Ultimate UHD Drives Flashing Guide Updated 2024

[Billycar11]

That can't be normal. Anyways, I put the disc on my granit countertop and saw that the disc was a little warped. Hiw does a disc warp? From heat?

If it is a new disc, can you return it for a replacement? Just tell them it is defective as it is slightly warped causing scraping noises during playback.

It's from the library

ripping used discs that are damaged is a no no.
warped, stickers that unbalance it, scratches its a good way to kill a drive.

[baneling]

If it is a new disc, can you return it for a replacement? Just tell them it is defective as it is slightly warped causing scraping noises during playback.

It's from the library

ripping used discs that are damaged is a no no.
warped, stickers that unbalance it, scratches its a good way to kill a drive.

Crap, I didn't know that. Thanks

[Bloodpack]

@Billycar11

just want to let you know that the ICY Box IB-525-U3 case for 5,25" optical drives works for flashing....

i flashed my LG BH16NS55 Revision: 1.02 from Oktober 2016 with the WH16NS60 1.02MK firmware.

Thank you for your work!!

[baneling]

If it is a new disc, can you return it for a replacement? Just tell them it is defective as it is slightly warped causing scraping noises during playback.

It's from the library

ripping used discs that are damaged is a no no.
warped, stickers that unbalance it, scratches its a good way to kill a drive.

What if the disc is not warped at all, just has some little scratches on it and the optical drive has issues reading it. Can that still affect the drive?

[Billycar11]

It's from the library

ripping used discs that are damaged is a no no.
warped, stickers that unbalance it, scratches its a good way to kill a drive.

What if the disc is not warped at all, just has some little scratches on it and the optical drive has issues reading it. Can that still affect the drive?

yes some drives do dumb thing like move the read head closer and closer and then it hits the disc ruining the disc and drive as the lens on the lg/asus is plastic so plastic on plastic scratches and both a ruined.

[baneling]

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yes some drives do dumb thing like move the read head closer and closer and then it hits the disc
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and this can happen cause of scratches on the disc?

[Billycar11]

yes some drives do dumb thing like move the read head closer and closer and then it hits the disc


and this can happen cause of scratches on the disc?

yes and also if the drive is not getting enough power
it is very rare though

[paulaosp]

my friends, all right, hugs from brazil, I need to try with my drive, it is mt 1939 firmware 1.03 whs40 lg, is there a way to read uhd?

[Coopervid]

my friends, all right, hugs from brazil, I need to try with my drive, it is mt 1939 firmware 1.03 whs40 lg, is there a way to read uhd?

No. MT1939 can't handle UHDs.

[patricia-p]

I purchased a secondhand BU20N drive which was on fw BU24 and I flashed HL-DT-ST-BD-RE_BU40N-1.03-NM00000-211810241934

This was because I thought it was a BU40N, so now it is not loaded and isnt operating.

Is it possible to recover it when the manufacturer doesn't have a firmware on the website?

Before flash
Drive Information
OS device name: D:
Manufacturer: hp
Product: BD-RE BU20N
Revision: BU24
Serial number:
Firmware date: 2115-04-22 13:44
Bus encryption flags: 1F

LibreDrive Information
Status: Enabled
Drive platform: MT1959
Firmware type: Original (unpatched)
Firmware version: 0.BU24P
DVD all regions: Yes
BD raw data read: Yes
BD raw metadata read: Yes
Unrestricted read speed: Yes

After flash
Drive Information
OS device name: D:
Manufacturer: HL-DT-ST
Product: BD-RE BU40N
Revision: 1.03
Serial number:
Firmware date: 2118-10-24 19:34
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

My laptop
Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-5200U CPU @ 2.20GHz, 2195 Mhz, 2 Core(s), 4 Logical Processor(s)
BIOS Version/Date LENOVO J5ET64WW (1.35 ), 31/10/2019
System SKU LENOVO_MT_20DF_BU_Think_FM_ThinkPad E550
PNP Device ID SCSI\CDROM&VEN_HL-DT-ST&PROD_BD-RE_BU40N\4&6C073B4&0&010000
Name HL-DT-ST BD-RE BU40N

[Billycar11]

It's possible to recover if you can find bu20 fw and can use dos flash on your pc

[patricia-p]

It's possible to recover if you can find bu20 fw and can use dos flash on your pc

Thanks that gives me hope it's worth trying.

I found firmware CDROM.inf.amd64 for bu20n but win10 device manager rejected it.

Is dos flash the same as command prompt? Or is it 3rd party program?

[Chipless]

Well, after several years of faithful service, I finally managed to kill my MSI UHD drive today. So, which drive is currently the easiest to obtain and easiest to flash for UHD compatibility?

[Billycar11]

Well, after several years of faithful service, I finally managed to kill my MSI UHD drive today. So, which drive is currently the easiest to obtain and easiest to flash for UHD compatibility?

easiest is to buy a Pioneer flashed from one of us

other wise any of the lg /asus drives in the guide is the same difficulty to flash

[asmcom]

Well, after several years of faithful service, I finally managed to kill my MSI UHD drive today. So, which drive is currently the easiest to obtain and easiest to flash for UHD compatibility?

Hi Chipless,

Please see our MakeMKV sellers page with a list of drives and our email address.

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Asmcom