100% Firmware Downgrade for ASUS BW-16D1HT and LG BH16NS55

[RobertHQ]

hi Guys
I need the power of the forum.
I also have an ASUS BW16D1HT now.
MKV shows me this data.
OS device name: G:
Producer: ASUS
Product: BW-16D1HT
Revision: 3.02
Serial number: xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Firmware Date: 2117-11-15 17:16:
Bus Encryption Markings: 1F
I have 4 different versions 3.00 and 3.01 written on EE-Prom nothing works.
I'm desperate can someone help me!?.
The drive usually comes with: no disc in the drive or with endless noise.

[Billycar11]

need the power of the forum.

did you flash it?
did you use data mover /hex edit?
do you have a back up of the original firmware?
do any disks work 4k bluray , bluray , dvd?

[RobertHQ]

need the power of the forum.

did you flash it?
did you use data mover /hex edit?
do you have a back up of the original firmware?
do any disks work 4k bluray , bluray , dvd?

did you flash it?
yes
did you use data mover /hex edit?
hex edit and other finished bin Files
do you have a back up of the original firmware?
yes i have
do any disks work 4k bluray , bluray , dvd?
1080p bluray and dvd´s work

[Billycar11]

send me your original fw to my email Billycar5924@gmail.com i will edit one for you and you see if it works

[RobertHQ]

send me your original fw to my email Billycar5924@gmail.com i will edit one for you and you see if it works

The bin file does not work that way. Drive makes strange sounds until MakeMKV writes that.
Error 'SCSI Error - HARDWARE ERROR: TIMEOUT ON LOGICAL UNIT' occurred while reading 'BD-RE ASUS BW-16D1HT 3.01' at offset '31881623552'

[Billycar11]

Error 'SCSI Error - HARDWARE ERROR: TIMEOUT ON LOGICAL UNIT' occurred while reading 'BD-RE ASUS BW-16D1HT 3.01' at offset '31881623552'

i think that that is just a dirty disk error does the drive now recognize the uhd disks? or can it now read no disks?

[Wombass]

Thanks Billy up and ripping
Cheers

[aaronwt]

After struggling with my very old (12+ years) PC to get it into non AHCI and get DosFlash to read the drive in the Windows 7 USB stick I now have a dump of my drive. My PC doesn't have a setting to labelled IDE or ACHI I actually had to enable Auto Detect / Raid, I vaguely remember having to change this to RAID when I put a SSD drive in my PC about 8 years ago to enable AHCI. Also couldn't read the drive in the Win 7 environment until I connected the drive to SATA port 0.

I have looked at the HEX editing and that has just totally gone over my head. Can any one help merge this with a working firmware for UHD ripping that I can then flash my drive with please?

https://www.dropbox.com/s/sacfx40ejnmr6 ... p.bin?dl=0

If you use the programs from the windows method, everything is automatic. It will automatically merge the firmwares. You just need to select the clean firmware and original firmware to combine. But the program does the work of combining. Then you just use the same program that was used to pull the stock for ware to flash the combined firmware.

I followed Teddy's instructions with his programs just like I did back in April. And they still worked great.

[Digital moe]

If you use the programs from the windows method, everything is automatic. It will automatically merge the firmwares. You just need to select the clean firmware and original firmware to combine. But the program does the work of combining. Then you just use the same program that was used to pull the stock for ware to flash the combined firmware.

I followed Teddy's instructions with his programs just like I did back in April. And they still worked great.

Yep it all worked in the end, more of a case of me not reading all the options properly.

I have yet to find a UHD that didn't have the same commentary tracks as what's on the Blu-ray. It's the other extras that are usually not on the UHD.

I did a couple last night and your right, what I actually want to do is rip the UHD of Your Name and add the two additional soundtrack options from my UK Blu which has a English Track and a English track with Japanese songs. I tried it last night and the A/V sync was quite a lot out so lots of investigation work to be done there.

[Digital moe]

One final question I take it Windows updates won't update the firmware of the BW-16D1HT? Just want to make sure there is nothing I need to do to stop the firmware being updated automatically.

[Billycar11]

One final question I take it Windows updates won't update the firmware of the BW-16D1HT? Just want to make sure there is nothing I need to do to stop the firmware being updated automatically.

no you are good windows update wont do that i have heard power dvd sometimes tries though

[chewy]

The bin file does not work that way. Drive makes strange sounds until MakeMKV writes that.
Error 'SCSI Error - HARDWARE ERROR: TIMEOUT ON LOGICAL UNIT' occurred while reading 'BD-RE ASUS BW-16D1HT 3.01' at offset '31881623552'

Another member informed me this drive noise is due to the 2-minute lock thing and its totally nomal. I dont like it either but I've noticed that I only experience it when makemkv opens. Actually what its trying to do with the disk isnt how you run the program. What you need to do is click the stop type button when the program opens and it will give the errors, then you must go into the File->Open from disk (or something other) context menu. Then you are good to go!

[RobertHQ]

The bin file does not work that way. Drive makes strange sounds until MakeMKV writes that.
Error 'SCSI Error - HARDWARE ERROR: TIMEOUT ON LOGICAL UNIT' occurred while reading 'BD-RE ASUS BW-16D1HT 3.01' at offset '31881623552'

Another member informed me this drive noise is due to the 2-minute lock thing and its totally nomal. I dont like it either but I've noticed that I only experience it when makemkv opens. Actually what its trying to do with the disk isnt how you run the program. What you need to do is click the stop type button when the program opens and it will give the errors, then you must go into the File->Open from disk (or something other) context menu. Then you are good to go!

Ok but now the copy process is interrupted and the system shows this error:
Laufwerksinformation
OS-Gerätename: G:
Aktuelles Profil: BD-ROM
Produzent: ASUS
Produkt: BW-16D1HT
Revision: 3.01
Serienummer: xxxxxxxxxxxx
Firmware-Datum: 2117-03-31 14:26:
Markierungen der Bus-Verschlüsselung: 1F
Highest AACS version: 61

Disk-Informationen
Label: TERMINATOR GENISYS
Zeitstempel: 2017-03-30 18:41:13
Datenkapazität: 58.62 Gb
Disk-Typ: BD-ROM UHD
Anzahl der Layer: 2
Markierungen der Bus-Verschlüsselung: 80

Fehler 'SCSI-Fehler - HARDWARE ERROR:TIMEOUT ON LOGICAL UNIT' trat auf während des Auslesens von '/AACS/Unit_Key_RO.inf' bei Offset '0'
Backup fehlgeschlagen

[hugabone]

Can anyone assist me on how to modify my dumped bin in Winhex. I would highlight the area but I cant figure out how to write it over to the clean bin.What are the steps? My firmware is 3.01 and needs to be at 3.00

[Billycar11]

Can anyone assist me on how to copy and write the dumped bin over to the clean bin in Winhex. I would highlight the area but I cant figure out how to write it over to the clean bin.

yeah simple dont do it the hex way do the data mover and be done in 10 seconds