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Are these flashable for UHD friendly?
Posted: Tue May 18, 2021 5:03 pm
by Freaky69
Hello all,
i could get 2 drives for an reasonable price but I'm not sure if these are flashable to UHD friendly drives.
Maybe one of you could help me
Re: Are these flashable for UHD friendly?
Posted: Tue May 18, 2021 6:23 pm
by Woodstock
Both pre-date the availability of UHD-capability, so no. The hardware won't do it.
They should already be LibreDrive capable, which gives advantages, but that doesn't make up for the lack of UHD-capable laser assemblies.
Re: Are these flashable for UHD friendly?
Posted: Wed May 19, 2021 4:22 am
by Freaky69
Thanks for your reply.
I thought at least the 2015 drive was capable
Re: Are these flashable for UHD friendly?
Posted: Wed May 19, 2021 5:22 am
by Freaky69
So the Buffalo / Hitatchi Drive should work i hear??
Re: Are these flashable for UHD friendly?
Posted: Wed May 19, 2021 8:00 am
by Billycar11
Freaky69 wrote: ↑Wed May 19, 2021 5:22 am
So the Buffalo / Hitatchi Drive should work i hear??
Yeah
Re: Are these flashable for UHD friendly?
Posted: Wed May 19, 2021 8:23 am
by Freaky69
Is there something i have to be aware of by buying this drive?
Is it easy to flash?
Re: Are these flashable for UHD friendly?
Posted: Wed May 19, 2021 8:37 am
by Billycar11
Freaky69 wrote: ↑Wed May 19, 2021 8:23 am
Is there something i have to be aware of by buying this drive?
Is it easy to flash?
it is slim sata
you can buy a self flash kit from me if you find my how to videos and guide to hard
Re: Are these flashable for UHD friendly?
Posted: Wed May 19, 2021 9:00 am
by Freaky69
How much is it?
Re: Are these flashable for UHD friendly?
Posted: Wed May 19, 2021 9:06 am
by Billycar11
Freaky69 wrote: ↑Wed May 19, 2021 9:00 am
How much is it?
$25 as listed in my post
Re: Are these flashable for UHD friendly?
Posted: Wed May 19, 2021 9:13 am
by Freaky69
I will hopefully get an actual picture from the drive (if the seller will response to my mail).
After that i will post the picture what FW is installed on the drive.
then we can talk about the self flash kit
Nevertheless i would like to know is there a fw available which isn't flashable?
Is the BU40N better than the ASUS BW-16D1HT 3.01?
I got the ASUS and sometimes it is very slow and produces Read errors but my standalone UHD Player (Panasonic) plays the disc fine!
Re: Are these flashable for UHD friendly?
Posted: Wed May 19, 2021 9:31 am
by Billycar11
Freaky69 wrote: ↑Wed May 19, 2021 9:13 am
I will hopefully get an actual picture from the drive (if the seller will response to my mail).
After that i will post the picture what FW is installed on the drive.
then we can talk about the self flash kit
Nevertheless i would like to know is there a fw available which isn't flashable?
Is the BU40N better than the ASUS BW-16D1HT 3.01?
I got the ASUS and sometimes it is very slow and produces Read errors but my standalone UHD Player (Panasonic) plays the disc fine!
from my tests the bu40n is better than the asus.
all firmware is currently flashable
Re: Are these flashable for UHD friendly?
Posted: Wed May 19, 2021 9:38 am
by Freaky69
Thanks a lot Billy,
isn't it possible to use the Tool from Marty to flash the drive?
SDFTOOL with the DE_LG_BU40N_1.00 firmware?
This should be the easiest way, or am i wrong?
Re: Are these flashable for UHD friendly?
Posted: Wed May 19, 2021 9:58 am
by Billycar11
Freaky69 wrote: ↑Wed May 19, 2021 9:38 am
Thanks a lot Billy,
isn't it possible to use the Tool from Marty to flash the drive?
SDFTOOL with the DE_LG_BU40N_1.00 firmware?
This should be the easiest way, or am i wrong?
you are possibly wrong on the firmware as i said follow the guide or email me for a kit when you get the drive
Re: Are these flashable for UHD friendly?
Posted: Wed May 19, 2021 6:48 pm
by Freaky69
I just got the actual picture of the drive. It seems that there is the FW 1.03 installed
Is it okay to flash also?
Re: Are these flashable for UHD friendly?
Posted: Wed May 19, 2021 7:10 pm
by Billycar11
Billycar11 wrote: ↑Wed May 19, 2021 9:31 am
from my tests the bu40n is better than the asus.
all firmware is currently flashable
But as I said your method to go directly to 1.00 de won't work