ray without any problems. Thanks a lot for your help
Another BluRay drive is not really what I was looking for, but atleast the drive works again

I followed the instructions but it does not work for me. DosFlash always reports "MTK Vendor Intro failed!". I am still not sure which firmware to use anyway. The oldest firmware included for the BW-16D1HT is version 3.02. Am I supposed to use one of the older LG NS40 firmwares? Version 1....

Which firmware version should I flash? Are the 3.X versions even compatible with 2014 drives?

I tried all sorts of discs and none of them made the drive even spin up. "No disc" everytime.

Is it possible to downgrade the firmware again?

24.11.2014

First of all I want to thank everyone who is a part of makemkv and the great members of this forum. I bought myself an ASUS BW-16D1HT a few months ago to rip all my discs. I already ripped about 200 discs, but sometimes there are read errors when ripping UHD discs (~20%). So I thought it might be sm...