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Help an idiot with a 1st gen WH14NS40
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Re: Help an idiot with a 1st gen WH14NS40
I also didn't dig into the forum posts enough to realize there was a difference between service code NS40 and NS50 drives, and found myself in this same situation.
Since I'd used the older DosFlash method to flash to the NS50 FW, I had first created a backup of my original NS40 FW.
So, for anyone else in this situation, flashing back to my NS40 backup worked as expected and I'm back to normal.
So, you don't necessarily need to flash with someone else's FW image if you followed the original instructions and have your own backup.
Since I'd used the older DosFlash method to flash to the NS50 FW, I had first created a backup of my original NS40 FW.
So, for anyone else in this situation, flashing back to my NS40 backup worked as expected and I'm back to normal.
So, you don't necessarily need to flash with someone else's FW image if you followed the original instructions and have your own backup.
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There is actually a method to re-flash back to NS40 from NS50 without dos-flash, the option will be added to sdftool shortly.
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Option to save bu40ns flashed to desktop drives too?mike admin wrote: ↑Wed Jun 24, 2020 11:20 amThere is actually a method to re-flash back to NS40 from NS50 without dos-flash, the option will be added to sdftool shortly.
I recover bricked ones of those all the time
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Re: Help an idiot with a 1st gen WH14NS40
Depends. It is possible to put back original FW using self-update method, as long as all conditions below are true:
1. Flashed wrong firmware
2. Drive is recognized and visible as "new" but does not work (can't read discs, drive tray does not work, etc)
3. Flashing original firmware gives no error, but firmware does not gets flashed.
If this is the case, then yes - there is a way back.
Re: Help an idiot with a 1st gen WH14NS40
I still don't know how I was able to save my drive after all my dumb decisions. I had flashed it twice on Desktop and once on Dos which was all a$$ backwards and made no sense. But I'm glad to say that after you guys helped me fix it, it's still going strong. I'm playing movies in it daily. Besides me misflashing it I may have had a separate conflict issue in Windows. I had a huge mess.
Re: Help an idiot with a 1st gen WH14NS40
I had saved links to the DosFlash instructions that predated the newer, safer methods shared here by Mike, and generously supported by him and others with the newer tools and DE firmware images that make everything safer by using self-updating mode.
If you just start searching the web it's easy to go down the DosFlash route and get yourself jammed up.
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Re: Help an idiot with a 1st gen WH14NS40
Hi, another 1st gen idiot here. I bought a WH14NS40 from local marketplace. I updated to "latest" 1.03 firmware without having visited these forums first, and then found some guidance that said downgrading to 1.02 was better. I tried to do that with the instructions in viewtopic.php?f=16&t=18873 but ended up with a drive that couldn't read any discs (Bluray or DVD). Is the drive trashed? I've looked around and some people were able to recover the drive but maybe that's because they had newer production year models? Other things seem to suggest that this is just completely bricked now. Can somebody confirm either way? Thanks.
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this guy needs it viewtopic.php?f=16&t=23023mike admin wrote: ↑Wed Jun 24, 2020 12:28 pmDepends. It is possible to put back original FW using self-update method, as long as all conditions below are true:
1. Flashed wrong firmware
2. Drive is recognized and visible as "new" but does not work (can't read discs, drive tray does not work, etc)
3. Flashing original firmware gives no error, but firmware does not gets flashed.
If this is the case, then yes - there is a way back.
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Re: Help an idiot with a 1st gen WH14NS40
I created a windows 7 ultimate winpe 32 bit boot usb with Rufus, & I can boot it via my latitude E6510 legacy options in the dell bios, but when it starts up it is asking to setup windows from it. There was no mention of having to do this in SamuriHL's listed instructions-what am I missing here? I have no room to do this on the current internal drive running my existing windows unless I create an extra partition, which would be difficult even for a basic setup because the freed up partitions are too small, please advise, thanks.MartyMcNuts wrote: ↑Mon Mar 11, 2019 12:54 amYes, as per SamuriHL's instructions, this is currently the only chance you have of restoring your drive.
