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Nex122
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Bricked LG BU40N

#1 Post by Nex122 » Tue Jun 03, 2025 3:00 pm

Hello
I recently bought a bargain Verbatim 43888, with LG BU40N drive, unfortunately it is bricked, how can I fix it ?
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Thanks

MartyMcNuts
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Re: Bricked LG BU40N

#2 Post by MartyMcNuts » Wed Jun 04, 2025 12:36 am

Nex122 wrote:
Tue Jun 03, 2025 3:00 pm
Hello
I recently bought a bargain Verbatim 43888, with LG BU40N drive, unfortunately it is bricked, how can I fix it ?

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Thanks
What did you do to it??

You could try using the old ASUS flasher and flash BU40N 1.03-MK firmware. It doesn't do any checks whatsoever so should be able to flash the firmware. viewtopic.php?p=70766#p70766
Cheers :D
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Re: Bricked LG BU40N

#3 Post by Billycar11 » Wed Jun 04, 2025 2:43 am

im also curious what you did
but encrypted fw makes recovery much more complicated it seems
modified lg flasher can also unbrick https://drive.google.com/file/d/102V7DU ... drive_link
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Nex122
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Re: Bricked LG BU40N

#4 Post by Nex122 » Wed Jun 04, 2025 6:13 am

I bought the used bricked drive. I tried to upload through Flasher asus, and LG, unfortunately I got errors popping up.
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What else can I do with it ? Thanks for your help.

MartyMcNuts
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Re: Bricked LG BU40N

#5 Post by MartyMcNuts » Thu Jun 05, 2025 3:14 am

Nex122 wrote:
Wed Jun 04, 2025 6:13 am
I bought the used bricked drive. I tried to upload through Flasher asus, and LG, unfortunately I got errors popping up.
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What else can I do with it ? Thanks for your help.
Give it back to whomever you bought it from.
Cheers :D
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