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The BDR-UD03 arrived yesterday. Works perfectly as an UD04. What was the manufacture date on the drives and did they appear to be heavily used? My main concern with buying these (apart from being fake) would be that they were already heavily used and are close to failing. T Mfc was 2018 and it look...

Okay....?! Seems to work again and fast ....

The BDR-UD03 arrived yesterday. Works perfectly as an UD04.

OneDay wrote: ↑

Mon Mar 02, 2026 8:12 am

I used SDFTool 1.36
Used Firmware BW-16D1HT 3.10
Worked perfectly since it is a Asus drive.

To avoid the Sleep Bug or have less problems with 3-Layer discs feel free to flash to LG WH16NS60 1.02MK.

The LG drive in the enclosure arrived.
First check: Contains a BU50N.
Great stuff for 59,99 Euro and shipping takes from February, 23rd to 28th. (shipped to work, so today was the first view)

Next step: awaiting the BDR-UD03 ....

Hooray, it's working again... for now ....

.... I did notice this and other sentences in the first page: "If your external Buffalo / Archgon / LG BU40N has encrypted firmware, flash BU40N 1.03-MK first, then you can either leave it as is or flash BU40N 1.00 or Buffalo BU / BN firmware if you want to." I'm curious what the reason f...

I risked a Pioneer BDR-UD03 and a LG BU40N in a enclosure.

Both are on it way.

Let's see ....

Yesterday in the evening the forum was like a turn signal: Works, works not, works, works not, works .....

It's not for Makemkv / AnyDVD / XReveal. Only if you want to use DVDFab / Passkey. Yeah, the 1.00 compatibility with DVDFab is known. But I thought for the EB52 there is a special reason for this. Or does that only apply to the WP/BP50NB40 with SVC EB52? No special reason. Ok, thank you! :)

I've my first EB52 for flashing here. I thought I do some experimental with it. Just flashed to LG BU40N 1.03MK like the EB40.....and 4K ripping is fine. Why is the the second step to 1.00 necessary with the EB52? It's not for Makemkv / AnyDVD / XReveal. Only if you want to use DVDFab / Passkey. Ye...

I've my first EB52 for flashing here. I thought I do some experimental with it. Just flashed to LG BU40N 1.03MK like the EB40.....and 4K ripping is fine.

Why is the the second step to 1.00 necessary with the EB52?

If the sticker shows BU40N and UHD BD writer both are good. The newer ones hasn't the UHD logo on the front anymore.

ictbydesign wrote: ↑

Tue Feb 24, 2026 2:05 pm

Does anyone know if either of these drives can be flashed.
Both are LG BD rewriter.
Model = BH10LS38
Manufactured - July 2011

Model = BH10LS30
Manufactured - July 2010

ROM Ver:1.00 for both

Thanks in advance.

No, to old. Both. Sorry.

Helping a friend get into backing up his collection after showing him how I'm doing it, and we're having an issue with flashing the drive he purchased. He followed both the command line instructions he found on here for this drive as well as the current guide at the start of this thread, however he...