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Coopervid wrote: Wed Apr 07, 2021 8:20 pm If "enc" for encrypted was not required I just don't understand why you couldn't flash the other firmware. Makes no sense.

I honestly couldn't tell you. I'm just glad it worked.

Coopervid wrote: Wed Apr 07, 2021 7:27 pm Was it required to use the "enc" option to flash this drive? This is an important piece of information.

I do not recall seeing nor selecting an ENC option.

I couldn't get the drive to flash on my Mac. Admittedly, I'm not great in terminal. Even copying and pasting the commands from the step by step thread did not work for me.
I busted out my old windows laptop running Windows 10. I downloaded and used the flashing tool. The flashing tool would not ...

Looks like it's probably a BH16NS40 same as the asus desktop drive.
Weird that they changed the drive have it labeled as bh50n
I would probably flash it with asus 3.10 or WH16NS60 1.02.
UHD is probably possible on it but really no one has tried with that exact setup hopefully it's just a sticker ...

Yes, there is a firmware dump file. FYI I am using MacOs Big Sur.
I will definitely wait for Billycar11 or MartyMcNuts to weigh in here.
Thanks so much for all of the help!

d00zah wrote: Mon Apr 05, 2021 10:49 am MakeMKV does report the desired 'Drive platform: MT1959'... a re-badged BH16NS40 per the 1st label in the next post.

Based on what you see is this drive 4K friendly?

I meant to include this photo too:

I'm pretty new to this so please be gentle.
I purchased an Asus BW-16D1X-U.
The specs say it will read BD XL, yet everywhere on this forum says it is not 4K friendly.
Make MKV says LibreDrive is "Possible, not yet enabled."
Am I missing something?



open it up and show us the drive inside ...

I'm pretty new to this so please be gentle.
I purchased an Asus BW-16D1X-U.
The specs say it will read BD XL, yet everywhere on this forum says it is not 4K friendly.
Make MKV says LibreDrive is "Possible, not yet enabled."
Am I missing something?

Edit:
Best thing to do is email billycar5924 ...