LG BU40N staying on its original firmware

[olivr]

Hello everyone,

I just bought a LG BU40N slim drive on Amazon that I put in an Icy Box external enclosure and connected it via USB-C to a MacBook Pro running Mac OS Ventura (13.6.9)

I followed the ultimate flashing guide and unfortunately the drive stays on its original firmware, even if the flashing procedure ends successfully

Here is what I did:

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./makemkvcon f -l                                                                                                                  
Found 1 drives(s)
00: /IOBDServices/BA1A4879
  HL-DT-ST_BD-RE_BU40N_1.04_212005061142_MOFO43B5246

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./makemkvcon f -d '/IOBDServices/BA1A4879' -f /tmp/sdf.bin rawflash main -i /tmp/HL-DT-ST-BD-RE_BU40N-1.04-NM00500-212005061142.bin

Reading input file /tmp/HL-DT-ST-BD-RE_BU40N-1.04-NM00500-212005061142.bin
Flashing flags = 0x0 : 0 0 0 0 : ---- ---- ---- ----
Current Drive ID: HL-DT-ST_BD-RE_BU40N_1.04_212005061142_MOFO43B5246
Using USB chipset workaround for Desktop drive handshake
Ready to write drive flash memory.
Type "yes" to continue, "no" to abort
yes
Operation started: Sending flash image to drive
 100% Operation finished                                
Operation started: Programming flash
 100% Operation finished                                
Done successfully

When I open MakeMKV 1.17.7, here is the info about my drive:

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Drive Information
Manufacturer: HL-DT-ST
Product: BD-RE BU40N
Revision: 1.04
Firmware date: 2120-05-06 11:42
Bus encryption flags: 17

LibreDrive Information
Status: Possible (with patched firmware)
Drive platform: MT1959
Harware support: Yes
Firmware support: No
Firmware type: Original (patched version available)
Firmware version: 1.04
DVD all regions: Possible (with patched firmware)
BD raw data read: Possible (with patched firmware)
BD raw metadata read: Possible (with patched firmware)
Unrestricted read speed: Possible (with patched firmware)

No disc inserted

What did I make wrong?

[Coopervid]

Look here under 7.

viewtopic.php?f=16&t=19634

"enc" is missing.

[olivr]

Ah! I didn't realize my firmware was an encrypted one... Thanks a lot, it worked!

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Drive Information
Manufacturer: HL-DT-ST
Product: BD-RE BU40N
Revision: 1.04
Firmware date: 2120-05-06 11:42
Bus encryption flags: 17

LibreDrive Information
Status: Enabled
Drive platform: MT1959
Firmware type: Patched (microcode access re-enabled)
Firmware version: 1.04
DVD all regions: Yes
BD raw data read: Yes
BD raw metadata read: Yes
Unrestricted read speed: Yes

No disc inserted

[dmscc]

Thank you very much! This helped me a lot as well.

For my understanding: When I used the MK firmware, do I need to flash any other non-encrypted firmware on top of it?