Ultimate UHD Drives Flashing Guide Updated 2023

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SomeUsername
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Re: Ultimate UHD Drives Flashing Guide Updated 2022

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Billycar11 wrote:
Thu Sep 15, 2022 1:08 pm
SomeUsername wrote:
Thu Sep 15, 2022 6:27 am
in SDF.bin
Internal error 0x8d000000

Also followed the troubleshooting steps by opening a regular Blu-ray wihtout any error messages and still get the same error :/
Any ideas?


What case is your drive in
I've bought that cheap one, which was recommended by a friend of mine
https://www.amazon.de/techPulse120-Lauf ... B072WJRK4R

Did some more search and found one of you post, with the recommendation to plugin the drive directly via sata.
I'll try this later when Im back at home
Billycar11
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Re: Ultimate UHD Drives Flashing Guide Updated 2022

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SomeUsername wrote:
Thu Sep 15, 2022 2:05 pm
Billycar11 wrote:
Thu Sep 15, 2022 1:08 pm
SomeUsername wrote:
Thu Sep 15, 2022 6:27 am
in SDF.bin
Internal error 0x8d000000

Also followed the troubleshooting steps by opening a regular Blu-ray wihtout any error messages and still get the same error :/
Any ideas?


What case is your drive in
I've bought that cheap one, which was recommended by a friend of mine
https://www.amazon.de/techPulse120-Lauf ... B072WJRK4R

Did some more search and found one of you post, with the recommendation to plugin the drive directly via sata.
I'll try this later when Im back at home
Yeah I'm guessing this is caused by the case don't try and flash it in there anymore with another cheap case I saw a guy brick his drive he had to send it to me for recovery
Buy a UHD drive from the guide and how to video maker: https://www.makemkv.com/forum/viewtopic ... 20&t=17831
UHD Drives Guide: https://www.makemkv.com/forum/viewtopic ... 16&t=19634
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SomeUsername
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Re: Ultimate UHD Drives Flashing Guide Updated 2022

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Billycar11 wrote:
Thu Sep 15, 2022 2:37 pm
SomeUsername wrote:
Thu Sep 15, 2022 2:05 pm
Billycar11 wrote:
Thu Sep 15, 2022 1:08 pm

What case is your drive in
I've bought that cheap one, which was recommended by a friend of mine
https://www.amazon.de/techPulse120-Lauf ... B072WJRK4R

Did some more search and found one of you post, with the recommendation to plugin the drive directly via sata.
I'll try this later when Im back at home
Yeah I'm guessing this is caused by the case don't try and flash it in there anymore with another cheap case I saw a guy brick his drive he had to send it to me for recovery
That can brick a drive? Daymn, good to know, ty!
Since dont have any matcha cables/adapters for that slim sata stuff, guess I'm gonna order a Vantec NST-510S3-BK case as recommended in you guide.
Or is there any other (better?) case? I see in your selling thread that you use a different one for the BU40N
Regards and big thanks
Billycar11
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Re: Ultimate UHD Drives Flashing Guide Updated 2022

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SomeUsername wrote:
Thu Sep 15, 2022 4:21 pm
Billycar11 wrote:
Thu Sep 15, 2022 2:37 pm
SomeUsername wrote:
Thu Sep 15, 2022 2:05 pm

I've bought that cheap one, which was recommended by a friend of mine
https://www.amazon.de/techPulse120-Lauf ... B072WJRK4R

Did some more search and found one of you post, with the recommendation to plugin the drive directly via sata.
I'll try this later when Im back at home
Yeah I'm guessing this is caused by the case don't try and flash it in there anymore with another cheap case I saw a guy brick his drive he had to send it to me for recovery
That can brick a drive? Daymn, good to know, ty!
Since dont have any matcha cables/adapters for that slim sata stuff, guess I'm gonna order a Vantec NST-510S3-BK case as recommended in you guide.
Or is there any other (better?) case? I see in your selling thread that you use a different one for the BU40N
Regards and big thanks
Different case but same pcb
Buy a UHD drive from the guide and how to video maker: https://www.makemkv.com/forum/viewtopic ... 20&t=17831
UHD Drives Guide: https://www.makemkv.com/forum/viewtopic ... 16&t=19634
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simonpeterjames
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brilliant... :D
Lostintime
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Post by Lostintime »

