Stuck with downgrade options for BH16NS40 SVC NS51

[sdg73]

Had I known about the issues with this drive I'd have bought a different one, but I'm stuck and need help. This seems like the right place.

I read about flashing to the MK 1.05 equivalent firmware (mine came with 1.05), which I did successfully with SDFtool flasher. The only thing I didn't do was tick the enc box but it still did it.

However, when I now try to flash to anything, I get "command produced error code 0x8f05c103".

Noob question but what am I doing wrong?

SDF tool flasher is showing HL-DT-ST_BD-RE_BH16NS40_1.05_212005061331_KLZK9FB3016.

It successfully reads and rips a regular blu-ray, but doesn't read UHD. It's clearly not bricked but equally something isn't right.

Thanks in advance for any help here.

Best wishes

Sean

[sdg73]

ok - so I managed to sort this and am now on the Asus 3.10 crossflash - working perfectly.

The error message appears to be because the drive was open (slaps head).

I did the flash using the CMD line code listed on this site, using makemkvconv64. Flashed successfully the first time and had no problems since.

Phew...

[Billycar11]

check the enc box and use WH16NS60 1.02 as the guide says

[sdg73]

Thanks Billy - but I got it sorted in the end with the ASUS crossflash via CMD.

Regards

Sean