Step-by-step guide for the best (IMHO) drive: LG WH16NS60

[mgadbois]

Thanks for the feedback. I appreciate the response.

[DVD Maniac]

Thanks for the post. Have never used one of these because they are not available in UK, well only at extortionate prices on Amazon. Can I ask what you pay in US?

[mgadbois]

$104.

[markymark]

@tragic bleak,
Thanks so much for your guide and updating it. Following your suggestion and this guide.
I bought the LG WH16NS60, it came with fw 1.02. I had it installed and ripping in one of my UHD Blu rays in 15 minutes.
Thanks again for your time and effort in creating this guide.
Mark.

[mgadbois]

I must be doing something wrong because it takes me 40 or so minutes to RIP a 4K UHD disk now. I am curious how you got the speed so fast.

[Billycar11]

I must be doing something wrong because it takes me 40 or so minutes to RIP a 4K UHD disk now. I am curious how you got the speed so fast.

40 mins is normal for a 66 GB disk 100GB discs 60 mins
i think he means he was setup and flashed in 15 mins

[mgadbois]

Thanks for the information. I didn't know those numbers before.

[markymark]

Yes Billy is correct. 15 min to install and flash the drive. I ripped a UHD disk successfully. It did take around 40 minutes.

[omk1980]

So i have a LG WH16NS60. I flashed it in august 2019 to v1.01 that is libre drive enabled. Should i flash to 1.02mk? i've been getting a lot of disc read errors as of late and not sure if upgrading firmware will allow for a better ripping experience.

[Billycar11]

So i have a LG WH16NS60. I flashed it in august 2019 to v1.01 that is libre drive enabled. Should i flash to 1.02mk? i've been getting a lot of disc read errors as of late and not sure if upgrading firmware will allow for a better ripping experience.

not going to help anything a bad disk is a bad disk a bad drive is a bad drive what you have i dont know

[omk1980]

So i have a LG WH16NS60. I flashed it in august 2019 to v1.01 that is libre drive enabled. Should i flash to 1.02mk? i've been getting a lot of disc read errors as of late and not sure if upgrading firmware will allow for a better ripping experience.

not going to help anything a bad disk is a bad disk a bad drive is a bad drive what you have i dont know

Hoping it's a bad disk. Can't get fury but was able to get Spider-Man 2002 today on same drive.

My question is does 1.02mk offer any advantages to my 1.01? Uhd playback isn't too important to me.

[Billycar11]

Hoping it's a bad disk. Can't get fury but was able to get Spider-Man 2002 today on same drive.

My question is does 1.02mk offer any advantages to my 1.01? Uhd playback isn't too important to me.

i know of no advantages lg does not post patch notes or even the firmware itself

[omk1980]

Hoping it's a bad disk. Can't get fury but was able to get Spider-Man 2002 today on same drive.

My question is does 1.02mk offer any advantages to my 1.01? Uhd playback isn't too important to me.

i know of no advantages lg does not post patch notes or even the firmware itself

Thank you. I'll leave it alone then.

[BBreeziN]

Question for the experts here, I just bought a WH16NS60 that was manufactured on 20191029. It came with 1.02 firmware. I flashed the 1.02 MK firmware according to these instructions. At 100%, I got a message that said "Update Failed The drive may will be emergency mode This mode is allowed only F/W flash Sense 00/00/00".

I rebooted, and my drive appears to be working fine, and MakeMKV shows it as LibreDrive enabled. Am I good to go? Was this error harmless? Thanks for the all the work collecting this information in one place and the help!

[Billycar11]

Question for the experts here, I just bought a WH16NS60 that was manufactured on 20191029. It came with 1.02 firmware. I flashed the 1.02 MK firmware according to these instructions. At 100%, I got a message that said "Update Failed The drive may will be emergency mode This mode is allowed only F/W flash Sense 00/00/00".

I rebooted, and my drive appears to be working fine, and MakeMKV shows it as LibreDrive enabled. Am I good to go? Was this error harmless? Thanks for the all the work collecting this information in one place and the help!

Harmless some sata controllers are weird same with the USB to sata converters