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LG BP60NB10
Posted: Fri Nov 01, 2019 12:15 am
by ab121011
Hello,
I have had two LGWH16NS40’s die about 1-2 years into use. Luckily with my last purchase I got an extended warranty. I was looking to try a different drive and seem to have selected wrong after reviewing the recommended Friendly UHD Drives.
I picked up the BP60NB10 at Microcenter for $100 after a price match. It has come with REV 1.01 and I am worried I will be out of luck when it comes to ripping UHD. I have received two errors when trying to use the modified ASUS tool to change to the 1.00 MK firmware recommended in the main post. I got ERROR 4 on my desktop and ERROR 3 on my laptop.
I understand the REV 1.01 may disable my ability to make changes. If someone could inform me if I am out of luck with this particular drive or if I am making a mistake in my process of changing the firmware.
Thanks in Advance!
Re: LG BP60NB10
Posted: Fri Nov 01, 2019 6:35 am
by MartyMcNuts
ab121011 wrote: ↑Fri Nov 01, 2019 12:15 am
Hello,
I have had two LGWH16NS40’s die about 1-2 years into use. Luckily with my last purchase I got an extended warranty. I was looking to try a different drive and seem to have selected wrong after reviewing the recommended Friendly UHD Drives.
I picked up the BP60NB10 at Microcenter for $100 after a price match. It has come with REV 1.01 and I am worried I will be out of luck when it comes to ripping UHD. I have received two errors when trying to use the modified ASUS tool to change to the 1.00 MK firmware recommended in the main post. I got ERROR 4 on my desktop and ERROR 3 on my laptop.
I understand the REV 1.01 may disable my ability to make changes. If someone could inform me if I am out of luck with this particular drive or if I am making a mistake in my process of changing the firmware.
Thanks in Advance!
Yep, at the moment we are unable to downgrade from 1.01. I suggest you contact Mike Admin and see if he can assist in extracting the drive firmware.
Keep us posted.
Thanks
Re: LG BP60NB10
Posted: Sat Nov 02, 2019 11:43 pm
by jonghotti
McNuts I thought this was the breakthrough that was brought to us by you not two months ago. The ability to flash the BP60NB10.
Re: LG BP60NB10
Posted: Sat Nov 02, 2019 11:55 pm
by MartyMcNuts
jonghotti wrote: ↑Sat Nov 02, 2019 11:43 pm
McNuts I thought this was the breakthrough that was brought to us by you not two months ago. The ability to flash the BP60NB10.
That allowed the BP60NB10 with 1.00 to be flashed to 1.00-MK. This obviously doesn't work for drives with 1.01 as I've now heard from 3 people that have tried to flash it, so I'd say that LG has somehow disabled downgrading in firmware 1.01.
If you have a BP60NB10 with 1.01, do you want to give it a try?
Re: LG BP60NB10
Posted: Sun Nov 03, 2019 9:21 am
by jonghotti
I don't, but if one comes across my desk I will try it.
It should be noted that a BP60NB10 is a poor substitute for a BU40 in a Vantec case, IMHO
Re: LG BP60NB10
Posted: Sun Nov 03, 2019 9:51 am
by MartyMcNuts
jonghotti wrote: ↑Sun Nov 03, 2019 9:21 am
I don't, but if one comes across my desk I will try it.
It should be noted that a BP60NB10 is a poor substitute for a BU40 in a Vantec case, IMHO
I find it basically the same. It has a nice enclosure and rips at the same speed as the BU40N.
Re: LG BP60NB10
Posted: Sun Nov 03, 2019 10:25 am
by jonghotti
Plastic and USB 2.0 vs. Metal and USB 3.0? Come on bruh
Re: LG BP60NB10
Posted: Sun Nov 03, 2019 10:33 am
by MartyMcNuts
jonghotti wrote: ↑Sun Nov 03, 2019 10:25 am
Plastic and USB 2.0 vs. Metal and USB 3.0? Come on bruh
The plastic case doesn't bother me and you can always get a USB 3.0 cable for a few dollars.
