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by MartyMcNuts
Wed Jan 28, 2026 4:10 am
Forum: UHD drives
Topic: Ultimate UHD Drives Flashing Guide Updated 2026
Replies: 3539
Views: 2782531

Re: Ultimate UHD Drives Flashing Guide Updated 2026

I tried to use a USB-C to MicroUSB cable direct to my motherboard and it still didn't work. Even tried using a dock and it didn't work. Any idea why a brand new drive would do this after being flashed? Starting to feel like I should return the drive and try again... :( :( Nope, no idea. Did you tes...
by MartyMcNuts
Wed Jan 28, 2026 4:06 am
Forum: UHD drives
Topic: I'm looking for a UHD drive that I can use to rip 4k Blurays with MakeMKV.
Replies: 5
Views: 811

Re: I'm looking for a UHD drive that I can use to rip 4k Blurays with MakeMKV.

I did. Bluntman (canada) says he's out of stock with nothing on the horizon. My Ud03 gave up the ghost a few weeks ago and doesn't recognize discs anymore so no sense flashing it to rip 4k but i've been looking on amazon and other sites in canada for external 4k drives for my laptop but they are al...
by MartyMcNuts
Wed Jan 28, 2026 1:39 am
Forum: UHD drives
Topic: Ultimate UHD Drives Flashing Guide Updated 2026
Replies: 3539
Views: 2782531

Re: Ultimate UHD Drives Flashing Guide Updated 2026

Right now I have the Y-cable plugged into both ports on my mother board. My computer can't even register it in Files explorer even though makemkv can. I have tried to power cycle my computer and drive as well. It appears the cable is on and giving power but should I try it with a USB-C to MicroUSB ...
by MartyMcNuts
Tue Jan 27, 2026 10:09 pm
Forum: UHD drives
Topic: With OEMs LG and Pioneer No Longer Manufacturing Drives
Replies: 12
Views: 896

Re: With OEMs LG and Pioneer No Longer Manufacturing Drives

Pioneer Digital Design and Manufacturing (PDDM) has been sold to Chinese company Shanxi Lightchain Technology Industrial Development. We must waiting for news... Amazon AND B&H PhotoVideo have the ASUS BW16D1XU external drive. Is that drive being manufactured by Shanxi Lightchain Technology Ind...
by MartyMcNuts
Tue Jan 27, 2026 10:02 pm
Forum: UHD drives
Topic: Ultimate UHD Drives Flashing Guide Updated 2026
Replies: 3539
Views: 2782531

Re: Ultimate UHD Drives Flashing Guide Updated 2026

I can see that it's possible to use this to flash my drive, but will it work just to pick the DE_ASUS_BW-16D1HT_3.10_MK.bin or DE_ASUS_BW-16D1HT_3.02.bin firmware? My drive is the BW-16DH -U My drive looks like this in makemkv: Drive Information OS device name: G: Manufacturer: ASUS Product: BW-16D...
by MartyMcNuts
Tue Jan 27, 2026 10:00 pm
Forum: UHD drives
Topic: Ultimate UHD Drives Flashing Guide Updated 2026
Replies: 3539
Views: 2782531

Re: Ultimate UHD Drives Flashing Guide Updated 2026

Here is the drive info as I flashed it. Drive Information OS device name: F: Manufacturer: HL-DT-ST Product: BD-RE BU40N Revision: 1.00 Serial number: SIK0FPB2B2059 Firmware date: 2116-12-20 15:28 Bus encryption flags: 17 LibreDrive Information Status: Enabled Drive platform: MT1959 Firmware type: ...
by MartyMcNuts
Tue Jan 27, 2026 6:15 am
Forum: UHD drives
Topic: WANTED: LG BU40N External USB C 3.0 Enclosure
Replies: 14
Views: 1793

