www.makemkv.com

i have been downloading firmware packs from this site but had no guts to click that start button on sdftool flasher but i just did and it took only 30 seconds and walah! it is done and now i am ripping my first 4k uhd disk which is the hunger games. downgrade to 1.02mk if you have 1.03 on it. full name of firmware is HL-DT-ST-BD-RE_WH16NS60-1.02-NM00100-211810291936
good luck

Hi,
Where did you get the firmware? Can you give me a link?
Thx

dandelacan wrote: ↑

Mon Feb 14, 2022 2:49 pm

Hi,
Where did you get the firmware? Can you give me a link?
Thx

All linked in the guide below

dandelacan wrote: ↑

Mon Feb 14, 2022 2:49 pm

Hi,
Where did you get the firmware? Can you give me a link?
Thx

go to flashing guide 2022 updated, then download flasher tool and download mk firmware pack and search for this exact file HL-DT-ST-BD-RE_WH16NS60-1.02-NM00100-211810291936 good luck

Why did you drop to 1.02? My drive came with 1.03 so I used 1.03 MK version and it seems to work well, except for a loud grinding sound.

Astrogoth64 wrote: ↑

Sun Feb 27, 2022 5:32 am

Why did you drop to 1.02? My drive came with 1.03 so I used 1.03 MK version and it seems to work well, except for a loud grinding sound.

mine is silent no noise at all. i am happy

Hummm... It may be worth the trouble to flash mine again. Anyone else see the grinding go away with 1.02?

Im not 100% sure I can go down to 02 since this drive came from the factory with 03 on it.

Astrogoth64 wrote: ↑

Sun Feb 27, 2022 6:42 am

Hummm... It may be worth the trouble to flash mine again. Anyone else see the grinding go away with 1.02?

Im not 100% sure I can go down to 02 since this drive came from the factory with 03 on it.

i mean have you read the the guide it specifically says to go to 1.02 from any firmware including 1.03.
but i dont think it will fix your grinding sound some drive are are louder and quieter then others i would just be happy if you have a drive that does not get read errors and deal with the sound

No errors yet. So, no good reason to downgrade to 02? I'd rather not.

Thanks for the response.

Astrogoth64 wrote: ↑

Sun Feb 27, 2022 7:19 am

No errors yet. So, no good reason to downgrade to 02? I'd rather not.

Thanks for the response.

i also directly downgraded from 1.03, no issues

Okay, I downgraded to 1.02. Gear grinding noise still there. It's not worse than 1.03.

Read rate max: 7.4X (MakeMKV BETA speed setting on)
Reading Dune 1984 4K. Single movie file only. No gear noise during long read. Some gear noise at start as it did the math to read a 4K disk. No worse than firm 1.03. Maybe better. No way to tell.

I see no reason to reflash back to 1.03 at this time. If something comes up ill post about it here.

Good luck.

Update: The MakeMKV speed up registry hack causes problems at 4K layer changes so I turned it off. 11.7X was great as long as it worked but it didn't work well. Also even when your discs look very clean wipe them off with a non scratching rag meant for glasses. I was having issues with the 84 Dune and it turned out to be invisible gunk on it. Firmware 02 or 03 still doesn't seem to matter so I stayed with 02. Remember to reboot after changes.