Ultimate UHD Drives Flashing Guide Updated 2025

[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

[rockridge]

Ok, that did the trick.

Thanks for the quick response.

[-Jim-]

Hi Gents,

Another Newbie to MakeMKV and the world of Flashing a Blu-ray Writer to make it read UHD. So here's the story.

I've been contemplating the move ever since Redfox / Slysoft failed (again) leaving a gap in my capabilities. I primarily rip Concerts that I buy, so I can take them to the Family Cabin and not worry about them. My preference has been to shrink them to fit on a single disk (Blu-ray or DVD depending on source) with the best 5.1 sound available. (The Cabin has a small 5.1 system with a Sony BX-510 Blu-ray Player.)

Things changed, and now I find myself buying 4K UHD disks, so time to move on to a new (to me) process. After reading hours of posts here, and viewing as many YouTubes as I could find, I think I understand the basics enough to get started. I've downloaded Setup_MakeMKV_v1.18.1, SDFtool Flasher (v1.3.6), HandBrake 1.10.0, and "The all you need firmware pack". The new concept is to Rip Blu-rays and 4K UHD Blu-rays and burn them on a single layer Blu-ray at 1080p with a great Audio Track. (My days of buying DVD concerts are done primarily due o the lossy audio tracks.)

Yesterday I came across a deal for an Asus BW-16D1HT so I bit the bullet and ordered it. It'll take it a while to get here, so that has given me time to pull everything I need together, as I know I'll be eager to get going once it arrives.

I've Flashed many Optical Drives over the years, but what I've seen on the SDFtool Flasher looks so easy. However, some of the videos indicate there's lots of different firmware in "The all you need firmware pack" whereas what I pulled down yesterday only has 5 => 4 LGs but thankfully the Asus BW-16D1HT is the 5th one. (What happened to all the rest?) Anyway the question is this firmware is listed as last modified 2020-10-01. Is this still applicable to a new Asus BW-16D1HT in 2025?

I just want to ensure I don't make a mistake and brick my new Optical Drive.

Your guidance would be appreciated. Thanks for the assist.

Regards,

Jim

[dcoke22]

Hi Gents,

Another Newbie to MakeMKV and the world of Flashing a Blu-ray Writer to make it read UHD. So here's the story.

I've been contemplating the move ever since Redfox / Slysoft failed (again) leaving a gap in my capabilities. I primarily rip Concerts that I buy, so I can take them to the Family Cabin and not worry about them. My preference has been to shrink them to fit on a single disk (Blu-ray or DVD depending on source) with the best 5.1 sound available. (The Cabin has a small 5.1 system with a Sony BX-510 Blu-ray Player.)

Things changed, and now I find myself buying 4K UHD disks, so time to move on to a new (to me) process. After reading hours of posts here, and viewing as many YouTubes as I could find, I think I understand the basics enough to get started. I've downloaded Setup_MakeMKV_v1.18.1, SDFtool Flasher (v1.3.6), HandBrake 1.10.0, and "The all you need firmware pack". The new concept is to Rip Blu-rays and 4K UHD Blu-rays and burn them on a single layer Blu-ray at 1080p with a great Audio Track. (My days of buying DVD concerts are done primarily due o the lossy audio tracks.)

Yesterday I came across a deal for an Asus BW-16D1HT so I bit the bullet and ordered it. It'll take it a while to get here, so that has given me time to pull everything I need together, as I know I'll be eager to get going once it arrives.

I've Flashed many Optical Drives over the years, but what I've seen on the SDFtool Flasher looks so easy. However, some of the videos indicate there's lots of different firmware in "The all you need firmware pack" whereas what I pulled down yesterday only has 5 => 4 LGs but thankfully the Asus BW-16D1HT is the 5th one. (What happened to all the rest?) Anyway the question is this firmware is listed as last modified 2020-10-01. Is this still applicable to a new Asus BW-16D1HT in 2025?

I just want to ensure I don't make a mistake and brick my new Optical Drive.

Your guidance would be appreciated. Thanks for the assist.

Regards,

Jim

The very first post in this thread is maintained and kept up to date. Assuming your drive passes the requirements laid out at the top of the post, the Guide says the Asus BW-16D1HT on any Firmware directly to > Asus BW-16D1HT 3.10MK via the SDFtool Flasher.

The thing to keep in my regarding firmware is that manufacturers have not been updating the firmware for their devices in order to make things better. They've been updating the firmware in an attempt to close the holes in the firmware to make it harder to rip discs. On Pioneer drives at the moment, if the firmware is too new, the drives can't rip 4K UHDs and the firmware can not be downgraded; you're stuck (for the moment).