flashing

[yamahaman]

Just bought an LG LG WH16NS40 and it's dated 31.3.2020 it comes with firmware 1.04 how can I flash it to UHD friendly the flasher I tried won't do it is there anything i should be looking for that covers this firmware thanks in advance

[st4evr]

The forum search function will provide hundreds of discussions like this one:

https://www.makemkv.com/forum/viewtopic ... 16&t=23466

https://www.makemkv.com/forum/search.ph ... s=WH16NS40

On how to flash that drive.

Also, read the guide(s) posted across the forum. It may help answer these common questions:

https://www.makemkv.com/forum/viewtopic ... 16&t=19634

[Coopervid]

Also here my guide. A little bit more precautious:

https://forum.redfox.bz/threads/guide-f ... dvd.79023/

You should be good for all proggies.

[yamahaman]

thanks guys

[yamahaman]

I have tried sdftool. flasher doesn't open properly I get unhandled exception has occurred if you click continue the application will ignore this error and attempt to continue.

if you quit the application will close immediately. start index cannot be less than zero parameter name start index. I am using windows 10 with latest updates.

[Coopervid]

Look here:

https://www.makemkv.com/forum/viewtopic ... 16&t=22896


Please check if the requirements are fulfilled on your PC.

[yamahaman]

i have got all required and also the latest .net and still, the programme won't run without error just comes up with the same error mentioned windows 10 x64 thanks in advance

[Coopervid]

Then try the ASUS flasher from here. Your firmware 1.04 should not be encrypted and therefore this flasher should work. You might get warnings by your AntiVirus software and should most likely disable it (real time protection) until you are done.

https://www.makemkv.com/forum/viewtopic ... 16&t=18933

[yamahaman]

no, this software not working also comes up with something about dram when you click ok it looks like it might work but when you press flash draw opens then it comes up with a fail this is very frustrating I thought it was going to be easy.

[Coopervid]

Maybe it worked... This flash process is really fast. Please run Makemkv and check what it says about your drive.

[yamahaman]

No, it says in makemkv 1.04 still getting nowhere with this.

[Coopervid]

Which firmware are you trying to flash?

It needs to be 1.03 or 1.04 from the OLD folder. Don't even try 1.05. This is only for drives that come with 1.05 (encrypted firmware).

And you want to check the information about "Microcode" im Makemkv that should say patched after a successful flash.

[yamahaman]

maybe that's the problem, if I can get one of the apps to work, was trying 1.02 thanks

[yamahaman]

updating with that flasher gives updating failure #4

[yamahaman]

See the end of this message for details on invoking
just-in-time (JIT) debugging instead of this dialog box.

************** Exception Text **************
System.ArgumentOutOfRangeException: StartIndex cannot be less than zero.
Parameter name: startIndex
at System.String.Substring(Int32 startIndex, Int32 length)
at sdftool_flasher.Form1.Get_Drive_List()
at sdftool_flasher.Form1.Check_MakeMKV_Installation()
at sdftool_flasher.Form1.Form1_Load(Object sender, EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Form.OnLoad(EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Form.OnCreateControl()
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.CreateControl(Boolean fIgnoreVisible)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.CreateControl()
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WmShowWindow(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Form.WmShowWindow(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)


************** Loaded Assemblies **************
mscorlib
Assembly Version: 4.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 4.8.4261.0 built by: NET48REL1LAST_B
CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/Microsoft.NET/Framework64/v4.0.30319/mscorlib.dll
----------------------------------------
sdftool_flasher
Assembly Version: 1.2.0.0
Win32 Version: 1.2.0
CodeBase: file:///C:/Users/yamah/OneDrive/Desktop/sdftool_flasher/sdftool_flasher.exe
----------------------------------------
System.Windows.Forms
Assembly Version: 4.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 4.8.4261.0 built by: NET48REL1LAST_B
CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/Microsoft.Net/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Windows.Forms/v4.0_4.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Windows.Forms.dll
----------------------------------------
System
Assembly Version: 4.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 4.8.4210.0 built by: NET48REL1LAST_B
CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/Microsoft.Net/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System/v4.0_4.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.dll
----------------------------------------
System.Drawing
Assembly Version: 4.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 4.8.4161.0 built by: NET48REL1
CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/Microsoft.Net/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Drawing/v4.0_4.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/System.Drawing.dll
----------------------------------------
System.Configuration
Assembly Version: 4.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 4.8.4190.0 built by: NET48REL1LAST_B
CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/Microsoft.Net/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Configuration/v4.0_4.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/System.Configuration.dll
----------------------------------------
System.Core
Assembly Version: 4.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 4.8.4240.0 built by: NET48REL1LAST_B
CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/Microsoft.Net/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Core/v4.0_4.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Core.dll
----------------------------------------
System.Xml
Assembly Version: 4.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 4.8.4161.0 built by: NET48REL1
CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/Microsoft.Net/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Xml/v4.0_4.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Xml.dll
----------------------------------------

************** JIT Debugging **************
To enable just-in-time (JIT) debugging, the .config file for this
application or computer (machine.config) must have the
jitDebugging value set in the system.windows.forms section.
The application must also be compiled with debugging
enabled.

For example:

<configuration>
<system.windows.forms jitDebugging="true" />
</configuration>

When JIT debugging is enabled, any unhandled exception
will be sent to the JIT debugger registered on the computer
rather than be handled by this dialog box.


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