TeddyRaspin
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Glad to hear that.
Just as an aside, running those those files through xxd and diffing that output would make for easier viewing.
It might be (perhaps) that the EEPROM Data Mover is not always doing the proper thing in all cases (only anassumption)
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For testing purposes I have used 1.02 BH16NS55 clean firmware, and importing 1.02 firmware dosflash dump into BH16NS55 1.02 clean firmware
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Result: different checksums all to each other (from "dd" and Data Mover different, and also different to Original Dosflash dump)
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For testing purposes I have used 1.03 BH16NS55 clean firmware, and importing 1.03 firmware Dosflash dump into BH16NS55 1.03 clean firmware
Result: Same checksums all to each other ("dd" and Data Mover , and even to the Original Dosflash dump)
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I can't explain it 100% why on one matches, on the other not. I used same "dd" parameters (except different clean firmware number using, but same model)
I usually build 2 computers a year, and I have not had one set to IDE in 5 years. They are all ACHI. You have to set that at the installation of Windows. I am not sure but I d'ont think it can be changed after installation is completed.
@theosch
I've updated my guide, regarding the hex editing method as I've found some steps were ambiguous.
I just got an ASUS BW-16D1HT on firmware 3.00. Am I good to go or do I need to change firmware?
You are just fine using 3.00 although some people will tell you to update to 3.02. You can always update later if you wish to.
Ok thank you. I'm just scared to update and lock myself out of something because I missed some post. I don't know if I can do the downgrading procedure. So 3.02 is a safe flash and I don't lose / get locked out of anything? Thanks for you help and patience. I'm a n00b and trying to read up as much as possible!
I ordered a few of the Asus BW-16D1HT retail drives. With a $25 rebate they are 56.00 or something close to that. Even if the loophole is closed these are great Bluray drives to put in an enclosure. The prices of the friendly drives on Ebay shot up to almost 70 bucks, so I find these Asus Retail drives with a good warranty a great deal.I just ordered another LG BH16NS55 as back-up if my other one with 1.02 will fail some day. I'm quite curious with what version of firmware it will arrive. If 1.03 my plan is to make it an ASUS with 3.02.
3.00, 3.01, and 3.02 are fine for the BW-16D1HT drive with AnyDVD. I've seen no one have any issues with firmware 3.00 and 3.01 but there are a few people that reported issues with 3.02 when using DeUHD but the drive still worked okay with AnyDVD & MakeMKV for decrypting UHDs. Personally, I don't see any urgent need to update to 3.02 although many people say it's the way to go. Just make sure to never update to 3.03 or newer. Version 3.03 definitely breaks UHD "friendliness", period.
Read somewhere that the issue with firmware 3.02 and DeUHD was related to their server and has been fixed now.