NEW OPTION: 'UHD Friendly' Firmware Downgrade / Cross-Flash Using Official (Modified) ASUS Flasher for ASUS & LG Drives

[BucklesMcGee]

So I was in the process of ripping my entire library. So earlier in the day it ripped a BD successfully. Then I had been ripping DVD's then I tried to rip another BD and it just showed it as no disk. This actually happened before I changed the firmware on the drive. I was just running the firmware out of the box. I do not own any UHD disk's so I was not worried about updating the firmware right away.

For context at the time it was connected to a Ubuntu setup. Since then I had moved (physically) to my windows computer and it has the same issue on there. So it has been powered off fully and back on. Oddly, windows showed it as a BD-Drive soft of, in the file explorer that is what the drive was called. Yet still putting in a BD disk it just said there was nothing there. Windows still probably did not read it as a BD drive just was labeled as such.

Since I just purchased it from Amazon. I think I am just going to do a return on it for faulty hardware.

[didoin]

Hi, i have a BH16NS40 (1st gen, SVC Code NS40)
I had version 1.02 but accidentally updated it with the 1.05 (SVC Code NS50).
There is some chance to downgrade.
The player no longer reads any discs.

[AlexS]

Hello

Stupidly I upgraded my WH14NS40 to 1.05. Then I bought my first ever 4K Blu Ray disc.

I've tried using BH14NS40_N1.00-A4_patched.exe on ROMs:
DE_flash_HL-DT-ST_BD-RE_WH14NS40_1.02_NS50.bin
DE_flash_HL-DT-ST_BD-RE_WH16NS40_1.02_NS50.bin
HL-DT-ST-BD-RE_WH16NS60-1.02-NM00100-211810291936.bin

...and get checksum errors.

Any ideas on what exactly I need to do?

Many thanks..

Drive Information
OS device name: J:
Manufacturer: HL-DT-ST
Product: BD-RE WH14NS40
Revision: 1.05
Serial number:
Firmware date: 2120-05-06 14:44
Bus encryption flags: 17

LibreDrive Information
Status: Possible (with patched firmware)
Drive platform: MT1959
Harware support: Yes
Firmware support: No
Firmware type: Original (patched version available)
Firmware version: 1.05
DVD all regions: Possible (with patched firmware)
BD raw data read: Possible (with patched firmware)
BD raw metadata read: Possible (with patched firmware)
Unrestricted read speed: Possible (with patched firmware)

[st4evr]

Hello

Stupidly I upgraded my WH14NS40 to 1.05. Then I bought my first ever 4K Blu Ray disc.

Have you read and tried the method discussed here yet:

https://www.makemkv.com/forum/viewtopic ... 16&t=22896

And we can’t stress enough to carefully read and pay attention to the instructions and/or warnings noted within.

[AlexS]

Hello

Stupidly I upgraded my WH14NS40 to 1.05. Then I bought my first ever 4K Blu Ray disc.

Have you read and tried the method discussed here yet:

https://www.makemkv.com/forum/viewtopic ... 16&t=22896

And we can’t stress enough to carefully read and pay attention to the instructions and/or warnings noted within.

Thanks - no I didn't, I started elsewhere so I've begun again from your link....
I've backedup/dumped my existing 1.05 firmware with SDFTool Flasher.

I'm assuming I flash my desktop BluRay H14NS40 with SDFTool Flasher to:
HL-DT-ST-BD-RE_WH14NS40-NS50-1.05-NM00900-212005061444

And then afterwards to DE_ASUS_BW-16D1HT_1.01
?

Thanks for this...

[AlexS]

Hello
Stupidly I upgraded my WH14NS40 to 1.05. Then I bought my first ever 4K Blu Ray disc.

Have you read and tried the method discussed here yet:

https://www.makemkv.com/forum/viewtopic ... 16&t=22896

And we can’t stress enough to carefully read and pay attention to the instructions and/or warnings noted within.

Thanks - no I didn't, I started elsewhere so I've begun again from your link....
I've backedup/dumped my existing 1.05 firmware with SDFTool Flasher.

I'm assuming I flash my desktop BluRay H14NS40 with SDFTool Flasher to:
HL-DT-ST-BD-RE_WH14NS40-NS50-1.05-NM00900-212005061444

And then afterwards to DE_ASUS_BW-16D1HT_1.01
?

Thanks for this...

OK I managed to do it, I've moved from the original firmware WH14NS40 1.05 to DE_ASUS_BW-16D1HT_1.01 (see specs). The main gotcha was knowing when to tick the encrpted tickbox. Not sure if I have the best firmware for the player or not, but I've just managed to rip Terminator 2 (4K) with DVDFab.

(I did try DE_ASUS_BW-16D1HT_1.01.bin but this didn't work very well with DVD Fab)

If anybody has a WH14NS40, please let me know what you did (and why ideally)... appreciated..

[trav06]

I bought the LG BP50NB40 and according to the sticker on the bottom the ROM version is 1.03. Hoping someone more knowledgeable than me can confirm these steps so I don't brick it.

1. Flash HL-DT-ST-BD-RE_BP50NB40-NB50-1.03-NM00800-212005070917.bin using ASUS_ODD_FW_Changer
2. Flash HL-DT-ST-BD-RE_BP60NB10-1.02-NM00800-212005070935.bin using ASUS_ODD_FW_Changer
3. Done?

