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by brucehvn
Thu Feb 11, 2021 1:22 pm
Forum: UHD drives
Topic: SDFtool Flasher
Replies: 1150
Views: 2926922

Re: SDFtool Flasher

xxWheixx wrote:
Thu Feb 11, 2021 8:20 am

The current firmware when i dump it is a tar file not a bin and can not select it
Can you un-tar the tar file? Or are you on Windows? I'm guessing the .bin file is inside. If you are on Windows, you can use 7zip to unpack the tar file.
by brucehvn
Wed Feb 10, 2021 11:48 pm
Forum: UHD drives
Topic: SDFtool Flasher
Replies: 1150
Views: 2926922

Re: SDFtool Flasher

Hi, I bought a used WH16NS40 and stupidly updated the firmware to 1.05 and now wont recognize any dvd i put in it, its a 2014 model. I tried recovering the drive but I am at a loss for how to select the current "wrong" firmware when you select recover. If you are trying the SDFTool as des...
by brucehvn
Tue Feb 09, 2021 4:10 am
Forum: UHD drives
Topic: Ultimate UHD Drives Flashing Guide Updated 2024
Replies: 2520
Views: 5282591

Re: Ultimate UHD Drives Flashing Guide Updated 2021

So, I have a WH14SN40 that I just bought (February 2021). I noticed that the guide here says to flash to 1.02, but the latest mkv firmware version is 1.05 (which is the same as the firmware on my drive). Do I use the 1.02 if I want to do UHD? Also, I assume this drive is encrypted. Am I correct? Th...
by brucehvn
Sat Feb 06, 2021 1:09 pm
Forum: UHD drives
Topic: SDFtool Flasher
Replies: 1150
Views: 2926922

Re: SDFtool Flasher

Okay, I've read the whole thread here and have a couple of questions. I have an older (2013) LG WH14NS40 that got flashed with NS50 firmware. I want to try to recover it using SDFTool. In the first post, the firmware it says to use for recovering old LG drives is DE_LG_WH16NS40_1.01.bin.zip. Am I ok...
by brucehvn
Sat Feb 06, 2021 12:56 pm
Forum: UHD drives
Topic: Help an idiot with a 1st gen WH14NS40
Replies: 84
Views: 168279

Re: Help an idiot with a 1st gen WH14NS40

Billycar11 wrote:
Sat Feb 06, 2021 11:48 am
5th time
Read this and follow all the reply's follow the same steps
https://www.makemkv.com/forum/viewtopic ... 15#p104021
Sorry, Billy. Don't mean to be annoying. Just so many threads here it's hard to navigate through them all. I'm reading the SDFTool thread now.
by brucehvn
Sat Feb 06, 2021 11:43 am
Forum: UHD drives
Topic: Help an idiot with a 1st gen WH14NS40
Replies: 84
Views: 168279

Re: Help an idiot with a 1st gen WH14NS40

Count me in to that group that got suckered by the LG website. I read their readme files from top to bottom and they never mention anything about the different models. Almost like they want to forget the NS40 versions ever existed though they won't change the stupid model number. Even if they've dis...
by brucehvn
Fri Feb 05, 2021 10:06 am
Forum: General MakeMKV discussion
Topic: Need help with an older LG drive
Replies: 6
Views: 8141

Re: Need help with an older LG drive

Billycar11 wrote:
Fri Feb 05, 2021 9:35 am

that is an ns40 drive ns50 drives are 2015 and newer
Excellent. Thank you. Now I will proceed to follow the other guides here to see if I can get it reading again.

Bruce
by brucehvn
Fri Feb 05, 2021 8:22 am
Forum: General MakeMKV discussion
Topic: Need help with an older LG drive
Replies: 6
Views: 8141

Re: Need help with an older LG drive

for like the 4th time this week Read this and follow all the reply's follow the same steps https://www.makemkv.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=21309&start=15#p104021 BillyCar11 thank you for the reply. I don't know if I'm sounding dense here or what. I don't think my drive is totally bricked...
by brucehvn
Thu Feb 04, 2021 9:52 am
Forum: General MakeMKV discussion
Topic: Need help with an older LG drive
Replies: 6
Views: 8141

Re: Need help with an older LG drive

If it is from 2013, it is one of the older drives. Ok, thanks. But what does that mean? If it's an older drive, should it be using the NS40 firmware? Were there any NS50 drives in 2013? All I want to do is flash it back to whatever it came with or something that will get it reading discs again. Bruce
by brucehvn
Wed Feb 03, 2021 4:12 am
Forum: General MakeMKV discussion
Topic: Need help with an older LG drive
Replies: 6
Views: 8141

Need help with an older LG drive

I'm trying to identify my drive in more detail. It's an LG WH14NS40 and I've tried flashing it with some newer firmware and now it can't read discs. I replaced it and moved it to an external enclosure so I can keep working on it. When I pulled it out, I see that it was manufactured in Jul of 2013. M...
by brucehvn
Fri Jan 29, 2021 11:44 pm
Forum: UHD drives
Topic: Ultimate UHD Drives Flashing Guide Updated 2024
Replies: 2520
Views: 5282591

Re: Ultimate UHD Drives Flashing Guide Updated 2021

I have a LG WH14NS40 Svc NS50. I had updated the drive to the official LG firmware 1.05 using their flasher at which time the drive stopped reading any discs. I found this forum and the YouTube video for downgrading the firmware using the DE firmwares. From Linux, I ran makemkvcon to try and downgr...
by brucehvn
Fri Jan 29, 2021 2:51 am
Forum: UHD drives
Topic: Ultimate UHD Drives Flashing Guide Updated 2024
Replies: 2520
Views: 5282591

Re: Ultimate UHD Drives Flashing Guide Updated 2021

I have a LG WH14NS40 Svc NS50. I had updated the drive to the official LG firmware 1.05 using their flasher at which time the drive stopped reading any discs. I found this forum and the YouTube video for downgrading the firmware using the DE firmwares. From Linux, I ran makemkvcon to try and downgra...