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by blind-s33r
Mon Jan 19, 2026 12:11 am
Forum: UHD drives
Topic: Pioneer BDR-UD03 UHD possibility
Replies: 1049
Views: 600795

Re: Pioneer BDR-UD03 UHD possibility

It seems currently Office depot usa is a good source for pioneer/verbatim ud-03 with pre 2023 terror firmware Also offering a 25% sign up code. They were, I managed to grab a few but now their website says out of stock and everywhere around I check for pickup is also oos... but It was a nice last d...
by blind-s33r
Sun Jan 18, 2026 9:26 pm
Forum: LibreDrive drives
Topic: How to recover a damaged DVD (Linux)
Replies: 4
Views: 376

Re: How to recover a damaged DVD (Linux)

I have used this method to rip some stubborn and scratched dvds that didn't want to work with makemkv... its hit or miss if it will work with a damaged disc but its worth a shot... Edit: fair note, if its an lg drive it will probably return junk data instead of trying to get the actual data due to j...
by blind-s33r
Sat Jan 17, 2026 11:42 pm
Forum: UHD drives
Topic: LG BU40N enclosure
Replies: 5
Views: 815

Re: LG BU40N enclosure

I know that the XRTFORE 4k reader looks like its permanently attached but internally its actually a plug too. Don't know for other cheap readers and enclosures but they look like they are all basically the same. I wonder why so many of these external cases have the cable permanently attached, been b...
by blind-s33r
Wed Dec 10, 2025 1:11 am
Forum: UHD drives
Topic: SDFtool Flasher
Replies: 1600
Views: 1728792

Re: SDFtool Flasher

I downloaded the sdftool flasher for my PC to try and use it for my Blu-Ray player, but when I open the tool, the box opens like this and I can't resize it to use it I have a Windows 11 PC. Cough NOTE: If the GUI looks a bit deformed (happens on a 4k monitor), you can right click the exe and select...
by blind-s33r
Tue Dec 09, 2025 1:26 pm
Forum: UHD drives
Topic: Ultimate UHD Drives Flashing Guide Updated 2026
Replies: 3495
Views: 2711325

Re: Ultimate UHD Drives Flashing Guide Updated 2025

I have been trying to find an Asus BW-16D1HT to flash for about 2 months. They used to be $99, then went up to $129, then several hundred dollars, and now for the past month there is absolutely none to be had anywhere. Can anyone confirm or deny if these have been discontinued? If not, is there any...
by blind-s33r
Tue Oct 21, 2025 11:35 pm
Forum: UHD drives
Topic: PSA: New Archgon UHD drives do not allow flashing
Replies: 27
Views: 15366

Re: PSA: New Archgon UHD drives do not allow flashing

Coopervid wrote:
Tue Oct 21, 2025 9:14 pm
Now. If you are on Linux go back to a 17.x version of Makemkv since 18.x versions don't work OK:
18.x works fine for me, I've never had the issues most other people have as I build it from source... its the enclosure.
by blind-s33r
Tue Oct 21, 2025 9:12 pm
Forum: UHD drives
Topic: PSA: New Archgon UHD drives do not allow flashing
Replies: 27
Views: 15366

Re: PSA: New Archgon UHD drives do not allow flashing

Coopervid wrote:
Tue Oct 21, 2025 9:09 pm
Post your Makemkv info. I guess it's not flashed successfully.
I already did, as I said the drive itself works in the old enclosure. Its just the new enclosure that's the issue. Maybe mike can bypass the restriction in a future version of makemkv if that is the root issue.
by blind-s33r
Tue Oct 21, 2025 9:05 pm
Forum: UHD drives
Topic: PSA: New Archgon UHD drives do not allow flashing
Replies: 27
Views: 15366

Re: PSA: New Archgon UHD drives do not allow flashing

Coopervid wrote:
Tue Oct 21, 2025 8:52 pm
Your decision. A SATA>USB adapter will work. But that's cumbersome.
I did notice that it never says Using libredrive mode when trying to start a rip so I have to assume that thats the issue, it wont even use libredrive mode on dvd's or blurays either...
by blind-s33r
Tue Oct 21, 2025 8:47 pm
Forum: UHD drives
Topic: PSA: New Archgon UHD drives do not allow flashing
Replies: 27
Views: 15366

Re: PSA: New Archgon UHD drives do not allow flashing

Post the Makemkv info. Make sure it's a MT1959 drive. You know that you have to switch enclosures for flashing? I already swapped and flashed it do bu40n 1.00 as Im running linux, my other bu40ns work perfectly fine... well one is dying which is I grabbed the new archgon. Drive Information OS devic...
by blind-s33r
Tue Oct 21, 2025 8:41 pm
Forum: UHD drives
Topic: PSA: New Archgon UHD drives do not allow flashing
Replies: 27
Views: 15366

Re: PSA: New Archgon UHD drives do not allow flashing

I guess it's a power problem. Use a powered USB hub. Your ports don't seem to provide enough power and these enclosures might be not be power efficient. We have seen that with the Verbatim enclosures. The port works fine with the old archgon, the old vantec, but not the new archgon... we already kn...
by blind-s33r
Tue Oct 21, 2025 8:28 pm
Forum: UHD drives
Topic: PSA: New Archgon UHD drives do not allow flashing
Replies: 27
Views: 15366

Re: PSA: New Archgon UHD drives do not allow flashing

I guess it's a power problem. Use a powered USB hub. Your ports don't seem to provide enough power and these enclosures might be not be power efficient. We have seen that with the Verbatim enclosures. The port works fine with the old archgon, the old vantec, but not the new archgon... we already kn...
by blind-s33r
Tue Oct 21, 2025 8:13 pm
Forum: UHD drives
Topic: PSA: New Archgon UHD drives do not allow flashing
Replies: 27
Views: 15366

Re: PSA: New Archgon UHD drives do not allow flashing

I was able to get it flashed with a third party enclosure. However when it was reassembled I found that even though MakeMKV was able to see it as patched. When it tried to rip a UHD of a known good disc it would say aacs unknown and create a dump of the disc. Not sure if the chip has something to d...
by blind-s33r
Tue Oct 21, 2025 7:46 pm
Forum: UHD drives
Topic: PSA: New Archgon UHD drives do not allow flashing
Replies: 27
Views: 15366

Re: PSA: New Archgon UHD drives do not allow flashing

I was able to get it flashed with a third party enclosure. However when it was reassembled I found that even though MakeMKV was able to see it as patched. When it tried to rip a UHD of a known good disc it would say aacs unknown and create a dump of the disc. Not sure if the chip has something to d...
by blind-s33r
Tue Oct 21, 2025 7:08 pm
Forum: UHD drives
Topic: Archgon MD-8107-U3 absolutely not flashable - New Revision?
Replies: 2
Views: 1653

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

The Enclosure is currently unable to be flashed from, but if you want to, you can remove the drive from the enclosure (screws under back two pads) and place it in the old drives one and flash it from there, I just did that on one I just got and it works nicely. I appreciate the usb c port so much mo...
by blind-s33r
Tue Sep 30, 2025 12:48 am
Forum: UHD drives
Topic: Ultimate UHD Drives Flashing Guide Updated 2026
Replies: 3495
Views: 2711325

Re: Ultimate UHD Drives Flashing Guide Updated 2025

Drive Information OS device name: I: Manufacturer: HL-DT-ST Product: BD-RE WP50NB40 Revision: 1.03 Firmware date: 2120-05-07 09:29 Bus encryption flags: 17 Highest AACS version: 77 LibreDrive Information Status: Enabled Drive platform: MT1959 Firmware type: Patched (microcode access re-enabled) Fir...