I purchased an Archgon MD8107. It came with encrypted 1.02 FW but I was able to flash to 1.03MK.
I have two options for 1.0 firmware, DE_flash_HL-DT-ST_BD-RE_BU40N_BU10 or DE_LG BU40N_1.00 which one do I want to use? MakeMKV says it's a HL-DT-ST drive but I see some people using the LG firmware.
Billycar11
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Lostintime wrote:
Sat Sep 17, 2022 1:37 pm
I purchased an Archgon MD8107. It came with encrypted 1.02 FW but I was able to flash to 1.03MK.
I have two options for 1.0 firmware, DE_flash_HL-DT-ST_BD-RE_BU40N_BU10 or DE_LG BU40N_1.00 which one do I want to use? MakeMKV says it's a HL-DT-ST drive but I see some people using the LG firmware.
Don't matter same thing the BU10 one is technically for buffalo drives
HL stands for Hitachi LG they are all LG drives the ones we flash so far.
Buy a UHD drive from the guide and how to video maker: https://www.makemkv.com/forum/viewtopic ... 20&t=17831
UHD Drives Guide: https://www.makemkv.com/forum/viewtopic ... 16&t=19634
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MrAshyElbows
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Re: Ultimate UHD Drives Flashing Guide Updated 2022

Post by MrAshyElbows »

Hello all,

This is my first time doing this so please forgive me if my question is a stupid one. I bought the LG WH16NS60 and was able to successfully flash it down...downgrade the firmware to 1.02 or so I believe I did. MakeMKV does show the firmware 1.02.but it still says the type is blu-ray instead of 4K. When it's done properly will it say 4K next to type or will it say blu-ray? I used the SDFtool Flasher (v1.34) in case that makes a difference. I even tried seeing if DVDFab would show 4K, but it keeps prompting "Failure opening the disc due to unfriendly firmware installed on drive". It did it before the flash and it's doing after. I have attached a screenshot in case that helps.
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Billycar11
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MrAshyElbows wrote:
Sun Sep 18, 2022 1:33 am
Hello all,

This is my first time doing this so please forgive me if my question is a stupid one. I bought the LG WH16NS60 and was able to successfully flash it down...downgrade the firmware to 1.02 or so I believe I did. MakeMKV does show the firmware 1.02.but it still says the type is blu-ray instead of 4K. When it's done properly will it say 4K next to type or will it say blu-ray? I used the SDFtool Flasher (v1.34) in case that makes a difference. I even tried seeing if DVDFab would show 4K, but it keeps prompting "Failure opening the disc due to unfriendly firmware installed on drive". It did it before the flash and it's doing after. I have attached a screenshot in case that helps.2022-09-17 18_31_36-Settings.png
the flash is for makemkmv you need de firmware for other rippers look at the disk type it says uhd so its working properly
Buy a UHD drive from the guide and how to video maker: https://www.makemkv.com/forum/viewtopic ... 20&t=17831
UHD Drives Guide: https://www.makemkv.com/forum/viewtopic ... 16&t=19634
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digs5446
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Post by digs5446 »

Hey guys I really want to get a drive but last time I followed the recommendations here it turned out that the drive was not supported by the currentl for MacOS. I have a 2021 iMac that utilizes the M1 chip.

Can anyone recommend a drive that is compatible with newer Macs? Really don't want to have to return another drive after finding out the hard way.

Thanks!
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digs5446 wrote:
Sun Sep 18, 2022 10:37 am
Hey guys I really want to get a drive but last time I followed the recommendations here it turned out that the drive was not supported by the currentl for MacOS. I have a 2021 iMac that utilizes the M1 chip.

