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by pb-rad
Sun Feb 22, 2026 1:29 pm
Forum: UHD drives
Topic: Hypothesis/Discussion on Archgon MD8107S-U3
Replies: 10
Views: 2002

Re: Hypothesis/Discussion on Archgon MD8107S-U3

It does work, but you must be willing to take the drive out of the case. The issue with this drive is that there is an adapter that converts it from Slimline SATA to USB 3.0 where that adapter is what prevents the flashing. I currently don't have an account to host images to create a DIY, but this i...
by pb-rad
Tue Jan 27, 2026 1:30 pm
Forum: UHD drives
Topic: Archgon MD-8107-U3 absolutely not flashable - New Revision?
Replies: 6
Views: 5525

Re: Archgon MD-8107-U3 absolutely not flashable - New Revision?

I've been thinking about posting a separate DIY topic on this particular drive since I see a few posts already on it. I opened up the case and took a good look at it. It is a standard laptop drive, but we already knew that. I have an older Coolermaster Elite 120 Mini ITX case that has 1 5.25" d...
by pb-rad
Mon Jan 26, 2026 3:30 pm
Forum: UHD drives
Topic: Archgon MD-8107-U3 absolutely not flashable - New Revision?
Replies: 6
Views: 5525

Re: Archgon MD-8107-U3 absolutely not flashable - New Revision?

Not meaning to necro this post, but I recently bought this same drive. MakeMKV info below. Drive Information OS device name: G: Manufacturer: HL-DT-ST Product: BD-RE BU40N Revision: 1.02 Serial number: MO1P55K0230 Firmware date: 2120-12-01 17:16 Bus encryption flags: 1F Highest AACS version: 72 Libr...
by pb-rad
Fri Jan 02, 2026 8:54 pm
Forum: LibreDrive drives
Topic: BD-RE BU20N - Zeebbyee drive firmware update?
Replies: 6
Views: 14644

Re: BD-RE BU20N - Zeebbyee drive firmware update?

I'm glad I found this. I also have the following. I bought this a few years ago from Amazon and just got into MakeMKV / Jellyfin server. While Amazon said this will play 4K disks, it never has. I am also running into issues with some blu ray that will not read on this drive, but I can stick it into ...