Ultimate UHD Drives Flashing Guide Updated 2026

[MartyMcNuts]

Hello. I have this Blueray drive laying around and I want to know if it is possible to flash it, since I saw a firmware available for BU40N. Would that work with my drive?

Here is the MakeMKV information:

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Drive Information
OS device name: E:
Current profile: BD-ROM
Manufacturer: HL-DT-ST
Product: BD-RE BU40N
Revision: 1.05
Serial number: <REDACTED>
Firmware date: 2124-04-23 13:47
Bus encryption flags: 17
Highest AACS version: 81

LibreDrive Information
Status: Possible, not yet enabled
Drive platform: MT1959

Yep, BU40N 1.03-MK.

[jakenitefire]

Hello, can someone tell me if my drive is possible to flash?

The label on the drive says "MFD May 2017"

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Drive Information
OS device name: F:
Manufacturer: PIONEER
Product: BD-RW BDR-209M
Revision: 1.34
Serial number: censored
Firmware date: 2016-04-25
Bus encryption flags: 13
Highest AACS version: 78

LibreDrive Information
Status: Enabled
Drive platform: RS8600
Firmware name: PIONEER BDR-209
Firmware type: Original (unpatched)
Firmware version: 1.34/ID60
DVD all regions: Yes
BD raw data read: Yes
BD raw metadata read: Yes
Unrestricted read speed: Yes

No disc inserted

[mmortal03]

I was looking into getting an internal 9.5mm drive and came across this listing, but the price seemed too good to be true, so I did not go any further with it. Not sure how to determine if it's truly a fake store or not, but I'm very skeptical of it: https://www.multione.net/bu40n-ultra-sl ... 780909.htm

[Morbinus]

Hello, can someone tell me if my drive is possible to flash?

The label on the drive says "MFD May 2017"

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Drive Information
OS device name: F:
Manufacturer: PIONEER
Product: BD-RW BDR-209M
Revision: 1.34
Serial number: censored
Firmware date: 2016-04-25
Bus encryption flags: 13
Highest AACS version: 78

LibreDrive Information
Status: Enabled
Drive platform: RS8600
Firmware name: PIONEER BDR-209
Firmware type: Original (unpatched)
Firmware version: 1.34/ID60
DVD all regions: Yes
BD raw data read: Yes
BD raw metadata read: Yes
Unrestricted read speed: Yes

No disc inserted

As far as I can tell there is no need to flash the drive, since everything says "Yes" and the status says "Enabled". It should work out of the box.
I may be totally wrong since I am also new to this. Just give it a try with a UHD Blueray

[Billycar11]

I was looking into getting an internal 9.5mm drive and came across this listing, but the price seemed too good to be true, so I did not go any further with it. Not sure how to determine if it's truly a fake store or not, but I'm very skeptical of it:

That's differently fake and a scam site

[jakenitefire]

Hello, can someone tell me if my drive is possible to flash?

The label on the drive says "MFD May 2017"

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Drive Information
OS device name: F:
Manufacturer: PIONEER
Product: BD-RW BDR-209M
Revision: 1.34
Serial number: censored
Firmware date: 2016-04-25
Bus encryption flags: 13
Highest AACS version: 78

LibreDrive Information
Status: Enabled
Drive platform: RS8600
Firmware name: PIONEER BDR-209
Firmware type: Original (unpatched)
Firmware version: 1.34/ID60
DVD all regions: Yes
BD raw data read: Yes
BD raw metadata read: Yes
Unrestricted read speed: Yes

No disc inserted

As far as I can tell there is no need to flash the drive, since everything says "Yes" and the status says "Enabled". It should work out of the box.
I may be totally wrong since I am also new to this. Just give it a try with a UHD Blueray

I tried, but it doesn't read UHD Blu-rays.

[Morbinus]

Hello, can someone tell me if my drive is possible to flash?

The label on the drive says "MFD May 2017"

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Drive Information
OS device name: F:
Manufacturer: PIONEER
Product: BD-RW BDR-209M
Revision: 1.34
Serial number: censored
Firmware date: 2016-04-25
Bus encryption flags: 13
Highest AACS version: 78

LibreDrive Information
Status: Enabled
Drive platform: RS8600
Firmware name: PIONEER BDR-209
Firmware type: Original (unpatched)
Firmware version: 1.34/ID60
DVD all regions: Yes
BD raw data read: Yes
BD raw metadata read: Yes
Unrestricted read speed: Yes

No disc inserted

As far as I can tell there is no need to flash the drive, since everything says "Yes" and the status says "Enabled". It should work out of the box.
I may be totally wrong since I am also new to this. Just give it a try with a UHD Blueray

I tried, but it doesn't read UHD Blu-rays.

