SDFtool Flasher

[Jeggo]

I flashed a LG drive successfully and made a firmware dump (original FW) before I flashed the drive.
As the LG drive is not what I expected I would like to return it and restore the original FW.
How do I apply the firmware dump and restore the drive to its original state? Is this possible?
The tar dump file contains several bin files. What file do I need to flash?

Thanks for your help.

[Billycar11]

I flashed a LG drive successfully and made a firmware dump (original FW) before I flashed the drive.
As the LG drive is not what I expected I would like to return it and restore the original FW.
How do I apply the firmware dump and restore the drive to its original state? Is this possible?
The tar dump file contains several bin files. What file do I need to flash?

Thanks for your help.

the fw you backed up is useless

just use the lg updater but really who cares just return it they wont check

[rolledjoel]

What is the average speed for ripping UHD BR on a WH16NS40? I saw someone on YouTube who averaged about 12x on an unencrypted disc. Are drives slower when encryption is in use?

[d00zah]

What is the average speed for ripping UHD BR on a WH16NS40? I saw someone on YouTube who averaged about 12x on an unencrypted disc. Are drives slower when encryption is in use?

1st post, Recommended UHD Drives to get: section...

Ultimate UHD Drives Flashing Guide Updated 2023

[Woodstock]

Drives are slower when the disk is less readable, or you're reading at the beginning, or ???

The data is at a constant density (bits per lineal centimeter), but there's more of it (per rotation) when you get further from the center (beginning). It will read fastest when you're reading furthest from that center. Once you hit layer 2, it will get slower as you advance back towards the center.

Reading at maximum rate puts the most stress on the media and draws the most power, so those are additional limits.

[rolledjoel]

What is the average speed for ripping UHD BR on a WH16NS40? I saw someone on YouTube who averaged about 12x on an unencrypted disc. Are drives slower when encryption is in use?

1st post, Recommended UHD Drives to get: section...

Ultimate UHD Drives Flashing Guide Updated 2023

Thanks. I did a quick re-watch of the video , it turns out the guy was testing a DVD.

[Koolbite]

Hello,

I had flashed my BW-16D1X-U (external Asus Drive) to a bu40n in order to rip BlueRays but it wouldn't work for some reason : Actually the drive wouldn't even eject . So i reflashed it as a BW-16D1HT (which i understand is the internal version of my BW-16D1X-U) and the tray is ejecting again. But i still can't read anything. I hear the drive trying to read for a few seconds end then stoping, then trying again etc...

Windows tells me the drivers are updated and i also tried reinstaling the device from device manager. So at this point, me not being a geek, i'm not sur what to look for ?

Could it be that i reflashed it as a BW-16D1HT instead of a BW-16D1X-U ? Sounds unlikely..

One thing i noticed as well is that puting a cd in the drive will freeze Windows Media Player even if the cd remains undetected

Thanks in advancce for any help !

[Billycar11]

Hello,

I had flashed my BW-16D1X-U (external Asus Drive) to a bu40n in order to rip BlueRays but it wouldn't work for some reason : Actually the drive wouldn't even eject

Who told you to do that?
See recovery section of guide and Marty's tool

[Koolbite]

Hello,

I had flashed my BW-16D1X-U (external Asus Drive) to a bu40n in order to rip BlueRays but it wouldn't work for some reason : Actually the drive wouldn't even eject

Who told you to do that?
See recovery section of guide and Marty's tool

I followed this tutorial :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LguN8RC ... haelAndrew

I have checked Marty's Tool and i don't seem to find another procedure than the one i tried.

Is it possible that i damaged the harware doing this firmware change ??

This drive costed me 150€ so i would be pissed if i needed to buy a new one because of this.

[Billycar11]

Hello,

I had flashed my BW-16D1X-U (external Asus Drive) to a bu40n in order to rip BlueRays but it wouldn't work for some reason : Actually the drive wouldn't even eject

Who told you to do that?
See recovery section of guide and Marty's tool

I followed this tutorial :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LguN8RC ... haelAndrew

I have checked Marty's Tool and i don't seem to find another procedure than the one i tried.

Is it possible that i damaged the harware doing this firmware change ??

This drive costed me 150€ so i would be pissed if i needed to buy a new one because of this.

It's possible but choose the recovery option choose the bu40n fw then select the WH16NS60 firmware

[Koolbite]

Who told you to do that?
See recovery section of guide and Marty's tool

I followed this tutorial :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LguN8RC ... haelAndrew

I have checked Marty's Tool and i don't seem to find another procedure than the one i tried.

Is it possible that i damaged the harware doing this firmware change ??

This drive costed me 150€ so i would be pissed if i needed to buy a new one because of this.

It's possible but choose the recovery option choose the bu40n fw then select the WH16NS60 firmware

Yes it's not working. Drive seems to be flashed correctly but i can't read anything.

Will look for other solutions on the forum today. If not buy a new drive, keep this one in case i come across sombebody more knowledgeable sometimes..

And learn this lesson the hard way, not to mess with firmware stuff if you don't know what you're doing

Thanks anyway for your replies !

[Billycar11]

Yes it's not working. Drive seems to be flashed correctly but i can't read anything.

Will look for other solutions on the forum today. If not buy a new drive, keep this one in case i come across sombebody more knowledgeable sometimes..

And learn this lesson the hard way, not to mess with firmware stuff if you don't know what you're doing

Thanks anyway for your replies !

whats your makemkv drive info show now?
just saying i dont think your going to get anyone then knows more than us we wrote the guide and marty made the tool.
i have recovered many drives this exact way it works most times

[Koolbite]

Yes it's not working. Drive seems to be flashed correctly but i can't read anything.

Will look for other solutions on the forum today. If not buy a new drive, keep this one in case i come across sombebody more knowledgeable sometimes..

And learn this lesson the hard way, not to mess with firmware stuff if you don't know what you're doing

Thanks anyway for your replies !

whats your makemkv drive info show now?
just saying i dont think your going to get anyone then knows more than us we wrote the guide and marty made the tool.
i have recovered many drives this exact way it works most times

Here is the MakeMKV window :

https://ibb.co/jHGN7BV

If you can help me through this process it would be much appreciated. i can pay you a little fee for this if it works.

[Billycar11]

Here is the MakeMKV window :

https://ibb.co/jHGN7BV

If you can help me through this process it would be much appreciated. i can pay you a little fee for this if it works.

I see and did you test it before you flashed it?
What is the build date on the drive?
How it it hooked up to the PC direct SATA or what model USB adapter?

[Koolbite]

Here is the MakeMKV window :

https://ibb.co/jHGN7BV

If you can help me through this process it would be much appreciated. i can pay you a little fee for this if it works.

I see and did you test it before you flashed it?
What is the build date on the drive?
How it it hooked up to the PC direct SATA or what model USB adapter?

You mean if i was using the drive before i flashed it ? Yes i had been extracting CDs and DVDs since i bought it in december 2021 until right before i flashed it.
I don't know where to find a build date. I don't see that information either on the packaging or the drive itself. But Like i said it was working until right before i flashed it so i think firware change is the cause and not the drive being too old (if that was the sens of your question).

It's an external model so i plug it through usb 3.0. Here is a capture of my device manager window : https://ibb.co/2c9Y41r (sorry it's in french but i think you still get the harware information)

Thanks !