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Yes I did. What I also noticed is that SDFTool says the firmware is unencrypted but in previous instructions with the wrong firmware I was told to flash it encrypted - could that be the case?

Hello Coopervid and MartyMcNuts,
I have tried both versions 1.3.5 and 1.3.6 of SDFTool with RECOVER drive option to flash firmware "HL-DT-ST-BD-RE_BU40N-1.03-NM00000-211810241934.bin"", unfortunately this did not seem to work: I see the progress bar going to the end very fast but no flashing occurs ...

I did mention that firmware because it was the only one branded "ASUS" and honestly I had no idea that you could flash a different vendor firmware, that's why I asked for confirmation :D
I will try with a VM and SDFTool tomorrow when I got some more time; besides the "recover drive" option do I ...

Looks like my drive got bricked with flashing: when pushing the button to open it, nothing happens besides the LED flashing. Any disk inserted will not be detected or read.
Any way to return to the original FW? I have the .tar file created by the "dump" command.

After flashing it and rebooting the computer, it shows up as I believe MacOS was just caching some information about make/model.

Thanks again, Coopervid. This time it worked!


Drive Information
Manufacturer: ASUS
Product: SBW-06D2X-U
Revision: 1.02
Serial number: MO5O37F0638
Firmware date: 2118-10-29 19:36
Bus encryption flags: 17
Highest AACS version: 81

LibreDrive Information
Status: Enabled
Drive platform: MT1959 ...

Thanks again Coopervid, unfortunately it seems that the firmware is not applied even if flashing completes successfully


-> % ./makemkvcon f -l
Found 1 drives(s)
00: /IOBDServices/2D886016
ASUS_SBW-06D2X-U_A102_212106281341_MO5O37F0638

-> % cp ~/Downloads/sdf.bin /tmp

-> % cp ~/Downloads/The ...

Thanks Coopervid, the instructions seem pretty straightforward; however I'm wondering which firmware file is the right one: Asus BW-16D1HT 3.10MK or something else?

Hello all,
I have bought one of these drives too and was wondering if it could be flashed - I'm seeing a different platform and weird FW date compared to the ones in this post


Drive Information
OS device name: /dev/rdisk4
Current profile: BD-ROM
Manufacturer: ASUS
Product: SBW-06D2X-U
Revision ...