WH16NS40 NS50 1.05 Flashing question

[girmongoosedog]

Hello all,
I wanted to ask before I go much further.
I have a WH16NS40 NS50 drive that was shipped with 1.05 firmware made in Dec 2024.
When searching on the forum, there are a lot of different methods and things recommended for flashing this drive.
I have tried BH14NS40_N1.00-A4_patched.exe and attempted to flash both the below:
DE_flash_HL-DT-ST_BD-RE_WH14NS40_1.02_NS50.bin
DE_flash_HL-DT-ST_BD-RE_WH16NS40_1.02_NS50.bin

When I tried that though, it gave me an error about a checksum mismatch and failed.
I am not sure this is due to the encryption on the newer drives of because I currently have it in a USB adapter.

I then stumbled on this post:
viewtopic.php?f=16&t=19634

If I am reading this correctly, the drive would just need to be connected directly to the machine with MakeMKV installed and run this command for the recommended firmware (I did put it in the root of C).
makemkvcon64.exe f --all-yes -d "D": rawflash enc -i "C:\HL-DT-ST-BD-RE_WH16NS60-1.02-NM00100-211810291936.bin"

Is that a correct assumption? I just got the drive and wanted to ask to make sure I am understanding what I read and prevent myself from bricking the new drive.

[Billycar11]

Yeah just take out the quotes

[girmongoosedog]

Yeah just take out the quotes

Thank you Billy. I will give that a try here in a little.
Would it be wise to look at getting a 1.05 version of the firmware or leave it on 1.02 afterwards?
One of the other posts had this one: HL-DT-ST-BD-RE_WH16NS40-NS50-1.05-NM00900-212005061440.bin

Think it was in the mk firmware pack from 2020.

[MartyMcNuts]

Yeah just take out the quotes

Thank you Billy. I will give that a try here in a little.
Would it be wise to look at getting a 1.05 version of the firmware or leave it on 1.02 afterwards?
One of the other posts had this one: HL-DT-ST-BD-RE_WH16NS40-NS50-1.05-NM00900-212005061440.bin

Think it was in the mk firmware pack from 2020.

No, that is rubbish firmware. The recommended is WH16NS60 1.02-MK (ie: HL-DT-ST-BD-RE_WH16NS60-1.02-NM00100-211810291936.bin)

[girmongoosedog]

Yeah just take out the quotes

Thank you Billy. I will give that a try here in a little.
Would it be wise to look at getting a 1.05 version of the firmware or leave it on 1.02 afterwards?
One of the other posts had this one: HL-DT-ST-BD-RE_WH16NS40-NS50-1.05-NM00900-212005061440.bin

Think it was in the mk firmware pack from 2020.

No, that is rubbish firmware. The recommended is WH16NS60 1.02-MK (ie: HL-DT-ST-BD-RE_WH16NS60-1.02-NM00100-211810291936.bin)

Good to know.
HL-DT-ST-BD-RE_WH16NS60-1.02-NM00100-211810291936.bin is what I put on it and using that method it flashed without issue even through the USB adapter.