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Hello I just bought an ASUS BW16D1X-U and it will not read 4K Blu Ray disks, the drive platform is RS8601. I have read several posts on this form and from what I have read it is possible to flash the drive but it requires a special flasher. Any assistance would be very welcome.

Here are the drive ...

mmaslar wrote: Fri Aug 14, 2026 5:51 pm I'm in the same boat. Just purchased a Verbatim 43890 with Pioneer BDR-UD03 and it does not read my UHD discs.

sure email me that info and all others email me no need to post your info here just reach out to me directly
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I have opened the drive and cleaned the lens as suggested. Sadly, it has not changed the behavior. I reached out to OWC, and they've offered to service or replace it. Never thought I'd ask this question, but should I reflash it to stock firmware before doing so?


Won't hurt just use the official ...

Sounds like a power issue
Connect the drive to higher power USB ports
Or get a powered USB hub or asmcoms powered cable solution

Aslos never open makemkv first always let your os see the disc then open makemkv on your fist disc
After that you don't need to relaunch makemkv for every additional disc

Do you think I’m lying to you or spreading fake news and propaganda here?
What reason would I have for that?
Besides, spreading nonsense wouldn't have helped the situation; *I* was the one who needed help—it wasn't a case of someone writing nonsense to someone else who needed help.

I flashed ...

A quick question, @Billycar11:
Why shouldn't one flash the LG BU40N directly with firmware 1.00?
I did exactly that, and it worked fine—though flashing back to 1.05 for the sake of an exchange didn't work out; still, I was glad the exchange went through.

For some reason, I always get a headache ...

I have two identical UHD flashed as follows:'

Drive Information
Manufacturer: HL-DT-ST
Product: BD-RE WH16NS60
Revision: 1.00
Serial number: <redacted>
Firmware date: 2117-04-25 17:56
Bus encryption flags: 17
Highest AACS version: 82

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

Seems awesome. Wonder if my drive can be flashed

Drive Information
Manufacturer: PIONEER
Product: BD-RW BDR-XD05
Revision: 3.10
Firmware date: 2017-06-22
Bus encryption flags: 1B

LibreDrive Information
Status: Enabled
Drive platform: RS8232
Firmware name: PIONEER BDR-XD05
Firmware type: Original ...

Hello, can someone help me unlock UHD on my device:

Drive Information
OS device name: E:
Manufacturer: ASUS
Product: SBW-06D2X-U
Revision: 1.10
Serial number: RCDL076168WL
Firmware date: 2017-04-18
Bus encryption flags: 1B
Highest AACS version: 82

LibreDrive Information
Status: Enabled
Drive ...

Good evening ,

I stumbled upon this post as I am finding via research that this drive can read 4K UHD discs, but placing one inside the device results in No disc.

I see in this post that you are providing assistance with this. If you are still, I would appreciate any that you are willing to send ...

sure email me that info and all others email me no need to post your info here just reach out to me directly
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Hello everyone,

First of all, thank you for all your hard work—it is greatly appreciated.

I own this drive, and since it is an older-generation model, I was not expecting it to support LibreDrive. However, I noticed that some users have successfully enabled LibreDrive on similar models, so I ...

pauls13 wrote: Tue Aug 11, 2026 6:40 am Sent email as well, just now.

I'm just curious if anyone from this post who sent an email to Billy and if they got a response?

Thanks

Everyone gets a response within 48 hours usually less

Drive Information
OS device name: D:
Manufacturer: PIONEER
Product: BD-RW BDR-212BK
Revision: 1.04
Firmware date: 2022-12-20
Bus encryption flags: 1B

LibreDrive Information
Status: Possible, not yet enabled
Drive platform: Pioneer RS8F00
Firmware version: ID81




Drive Information
OS device ...

try sdf stop
do the os's see a disc in the drive?