Ultimate UHD Drives Flashing Guide Updated 2025

[Fuschy]

Why would you do that???!?!??!!??

WH16NS60 1.02-MK is the recommended firmware. It is faster and removes the sleep bug. You've just given yourself a slower, buggy firmware that also has the sleep bug.

My bad. I accidentally swapped the pictures. I went from the stock BH16NS55 1.03 to WH16NS60 1.02.
And since the flashing this bug happens.

[Karlemagne]

Good morning,

My player is natively in 1.03, so I have to downgrade it to 1.00?
I got version 1.00, is there a tutorial for downgrading under Linux Mint? The one indicated in the first post of this topic is only for Mac. I specify that I am a complete beginner in command line....

Thanks for your feedback.

Good evening,

After much research and testing, I finally managed to flash my player. I retrieved the file "_private_data.tar" available at the end of the 1st post of this topic to put it in place of the one created when launching MakeMKV. After flashing, LibreDrive is finally activated and I find normal operation of the software. However, now I have an error message that appears when I try to rip a DVD:

Erreur 'Erreur SCSI - ILLEGAL REQUEST:READ OF SCRAMBLED SECTOR WITHOUT AUTHENTICATION' survenue à la lecture de 'BD-RE HL-DT-ST BD-RE BU40N 1.00 MO9JA6E1013' à l'offset '1048576'

I tried firmware 1.03MK, 1.04MK, and finally DE 1.00, but it doesn't change anything.
However, when I switch to the Lord of the Rings Blue-Ray I don't have an error, so maybe it's the DVD that has a problem.

Thanks anyway for the answers I got.

[MartyMcNuts]

Why would you do that???!?!??!!??

WH16NS60 1.02-MK is the recommended firmware. It is faster and removes the sleep bug. You've just given yourself a slower, buggy firmware that also has the sleep bug.

My bad. I accidentally swapped the pictures. I went from the stock BH16NS55 1.03 to WH16NS60 1.02.
And since the flashing this bug happens.

Not possible as the WH16NS60 is an official UHD drive thus it's firmware does not have the sleep bug. What you describe is not the sleep bug. That sort of thing happens with LG drives when it is having trouble reading some sections of the disc. It also happens at layer changes. The main thing is that is finishes the rip. Honestly, LG 5.25" drives are always fluctuating in speed. They rarely stay at the same speed for long.

Pioneer drives are so much better! They rip at a far more consistant speed with no concern over if it will complete the rip or not.