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- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Tue Oct 21, 2025 11:35 pm
- Forum: UHD drives
- Topic: PSA: New Archgon UHD drives do not allow flashing
- Replies: 27
- Views: 15366
- 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
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.
- Tue Oct 21, 2025 9:05 pm
- Forum: UHD drives
- Topic: PSA: New Archgon UHD drives do not allow flashing
- Replies: 27
- Views: 15366
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...