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

[MartyMcNuts]

Come on Marty, you've not written a front end for makemkv flashing yet? Just teasing as we know Mike is working on one but wouldn't that be fun? Lol

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LOL

I had thought about it for a minute but then figured, this is Mike's new toy and I didn't want to step on any toes!!

[SamuriHL]

Trust me I thought about it myself. I'll probably whip something together for my own personal amusement in dot net this weekend just for fun. I won't release it because as you said, this is Mike's thunder.

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[Billycar11]

Trust me I thought about it myself. I'll probably whip something together for my own personal amusement in dot net this weekend just for fun. I won't release it because as you said, this is Mike's thunder.

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.bat files ftw lol

[SamuriHL]

No no no. I have multiple drives. Lol. A nice drop down with enumerated drive list. Then a file picker that lets you point to the mk firmware zip and auto enumerates all the firmware within it into another drop down, sorted with your selected drive's native mk firmware at the top of the list.

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[RocketRobz]

Hello! I need help.

I bought a WH16NS40-NS50 drive, and comes with firmware 1.04.

I'm trying to flash firmware 1.02 on it, but I'm getting "Updating Failure #4", when I try to do it with the modified ASUS flasher.
I also tried 1.03, but I got the same message.

[Billycar11]

Hello! I need help.

I bought a WH16NS40-NS50 drive, and comes with firmware 1.04.

I'm trying to flash firmware 1.02 on it, but I'm getting "Updating Failure #4", when I try to do it with the modified ASUS flasher.
I also tried 1.03, but I got the same message.

Read this https://www.makemkv.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=1067

[hart2hart]

Just want to confirm.... Are ASUS BW-16D1HT that are being sold today still capable of being downgraded to 3.02? Do you have to locate and install a patched version of 3.1 (if that's what it has out of box) then downgrade to 3.02?

Thanks

Yes, they are. Just flash 3.10-MK first. Then you can flash 3.02. Both of these firmwares are included with the modified ASUS flasher in the first post of this thread.

Thanks so much for this tool! I did my first drive with bootable flash drive , dosflash using hex editor and drive in sata0.

[RocketRobz]

Hello! I need help.

I bought a WH16NS40-NS50 drive, and comes with firmware 1.04.

I'm trying to flash firmware 1.02 on it, but I'm getting "Updating Failure #4", when I try to do it with the modified ASUS flasher.
I also tried 1.03, but I got the same message.

Read this https://www.makemkv.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=1067

MartyMcNuts at another site helped me.
The solution was to flash a 1.04MK file on the drive.

While there was no 1.04 file for WH16NS40, there is one for WH14NS40.
I successfully flashed my drive with that file, and that alone made it read 4K Ultra HD Blu-Ray discs, as well as giving it LibreDrive support!

Thanks anyways.

[MartyMcNuts]

Just want to confirm.... Are ASUS BW-16D1HT that are being sold today still capable of being downgraded to 3.02? Do you have to locate and install a patched version of 3.1 (if that's what it has out of box) then downgrade to 3.02?

Thanks

Yes, they are. Just flash 3.10-MK first. Then you can flash 3.02. Both of these firmwares are included with the modified ASUS flasher in the first post of this thread.

Thanks so much for this tool! I did my first drive with bootable flash drive , dosflash using hex editor and drive in sata0.

Yep, so much easier than the "old skool" dosflash!!

[Billycar11]

Read this https://www.makemkv.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=1067

MartyMcNuts at another site helped me.
The solution was to flash a 1.04MK file on the drive.

Thanks anyways.

yeah my post says that

[MartyMcNuts]

FYI

I have updated the zip file download link in the OP with the latest MK pack dated 14.02.2020.

[hart2hart]

FYI

I have updated the zip file download link in the OP with the latest MK pack dated 14.02.2020.

Thanks again. For ASUS Drive, what is rational of either going back to 3.02 or using 3.10MK?

[MartyMcNuts]

FYI

I have updated the zip file download link in the OP with the latest MK pack dated 14.02.2020.

Thanks again. For ASUS Drive, what is rational of either going back to 3.02 or using 3.10MK?

3.10-MK is quite a bit faster so stick with it. I suggest only going back to 3.02 if you come across a UHD that just won't rip on 3.10-MK.

[AndWhi]

I'm having difficulties with the flasher on my External LG BP50NB40 NB50 1.01 on a Win10 Pro system.
The flasher shows error #5 when I try to use the DE_LG_BP50NB40-NB50_1.01_MK_HBD.bin file. What am I doing wrong here?

[MartyMcNuts]

I'm having difficulties with the flasher on my External LG BP50NB40 NB50 1.01 on a Win10 Pro system.
The flasher shows error #5 when I try to use the DE_LG_BP50NB40-NB50_1.01_MK_HBD.bin file. What am I doing wrong here?

From my OP:

"Firmware BP60NB10_1.00_MK_HBD will allow you to flash your BP50NB40 to BP60NB10. Firmware BP50NB40-NB50_1.01_MK_HBD will allow you to go back to BP50NB40_1.01_MK if you ever require it."

You are trying to flash the wrong firmware. You should be trying to flash BP60NB10_1.00_MK_HBD.

If you are not successful, try flashing plain old BP50NB40_NB50_1.01-MK first, then flash the HBD firmware.