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Why bother creating your own?? Go back 3 posts. (The one from d00zah). Just download the NS40 recovery image I created.dekedubya wrote: ↑Fri Sep 04, 2020 9:38 pmI created a windows 7 ultimate winpe 32 bit boot usb with Rufus, & I can boot it via my latitude E6510 legacy options in the dell bios, but when it starts up it is asking to setup windows from it. There was no mention of having to do this in SamuriHL's listed instructions-what am I missing here? I have no room to do this on the current internal drive running my existing windows unless I create an extra partition, which would be difficult even for a basic setup because the freed up partitions are too small, please advise, thanks.MartyMcNuts wrote: ↑Mon Mar 11, 2019 12:54 amYes, as per SamuriHL's instructions, this is currently the only chance you have of restoring your drive.
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Re: Help an idiot with a 1st gen WH14NS40
I did, but am getting "checksum mismatch error"; this for a 1st gen WH14NS40 downgrade fix, without booting into windows ide/ata mode?? Amazon should let people know the same drive has been upgraded so as to avoid such a frustrating situation!!MartyMcNuts wrote: ↑Fri Sep 04, 2020 11:35 pmWhy bother creating your own?? Go back 3 posts. (The one from d00zah). Just download the NS40 recovery image I created.dekedubya wrote: ↑Fri Sep 04, 2020 9:38 pmI created a windows 7 ultimate winpe 32 bit boot usb with Rufus, & I can boot it via my latitude E6510 legacy options in the dell bios, but when it starts up it is asking to setup windows from it. There was no mention of having to do this in SamuriHL's listed instructions-what am I missing here? I have no room to do this on the current internal drive running my existing windows unless I create an extra partition, which would be difficult even for a basic setup because the freed up partitions are too small, please advise, thanks.MartyMcNuts wrote: ↑Mon Mar 11, 2019 12:54 amYes, as per SamuriHL's instructions, this is currently the only chance you have of restoring your drive.
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You cannot use the windows flashers to recover this drive. You must use dosflash which is on the recovery image. Download the recover iso and use rufus to write it to a USB thumbdrive.dekedubya wrote: ↑Mon Sep 07, 2020 1:19 amI did, but am getting "checksum mismatch error"; this for a 1st gen WH14NS40 downgrade fix, without booting into windows ide/ata mode?? Amazon should let people know the same drive has been upgraded so as to avoid such a frustrating situation!!MartyMcNuts wrote: ↑Fri Sep 04, 2020 11:35 pmWhy bother creating your own?? Go back 3 posts. (The one from d00zah). Just download the NS40 recovery image I created.dekedubya wrote: ↑Fri Sep 04, 2020 9:38 pm
I created a windows 7 ultimate winpe 32 bit boot usb with Rufus, & I can boot it via my latitude E6510 legacy options in the dell bios, but when it starts up it is asking to setup windows from it. There was no mention of having to do this in SamuriHL's listed instructions-what am I missing here? I have no room to do this on the current internal drive running my existing windows unless I create an extra partition, which would be difficult even for a basic setup because the freed up partitions are too small, please advise, thanks.
Your PC needs to be in IDE mode (and drive connected to SATA port 0 or 1) to be able to use dosflash. No IDE mode means no drive recovery.
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Re: Help an idiot with a 1st gen WH14NS40
Even using these steps, the drive is not being recognized, most likely a complete brick, another hard-MartyMcNuts wrote: ↑Mon Sep 07, 2020 3:18 amYou cannot use the windows flashers to recover this drive. You must use dosflash which is on the recovery image. Download the recover iso and use rufus to write it to a USB thumbdrive.dekedubya wrote: ↑Mon Sep 07, 2020 1:19 amI did, but am getting "checksum mismatch error"; this for a 1st gen WH14NS40 downgrade fix, without booting into windows ide/ata mode?? Amazon should let people know the same drive has been upgraded so as to avoid such a frustrating situation!!MartyMcNuts wrote: ↑Fri Sep 04, 2020 11:35 pm
Why bother creating your own?? Go back 3 posts. (The one from d00zah). Just download the NS40 recovery image I created.
Your PC needs to be in IDE mode (and drive connected to SATA port 0 or 1) to be able to use dosflash. No IDE mode means no drive recovery.
school lesson learned-will have to get a new or used one as others are & do the downgrade steps, but CAREFULLY! Thanks.