Thanks in advance for any advice!

[MartyMcNuts]

I bought the LG BP50NB40 and according to the sticker on the bottom the ROM version is 1.03. Hoping someone more knowledgeable than me can confirm these steps so I don't brick it.

1. Flash HL-DT-ST-BD-RE_BP50NB40-NB50-1.03-NM00800-212005070917.bin using ASUS_ODD_FW_Changer
2. Flash HL-DT-ST-BD-RE_BP60NB10-1.02-NM00800-212005070935.bin using ASUS_ODD_FW_Changer
3. Done?

Thanks in advance for any advice!

Step 1 is ok, but you can't use the ASUS flasher as your drive has encrypted firmware. Use the "SDFtool Flasher" with "enc?" checked.
Step 2 should be: Flash BP60NB10 1.01-MK from the MK/old folder using SDFtool Flasher with "enc?" unchecked. Don't use BP60NB10 1.02 as it's crap.

Done!

[turok_t]

Hello, I'm extremely new at did and I've been reading a lot of the posts in this thread. I'm simply looking for a 4k blu ray drive to rip my 4k movies to my PC and was thinking to get the ASUS BW-16D1HT. Do I simply flash it to MK 3.10? or will I need to use the SDFtool if the existing firmware on the drive is encrypted? I just finished reading all 56 pages of this thread! Sorry for the newb question, I just want to make sure I do this right so I don't brick my new drive! Thanks so much!

[CrispyHanako]

I'm not sure if I'm just a total idiot (very well could be the case) or something's up, I've gone down rabbit holes trying this that and the other but no matter what tool I use it just gives me an error.

https://youtu.be/GfZghWBGwQ4

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[trav06]

I bought the LG BP50NB40 and according to the sticker on the bottom the ROM version is 1.03. Hoping someone more knowledgeable than me can confirm these steps so I don't brick it.

1. Flash HL-DT-ST-BD-RE_BP50NB40-NB50-1.03-NM00800-212005070917.bin using ASUS_ODD_FW_Changer
2. Flash HL-DT-ST-BD-RE_BP60NB10-1.02-NM00800-212005070935.bin using ASUS_ODD_FW_Changer
3. Done?

Thanks in advance for any advice!

Step 1 is ok, but you can't use the ASUS flasher as your drive has encrypted firmware. Use the "SDFtool Flasher" with "enc?" checked.
Step 2 should be: Flash BP60NB10 1.01-MK from the MK/old folder using SDFtool Flasher with "enc?" unchecked. Don't use BP60NB10 1.02 as it's crap.

Done!

Thank you thank you thank you! Haven't gone through the steps yet, but this will save me a lot of trouble.

[MartyMcNuts]

Hello, I'm extremely new at did and I've been reading a lot of the posts in this thread. I'm simply looking for a 4k blu ray drive to rip my 4k movies to my PC and was thinking to get the ASUS BW-16D1HT. Do I simply flash it to MK 3.10? or will I need to use the SDFtool if the existing firmware on the drive is encrypted? I just finished reading all 56 pages of this thread! Sorry for the newb question, I just want to make sure I do this right so I don't brick my new drive! Thanks so much!

The ASUS doesn't have encrypted firmware, so yes simply flash 3.10-MK.

[MartyMcNuts]

I bought the LG BP50NB40 and according to the sticker on the bottom the ROM version is 1.03. Hoping someone more knowledgeable than me can confirm these steps so I don't brick it.

1. Flash HL-DT-ST-BD-RE_BP50NB40-NB50-1.03-NM00800-212005070917.bin using ASUS_ODD_FW_Changer
2. Flash HL-DT-ST-BD-RE_BP60NB10-1.02-NM00800-212005070935.bin using ASUS_ODD_FW_Changer
3. Done?

Thanks in advance for any advice!

Step 1 is ok, but you can't use the ASUS flasher as your drive has encrypted firmware. Use the "SDFtool Flasher" with "enc?" checked.
Step 2 should be: Flash BP60NB10 1.01-MK from the MK/old folder using SDFtool Flasher with "enc?" unchecked. Don't use BP60NB10 1.02 as it's crap.

Done!

Thank you thank you thank you! Haven't gone through the steps yet, but this will save me a lot of trouble.

No problem. Also, I mentioned using 1.01-MK in step 2, which is ok, however, I just wanted to say that BP60NB10 1.00-MK is also good and is what I personally use.

[Billycar11]

I'm not sure if I'm just a total idiot (very well could be the case) or something's up, I've gone down rabbit holes trying this that and the other but no matter what tool I use it just gives me an error.

https://youtu.be/GfZghWBGwQ4

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Read the guide and use sdf tool or command line with enc or email me for an automated flasher all linked below

[CrispyHanako]

I'm not sure if I'm just a total idiot (very well could be the case) or something's up, I've gone down rabbit holes trying this that and the other but no matter what tool I use it just gives me an error.

https://youtu.be/GfZghWBGwQ4

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Read the guide and use sdf tool or command line with enc or email me for an automated flasher all linked below

Jeez now I really do feel like a moron, commandline worked first time.

Thanks!!!