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No libredrive section, and it just gives the manufacturer HP, product reference and serial number.
It is even slower when attached to a 5th generation intel computer (2.4x 3.2M/s) so it is probably doing as well as it can.

My last post was admitting that I can't unbrick the drive, but it occurred to me that someone else might be capable, and could create a dump file for BU20N. I am in UK so I will post the drive to anyone in UK who may find it useful. Other regions I'd consider sharing the cost of postage. The error c...

Soure: BD-ROM hp BD CMB UJ141AF 1.00 WM23 051852 (a Panasonic laptop drive 12.9mm connected to Mac Mini M1 by unbranded USB 3.0 mini-SATA cable) mkv files saved to nvme drive TB3 at x2 speed 9.6Mb read/sec Powered by Caldigit USB-C Pro which is a hub which can handle the power of many types of hardw...

It's possible to recover if you can find bu20 fw and can use dos flash on your pc. can you pc use dosflash like it has ide mode in the bios not only ahci? if you dont have ide mode just give up I don’t have IDE and it’s time to accept that I borked the drive beyond recovery. Thanks for your help.

It's possible to recover if you can find bu20 fw and can use dos flash on your pc Can you help me find bu20 firmware please? I looked for HP and the original hardware it was on LG but it may never have been updated hence not available as a download. Do I need a specific version of dos flash? BU20N ...

Hi all yesterday I flashed the BU40N to the drive, and while the laptop recognized the drive it no longer functions to open the tray. The laptop can access the drive using SDFtool flasher to recover the drive however, if I can get firmware for BU20N. I have searched HP and LG without getting any fir...

Billycar11 wrote: ↑

Tue Jun 27, 2023 7:54 pm

It's possible to recover if you can find bu20 fw and can use dos flash on your pc

Thanks that gives me hope it's worth trying.

I found firmware CDROM.inf.amd64 for bu20n but win10 device manager rejected it.

Is dos flash the same as command prompt? Or is it 3rd party program?

I purchased a secondhand BU20N drive which was on fw BU24 and I flashed HL-DT-ST-BD-RE_BU40N-1.03-NM00000-211810241934 This was because I thought it was a BU40N, so now it is not loaded and isnt operating. Is it possible to recover it when the manufacturer doesn't have a firmware on the website? Bef...