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I bought an internal laptop drive from AliExpress (Pioneer BDR-UD03FAL) and want to check if it is flashable for UHD and LibreDrive. If so, please let me know. Thanks in advance!


Drive Information:

OS device name: D:
Manufacturer: PIONEER
Product: BD-RW BDR-UD03
Revision: 1.21
Serial ...

jayw654 wrote: Sun Aug 16, 2026 5:45 pm I need the flasher as well please. Asus rs8601

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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 7:19 pm

Coopervid wrote: Fri Aug 14, 2026 6:56 pm

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.

Post your Makemkv info.

Just sent you a PM

I replied.

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.

Post your Makemkv info.

The link is where it always is.

https://forum.makemkv.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=16883&p=166510#p166510


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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 ...

alxndrs wrote: Wed Aug 12, 2026 1:02 am Hello Coopervid, I can't PM you please let me know your email, thank you!

Post your Makemkv info and I will respond ASAP. Or post your question here and I might follow up with PM or email.

Good evening @Coopervid,

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 ...

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 ...

I downloaded the bd ddrive usility that you suggested but when i run the winrar.exe file i see: c:/users/appdata/loc
Windows is NULL

I have no idea what this means.

Can you please help me with this.

Again much thanks in advance,
J.


What do you mean by winrar.exe? You should just double ...

Hi Coopervid, found this forum now, seems like you are able to help me, awaiting your PM. Thanks in advance!

Fabrikant: PIONEER
Product: BD-RW BDR-UD03
Revisie: 1.14
Serienummer: DEDL535903WL
Firmware datum: 2020-06-15
Bus encryptie flags: 1B

LibreDrive Information
Status: Enabled
Drive platform ...

Hucz89 wrote: Mon Aug 10, 2026 3:49 am 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

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Hi, I am new to the forum but have been using MakeMKV with a different drive for a while. I just bought a BD-RW BDR-212M from Japan, it works fine but the firmware seems to not be compatible with UHD. I think it can be flashed so I was hoping I could get the necessary files for this model from ...