Ultimate UHD Drives Flashing Guide Updated 2024

[Billycar11]

You already did most of this but

Power cycle drive for 5 mins unplug to make sure.
Clean discs
Replace discs
Clean drive
Replace drive with pioneer with old fw

Thanks. I was hoping there might be some other options before unscrewing the enclosure or replacing the drive.

I stumbled across this thread and was wondering if you had thoughts on whether this is an option?

Relatedly, is there any possibility this is a firmware issue that can be resolved by flashing to a different version?

you can try both wont hurt it anymore than it is.
but yeah there's a reason i stopped selling the lg desktop drives back in 2019 i lost so much money on those offering a 1 year warranty to customers.

[Wall.E]

Hi,

Quick questions: I've carefully read this guide, but I'm still a bit confused when it comes to flashing the drive.

I've recently purchased an Asus BW-16D1HT.
So...
- it has been built after 2016
- it's the MT1959 platform
- I have the 3.11 firmware so it's encrypted

But now...

Question 1 : should I follow this instruction...

Unlocked Flashers, Downgrade Enabled Firmware and MK Firmware:

The only flasher anyone should be using now is Martys SDF GUI it now has built in safety's still check out the requirements and follow the recommending firmware but it shouldn't let you brick an old drive and should detect if the firmware is encrypted automatically

or should I go via this one ?

How To Flash Videos and commands:

New Updated guide for all Drives and firmware including encrypted firmware: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyQV1aPlbow
1. Open cmd as admin

2. Navigate to makemkvs install directory by default on 64 bit systems it is here: cd "C:\Program Files (x86)\MakeMKV"

3. If you have a listed encrypted firmware you must use this command: makemkvcon64.exe f --all-yes -d “ your drive letter here Example: D”: rawflash enc -i “path to your firmware Example: C:\Users\Billy\Downloads\Downgrade-Enabled-Firmware\Auto-Flash\LG-Desktop-NS60-sleep-fix\WH16NS60-1.02-MK.bin”

4. If you have unencrypted firmware use this command: makemkvcon64.exe f --all-yes -d “ your drive letter here Example: D”: rawflash -i “path to your firmware Example: C:\Users\Billy\Downloads\Downgrade-Enabled-Firmware\Auto-Flash\LG-Desktop-NS60-sleep-fix\WH16NS60-1.02-MK.bin”

5. Remove my examples and quotes ”” when you run the commands

I have a feeling I should go for SDFtool Flasher but I would like to be 100% sure, as I'm confused that there's no warning saying the How-To Flash Videos and commands is now outdated. Or maybe I'm missing something.

Question 2 : in this guide it's written that I should flash direct the 3.10MK firmware.
But on the SDFtool Flasher page it's written that "If your desktop drive has encrypted firmware, flash WH16NS60 1.02-MK first"
viewtopic.php?f=16&t=22896

My guess is that this sentence is only applying if we have a HL-DT-ST drive. Indeed the "Encrypted Firmware" contains only HL-DT-ST drives. So I have a feeling the list has not been updated and the instruction to go for the "WH16NS60 1.02-MK first" as well.

Thanks for your help!

[dcoke22]

Quick questions: I've carefully read this guide, but I'm still a bit confused when it comes to flashing the drive.

I've recently purchased an Asus BW-16D1HT.
So...
- it has been built after 2016
- it's the MT1959 platform
- I have the 3.11 firmware so it's encrypted

But now...

Question 1 :

SDFtool Flasher only runs on Windows. If you're on Windows, it is what you should use. The command line instructions are for Linux or macOS.

[Wall.E]

SDFtool Flasher only runs on Windows. If you're on Windows, it is what you should use. The command line instructions are for Linux or macOS.

Thanks for your answer!
Ok for using SDFtool Flasher on Windows.

But precisely, my quote was the instructions... for Windows!
The videos is also for Windows.
If they are indeed both outdated, there should be a warning saying it, otherwise it's confusing.

And I agree the instructions for Linux or MacOS are not, fine, but they are below, they were not part of my quote

At last, regarding question 2?
Flash direct BW-16D1HT 3.10MK, or WH16NS60 1.02-MK first?
I think here also, the post needs to be updated.

[MartyMcNuts]

SDFtool Flasher only runs on Windows. If you're on Windows, it is what you should use. The command line instructions are for Linux or macOS.

Thanks for your answer!
Ok for using SDFtool Flasher on Windows.

But precisely, my quote was the instructions... for Windows!
The videos is also for Windows.
If they are indeed both outdated, there should be a warning saying it, otherwise it's confusing.

And I agree the instructions for Linux or MacOS are not, fine, but they are below, they were not part of my quote

At last, regarding question 2?
Flash direct BW-16D1HT 3.10MK, or WH16NS60 1.02-MK first?
I think here also, the post needs to be updated.

SDFtool Flasher is simply a UI for MakeMKV's SDF command line. Thus, neither are outdated.

Regarding firmware, both of those can be used first. It mainly depends on if you want to also write discs. If you do, use BW-16D1HT 3.10-MK, otherwise use WH16NS60 1.02-MK.

[Wall.E]

Thanks for your answers!
Done. I've now successfully flashed my drive