The most recent flasher requires Makemkv to be installed, as its GUI uses the command line options of Makemkv. The previously known flashers cannot handle the latest firmwares, as these have recently been encrypted. If you have older drives up to around mid-2020, they will still work, but no longer with the latest ones. That's why I think this tutorial should be future-oriented and refer to the latest flasher, which can also handle encrypted firmwares.Īnd now download the so-called MK firmwares here: Unzip somewhere and then use SDF Tool Flasher to flash the MK firmware with the name of your drive that matches the drive name (Makemkv screen: product). WARNING: Never cross-flash a slim drive with firmware of a full size drive or vice versa.

If you want to cross-flash a drive please ask first in the forum and you will receive advice.Īll of these drives can also be cross-flashed, i.e. my original LG BH16NS55 is now an ASUS BW-16D1HT 3.10 MK. In my opinion the best firmware for these drives. WARNING: Don't buy a LG BH16NS40 anymore. These drives won't be UHD compatible ever! Buy a BH16NS55 or an ASUS drive! Some sellers still sell the old version with SVC40 and chip MT1939.

WARNING: If you have a LG BH16NS40-SVC40 with MT1939 chip: Don't ever flash it with the official LG flasher. The LG flasher doesn't check if it's a MT1939 or MT1959 chip and you will brick your drive flashing it to e.g. Here are some pictures from the flash process:Īttention! You get a message from Windows Defender and you have to explicitly allow the program to run!Īttention! Sometimes you have to start the program with 'run as administrator' if it doesn't work if you start it normally. So pick your friendly drive, pick the appropriate firmware and then flash it.

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