WH16NS40 showing up as an HP drive in safe mode

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vasir13
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WH16NS40 showing up as an HP drive in safe mode

Post by vasir13 »

Good day,

Purchased a “new” WH16NS40 from ebay. Prod date is 24-04-26, I followed the Ultimate UHD guide and saw that the original installed firmware was version 1.01.
Flashing was successful bur the drive is booting into safe boot. The drive is safe mode with name “hp_BD-RE__HB40N_BOOT”.
Tried to revert back to the original firmware with no success.
Why the flashed boot firmware is showing an HP drive?
Any idea how I can fix this?
Last edited by vasir13 on Thu Oct 02, 2025 1:22 am, edited 1 time in total.
Billycar11
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Re: WH16NS40 showing up as an HP drive in safe mode

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sorry man its a fake seeing alot of these now
they resticker it to look new but that drive is likely older than 2015
see recovery section at bottom of guide see below
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UHD Drives Guide: https://www.makemkv.com/forum/viewtopic ... 16&t=19634
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vasir13
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Re: WH16NS40 showing up as an HP drive in safe mode

Post by vasir13 »

Thank you Bill.
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