What does the output of MakeMKV look like? Does it mention a missing volume key? If so you need to download these separately

[MartyMcNuts]

Hello, can someone tell me if my drive is possible to flash?

The label on the drive says "MFD May 2017"

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Drive Information
OS device name: F:
Manufacturer: PIONEER
Product: BD-RW BDR-209M
Revision: 1.34
Serial number: censored
Firmware date: 2016-04-25
Bus encryption flags: 13
Highest AACS version: 78

LibreDrive Information
Status: Enabled
Drive platform: RS8600
Firmware name: PIONEER BDR-209
Firmware type: Original (unpatched)
Firmware version: 1.34/ID60
DVD all regions: Yes
BD raw data read: Yes
BD raw metadata read: Yes
Unrestricted read speed: Yes

No disc inserted

As far as I can tell there is no need to flash the drive, since everything says "Yes" and the status says "Enabled". It should work out of the box.
I may be totally wrong since I am also new to this. Just give it a try with a UHD Blueray

I tried, but it doesn't read UHD Blu-rays.

LibreDrive does not equal UHD readaiblity! Is the 209M an actual UHD drive?? If not, it needs to be cross-flashed to a UHD model.

[jakenitefire]

As far as I can tell there is no need to flash the drive, since everything says "Yes" and the status says "Enabled". It should work out of the box.
I may be totally wrong since I am also new to this. Just give it a try with a UHD Blueray

I tried, but it doesn't read UHD Blu-rays.

LibreDrive does not equal UHD readaiblity! Is the 209M an actual UHD drive?? If not, it needs to be cross-flashed to a UHD model.

It's not a UHD drive. I would like to know if flashing to a UHD model is even possible with my drive.

@Morbinus
It doesn't recognize that a disc is inserted.

[Coopervid]

Hello, can someone tell me if my drive is possible to flash?

The label on the drive says "MFD May 2017"

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Drive Information
OS device name: F:
Manufacturer: PIONEER
Product: BD-RW BDR-209M
Revision: 1.34
Serial number: censored
Firmware date: 2016-04-25
Bus encryption flags: 13
Highest AACS version: 78

LibreDrive Information
Status: Enabled
Drive platform: RS8600
Firmware name: PIONEER BDR-209
Firmware type: Original (unpatched)
Firmware version: 1.34/ID60
DVD all regions: Yes
BD raw data read: Yes
BD raw metadata read: Yes
Unrestricted read speed: Yes

No disc inserted

PM is coming.

[ruhomallyaj]

Hey guys,

I have a verbatim ultra hd 4k drive, and tried using DE_LG_BU40N_1.00.bin / This failed the same error where it ask to put a BD in and check it can still read without errors, it can but hesitent incase I missing something I used the above but maybe I am going v wrong here?

[MartyMcNuts]

Hey guys,

I have a verbatim ultra hd 4k drive, and tried using DE_LG_BU40N_1.00.bin / This failed the same error where it ask to put a BD in and check it can still read without errors, it can but hesitent incase I missing something I used the above but maybe I am going v wrong here?

Post your MakeMKV drive info/libredrive info sections.

Did you flash BU40N 1.03-MK first? This should be done first to remove the original firmware encryption. You can then flash to BU40N 1.00 afterwards.

[rockridge]

Hi all.

I just got a ASUS BW-16D1HT 3.11 and accidentally flashed it to BC-12D2HT 3.11.
It seems to work ok for makemkv, but now it's stuck on that firmware.

What can I do to flash it to "ASUS-BW-16D1HT-3.10-WM01601-211901041014" which is what is what it should be.

Thanks

[rockridge]

I have Apollo 13 on 4K... got as a gift, and in the process of ripping now.

It comes up as a BD-ROM drive, not that I would burn a 4k disc,
but is the drive now unable to burn any kind of disc?

[Billycar11]

Hi all.

I just got a ASUS BW-16D1HT 3.11 and accidentally flashed it to BC-12D2HT 3.11.
It seems to work ok for makemkv, but now it's stuck on that firmware.

What can I do to flash it to "ASUS-BW-16D1HT-3.10-WM01601-211901041014" which is what is what it should be.

Thanks

Use the recovery function and follow the prompts