Can anyone recommend a drive that is compatible with newer Macs? Really don't want to have to return another drive after finding out the hard way.

Thanks!
All the drives work on Mac and always have you had a different problem
Buy a UHD drive from the guide and how to video maker: https://www.makemkv.com/forum/viewtopic ... 20&t=17831
UHD Drives Guide: https://www.makemkv.com/forum/viewtopic ... 16&t=19634
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SomeUsername
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Re: Ultimate UHD Drives Flashing Guide Updated 2022

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Billycar11 wrote:
Thu Sep 15, 2022 11:10 pm
Different case but same pcb
So, the new Vantec case just arrived today and now the flashing did work properly like its described here :D
Guess I can throw away the crappy amazon case now
TsengFayt
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Post by TsengFayt »

Thanks for the guide. I was able to snag an ASUS BW-16D1HT with an older firmware and upgrade to 3.1 Patched.

Looking forward to the new ATHF movies coming out and I can finally put some of my more obscure titles on the Plex.
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Post by Thedeanorama »

I'm pulling out what's left of my hair.

I have an LG WP50NB40 NB52 that I'm spinning my tires on. I'm using the SDFtool Flasher v1.3.4 to flash the drive. I've tried flashing HL-DT-ST-BD-RE_BP50NB40-NB50-1.03-NM00800-212005070917.bin from the "All that you need firmware pack" to get to stage one of these steps (mainly because I ran into a roadblock sourcing "BP50NB40-NB50-1.03MK") :
NB52 to > BP50NB40-NB50-1.03MK with enc > BP50NB40-NB50-1.03MK with bootloader/full flash > BP60NB10 1.00_HBD from Marty

The only reason I figure I'm failing is that no matter what I do, and how many times I'm "successful" per SDFtool, BP60NB10 1.00_HBD never takes hold (see link below). For the life of me don't know where I'm going wrong. I'm not new to flashing devices but this is completely evading me.

https://photos.app.goo.gl/tbZiPzKSvKpxTErXA
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Thedeanorama wrote:
Thu Sep 29, 2022 11:06 pm
I'm pulling out what's left of my hair.

I have an LG WP50NB40 NB52 that I'm spinning my tires on. I'm using the SDFtool Flasher v1.3.4 to flash the drive. I've tried flashing HL-DT-ST-BD-RE_BP50NB40-NB50-1.03-NM00800-212005070917.bin from the "All that you need firmware pack" to get to stage one of these steps (mainly because I ran into a roadblock sourcing "BP50NB40-NB50-1.03MK") :
NB52 to > BP50NB40-NB50-1.03MK with enc > BP50NB40-NB50-1.03MK with bootloader/full flash > BP60NB10 1.00_HBD from Marty

The only reason I figure I'm failing is that no matter what I do, and how many times I'm "successful" per SDFtool, BP60NB10 1.00_HBD never takes hold (see link below). For the life of me don't know where I'm going wrong. I'm not new to flashing devices but this is completely evading me.

https://photos.app.goo.gl/tbZiPzKSvKpxTErXA
No, no, no..... No need for the bootloader or my old HBD firmware! All of the required firmware files can be found in the MK firmware pack. Here is the link: viewtopic.php?f=19&t=19113

Here is what to do.:

1. Flash your WP50NB40-NB52-1.03 to BP50NB40-NB50-1.03-MK (or WP50B40-NB50-1.03-MK).
2. For the second flash it is a little different. Select the recovery option.
3. In the popup select the same firmware file that you just previously flashed.
4. Now in the normal firmware selection dropdown box select the firmware you want on the drive (I use either BP60NB10 1.00-MK or BU40N 1.00).
5. Press START and wait around 30 seconds until the process has fully completed and the flasher says "Ready..."


That's it! Easy peasy!!
Cheers :D
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