Re: SDFtool Flasher
Posted: Wed Nov 18, 2020 2:07 am
The BD laser could be dead or maybe it needs cleaning. You could try one of those drive cleaning discs that have the little brushes embedded in the disc to see if that helps.cottonias wrote: ↑Tue Nov 17, 2020 7:18 amI am stuck and have been for (sadly) over a year now. Here is my situation:
I have an LG WH16NS40 svc NS50 manufacturer 2016. I do not recall what the original firmware was when I bought this earlier this back in August 2019.
I have been able to use the SDFtool Flasher to flash WH16NS60 1.02 as I see Marty says it is best for this drive. I have use previous downgrade enabled firmwares and tried the MK firmwares and am not sure if I screwed something up along the way.
I am able to flash the drive successfully with WH16NS60 1.02 and it seems like everything SHOULD be working but when I put a BD in the drive, the drive sounds like it starts to read the disc and then I get the message in MakeMKV, "No disc inserted." I am able to open up DVDs with no problem. I am not even trying UHD discs, just BD discs.
Here is my drive info:
Drive Information
OS device name: \Device\CdRom0
Current profile: DVD-ROM
Manufacturer: HL-DT-ST
Product: BD-RE WH16NS60
Revision: 1.02
Serial number: SIK9EG******
Firmware date: 2118-10-29 19:36
Bus encryption flags: 17
LibreDrive Information
Status: Enabled
Drive platform: MT1959
Firmware type: Patched (microcode access re-enabled)
Firmware version: 1.02
DVD all regions: Yes
BD raw data read: Yes
BD raw metadata read: Yes
Unrestricted read speed: Yes
I have been looking up and down the forum and not found a solution for this problem. For what it is worth, I am using this enclosure:
OWC Mercury Pro 5.25" Optical Drive External Enclosure (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B06XR ... UTF8&psc=1)
MakeMKV v 1.15.3
SDFtool Flasher (v1.2.0)
I am hoping I did not brick my drive somehow. I had been able to open BD before messing with the drive firmware but LibreDrive was not enabled and I vaguely recall not being able to rip BDs. As it stands now, I have an expensive DVD ripper for my HP laptop. Thanks in advanced for any support I can get on this.