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Hi Everyone,

I'm usually pretty good at figuring this stuff about, but I seem to be having some difficulty with this.

I bought a LG WH16NS40 off of Amazon, from Amazon.

I had the 1.04 firmware, and I read that flashing the firmware to any WH16NS60 firmware would increase the read speed. So, using the downloader/flashing tool, I flashed it to what I thought is the current firmware to use. The firmware used was from the MK Firmware Pack 20200720, using:

mk-firmware-pack-20200720\MK\HL-DT-ST\WH16NS60\HL-DT-ST-BD-RE_WH16NS60-1.03-NM00600-212005081010.bin

It worked, the drive is doing what I need it to do, but I was wondering about the speeds. I have edited the registry to 0=99, as it says is a good setting for NS60 drives. Im using a recommended enclosure through USB3, connected to a USB3 port, writing to an SSD, getting speeds of around 12-13X. Is this normal? The regedit did increase the throttle, and consequently the read speed, but I'm wondering what I'm missing. I've done searching and seen that some people went to Asus and then to 1.0, and just seem to be getting some conflicting information for what is the best current firmware to use, and where to get it from.

Can someone tell me if I've done something incorrectly, and what to do next if anything?

Current profile: DVD-ROM
Manufacturer: HL-DT-ST
Product: BD-RE WH16NS60
Revision: 1.03
Firmware date: 2120-05-08 10:10
Bus encryption flags: 17

LibreDrive Information
Status: Enabled
Drive platform: MT1959
Firmware type: Patched (microcode access re-enabled)
Firmware version: 1.03
DVD all regions: Yes
BD raw data read: Yes
BD raw metadata read: Yes
Unrestricted read speed: Yes

The normal max speed for wh16ns40 is about 7x with ns60 firmware that increases to 8x so 12-13 is quite a bit higher than that you are getting exactly what you are supposed to

Oh nice! I didnt expect that. Should I throttle it back? Is there any risk to the drive at those speeds?

I've been running my NS60 at max speed for several weeks, and recently it has started to fail. Others in this forum have suggested turning of max read speed for triple layer UHDs, which I am planning to do when my replacement comes. Maybe the drive was not completely up to spec when I first got it, but something to keep in mind.