Re: WANTED: LG BU40N External USB C 3.0 Enclosure

dialogueravenous wrote:
Tue Jan 27, 2026 4:02 am
Is the TS14B the same thing as the TS14? Is this it?
https://www.amazon.com/SilverStone-Tech ... B01CS5OR5I
Yep.
by MartyMcNuts
Tue Jan 27, 2026 6:12 am
Forum: LibreDrive drives
Topic: BU20N Libredrive Flash
Replies: 1
Views: 138

Re: BU20N Libredrive Flash

Hello all. The last time I was here was in 2021. I have done some searching and I cannot find a coherent guide to flashing a BU20N with a manufacture date of September 2016. People are commenting everywhere that it needs to be MT1959 AND have a manufacture date after 2015 to flash to BU40N 1.00 fir...
by MartyMcNuts
Tue Jan 27, 2026 6:11 am
Forum: UHD drives
Topic: Ultimate UHD Drives Flashing Guide Updated 2026
Replies: 3539
Views: 2782531

Re: Ultimate UHD Drives Flashing Guide Updated 2026

Hi Marty, I found the thread and followed the gif but now I'm getting a error where my drive says no disc when I have a disk in it. Do you know how to fix that? Paste the MakeMKV drive info and libredrive info sections so I can see if it flashed correctly. If it still says BP50NB40 then you haven't...
by MartyMcNuts
Tue Jan 27, 2026 3:40 am
Forum: UHD drives
Topic: Ultimate UHD Drives Flashing Guide Updated 2026
Replies: 3539
Views: 2782531

Re: Ultimate UHD Drives Flashing Guide Updated 2026

I assume the following is what you mean for the NB52. NB52 to > BP50NB40-NB50-1.03MK with enc > BP50NB40-NB50-1.03MK with bootloader/full flash > BP60NB10 1.00_HBD from Marty download/file.php?id=2143 I personally am reading this as 3 steps but I don't want to flash it wrong. Is the bootloader an e...
by MartyMcNuts
Tue Jan 27, 2026 12:55 am
Forum: UHD drives
Topic: SDFtool Flasher
Replies: 1611
Views: 1762046

Re: SDFtool Flasher

bemml wrote:
Mon Jan 26, 2026 6:49 am
sorry to bother you, but the mediafire links are not working anymore.
Yes, they are. Just checked and are working fine.
by MartyMcNuts
Tue Jan 27, 2026 12:49 am
Forum: DVD discs
Topic: No optical drives found
Replies: 2
Views: 222

Re: No optical drives found

I have been using MakeMKV a lot lately. After I updated it to MakeMKV v 1.13.3 win(x64-release) just a few minutes ago, it now just wont work: "The program could not find any usable optical drives". It says that although I've been working with my drive and MakeMKV all day just fine. I am ...
by MartyMcNuts
Tue Jan 27, 2026 12:47 am
Forum: UHD drives
Topic: Archgon MD-8107-U3 absolutely not flashable - New Revision?
Replies: 6
Views: 1933

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 Lib...
by MartyMcNuts
Mon Jan 26, 2026 10:02 am
Forum: UHD drives
Topic: With OEMs LG and Pioneer No Longer Manufacturing Drives
Replies: 12
Views: 896

Re: With OEMs LG and Pioneer No Longer Manufacturing Drives

I think PlayStation 6 will get the option of an attachable Blu-ray XL drive. Unfortunately, there is a bigger problem with PC drives since Intel abandoned SGX technology. Officially, Ultra HD Blu-ray requires support for DRM, which is not officially available. This raises legal issues. A potential ...
by MartyMcNuts
Mon Jan 26, 2026 9:55 am
Forum: UHD drives
Topic: Ultimate UHD Drives Flashing Guide Updated 2026
Replies: 3539
Views: 2782531

Re: Ultimate UHD Drives Flashing Guide Updated 2026

Hi Marty, I realized I replied to the wrong person thinking it was you. Sorry for that. Below is my drive info from what I gathered in MakeMKV: Drive Information OS device name: F: Manufacturer: HL-DT-ST Product: BD-RE BP50NB40 Revision: 1.03 Serial number: SIK0FPB2B2059 Firmware date: 2121-07-08 1...