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So I followed the instructions on https://www.makemkv.com/forum/viewtopic ... 16&t=18933 and now my drive is a paper weight. is there anything I can do? so I ran the updater clicked cancel and then start. The drive opened like it was supposed to but then an error came up on flasher and the drive dropped from windows. opened case and re-plugged the sata but still nothing, rebooted and still nothing. Please assist.

MrMcMuffinJr wrote: ↑

Thu Feb 13, 2020 1:10 am

So I followed the instructions on https://www.makemkv.com/forum/viewtopic ... 16&t=18933 and now my drive is a paper weight. is there anything I can do? so I ran the updater clicked cancel and then start. The drive opened like it was supposed to but then an error came up on flasher and the drive dropped from windows. opened case and re-plugged the sata but still nothing, rebooted and still nothing. Please assist.

What's the build date on the drive case?

@MrMuffinJr. If the Asus drive was built before 2015 and flashing it may brick the drive.

BlueMac77 wrote: ↑

Thu Feb 13, 2020 2:58 pm

@MrMuffinJr. If the Asus drive was built before 2015 and flashing it may brick the drive.

it's 1.00 rn

also...the drive shows up in bios and shows in dev mgr. after reboot but it has no finctionality

MrMcMuffinJr wrote: ↑

Fri Feb 14, 2020 3:45 am

BlueMac77 wrote: ↑

Thu Feb 13, 2020 2:58 pm

@MrMuffinJr. If the Asus drive was built before 2015 and flashing it may brick the drive.

it's 1.00 rn

Then yes, you just bricked your drive. Same as discussed here:

https://www.makemkv.com/forum/viewtopic ... ant#p72248

You needed to do more research/reading prior to jumping into flashing. There are dozens of examples and warnings throughout the forum of when not to do this. Including in the main drives guide:

https://www.makemkv.com/forum/viewtopic ... 16&t=19634

The semi convoluted dosflash method may be the only way to recover it. Or the simpler solution of moving on and buy a new drive as advised on that same guide. Gotta pay attention and read.