Re: LG BP60NB10
Posted: Tue Nov 05, 2019 3:32 pm
by ab121011
Thank you all for your replies. I think I’m just going to return this drive and pick something else for now.
Is it possible to get a note added to the Recommended UHD Drive sticky post that Rev 1.01 is not compatible at this time?
Re: LG BP60NB10
Posted: Tue Nov 05, 2019 8:08 pm
by jonghotti
I'm sorry all the replies consisted of Marty and I going back and forth. Returning it and getting something else sounds like a good plan. Check out the BU40N in the Vantec enclosure
Re: LG BP60NB10
Posted: Wed Nov 06, 2019 2:05 am
by ab121011
I don’t mind the back and forth. Hoping I might learn a little.
Returned with no issues.
Ended up going with the Asus BW-16D1HT. Drive came with Revision 3.10. I was able to flash to 3.10mk without any trouble. The drive seems kinda slow all around at this point. It seems to take a while for the drive to recognize the UHD Disc I currently have available. I’m currently about an hour into ripping Spider-Man Far From Home. Seems to be stuck at 8.9M/s [2.0x].
Are there any other my firmware’s that I can flash to in hopes of speeding this drive up?
Any suggestions are appreciated!
Re: LG BP60NB10
Posted: Wed Nov 06, 2019 2:11 am
by Billycar11
ab121011 wrote: ↑Wed Nov 06, 2019 2:05 am
I don’t mind the back and forth. Hoping I might learn a little.
Returned with no issues.
Ended up going with the Asus BW-16D1HT. Drive came with Revision 3.10. I was able to flash to 3.10mk without any trouble. The drive seems kinda slow all around at this point. It seems to take a while for the drive to recognize the UHD Disc I currently have available. I’m currently about an hour into ripping Spider-Man Far From Home. Seems to be stuck at 8.9M/s [2.0x].
Are there any other my firmware’s that I can flash to in hopes of speeding this drive up?
Any suggestions are appreciated!
nothing is going to speed it up
the drive slows down when it has trouble reading the disk
clean the disk you should see about an 8x peak speed with the asus but the average read speed is probably 4.5-6x mid 3xs in the beginning and end
Re: LG BP60NB10
Posted: Wed Nov 06, 2019 2:22 am
by ab121011
Billycar11 wrote: ↑Wed Nov 06, 2019 2:11 am
ab121011 wrote: ↑Wed Nov 06, 2019 2:05 am
I don’t mind the back and forth. Hoping I might learn a little.
Returned with no issues.
Ended up going with the Asus BW-16D1HT. Drive came with Revision 3.10. I was able to flash to 3.10mk without any trouble. The drive seems kinda slow all around at this point. It seems to take a while for the drive to recognize the UHD Disc I currently have available. I’m currently about an hour into ripping Spider-Man Far From Home. Seems to be stuck at 8.9M/s [2.0x].
Are there any other my firmware’s that I can flash to in hopes of speeding this drive up?
Any suggestions are appreciated!
nothing is going to speed it up
the drive slows down when it has trouble reading the disk
clean the disk you should see about an 8x peak speed with the asus but the average read speed is probably 4.5-6x mid 3xs in the beginning and end
I’ll take what I got then. Thanks for the quick reply.
LG BP60NB10
Posted: Sat Jan 11, 2020 12:34 am
by Bluntman
Resurrecting a couple month old thread. I just got a BP60NB10 1.00. Am wondering how I flash it. I’ve done internals no problem. But the app just hangs at 0%.
Is there some trick with slim externals you need to do?
Thank you in advance for any insights.
Re: LG BP60NB10
Posted: Sat Jan 11, 2020 1:46 am
by Billycar11
Bluntman wrote: ↑Sat Jan 11, 2020 12:34 am
Resurrecting a couple month old thread. I just got a BP60NB10 1.00. Am wondering how I flash it. I’ve done internals no problem. But the app just hangs at 0%.
Is there some trick with slim externals you need to do?
Thank you in advance for any insights.
1.00 should just work