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ASUS SBW-06D2X-U

Posted: Sat Oct 05, 2024 1:51 pm
by Jam1668
I have bought this drive and I was wondering if it is possible to change my firmware from D601 to 1.10?

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Drive Information
OS device name: \Device\CdRom0
Current profile: DVD-ROM
Manufacturer: ASUS
Product: SBW-06D2X-U
Revision: D601
Serial number: [redacted]
Bus encryption flags: 1B
Highest AACS version: 68

Re: ASUS SBW-06D2X-U

Posted: Sun Oct 06, 2024 10:38 am
by Coopervid
Jam1668 wrote:
Sat Oct 05, 2024 1:51 pm
I have bought this drive and I was wondering if it is possible to change my firmware from D601 to 1.10?

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Drive Information
OS device name: \Device\CdRom0
Current profile: DVD-ROM
Manufacturer: ASUS
Product: SBW-06D2X-U
Revision: D601
Serial number: [redacted]
Bus encryption flags: 1B
Highest AACS version: 68
We need to see the whole information including "Drive platform".

Re: ASUS SBW-06D2X-U

Posted: Mon Oct 07, 2024 5:40 pm
by dihjaskd
My Drive is a:
Drive Information
OS device name: E:
Manufacturer: ASUS
Product: SBW-06D2X-U
Revision: 1.10
Serial number: <redacted>
Firmware date: 2017-04-18
Bus encryption flags: 1B
Highest AACS version: 68

LibreDrive Information
Status: Possible, not yet enabled
Drive platform: Pioneer RS8511
Firmware version: ID22

No disc inserted

Is there a way to make it libredrive ready ?

Re: ASUS SBW-06D2X-U

Posted: Mon Oct 07, 2024 6:56 pm
by Coopervid
dihjaskd wrote:
Mon Oct 07, 2024 5:40 pm
My Drive is a:
Drive Information
OS device name: E:
Manufacturer: ASUS
Product: SBW-06D2X-U
Revision: 1.10
Serial number: <redacted>
Firmware date: 2017-04-18
Bus encryption flags: 1B
Highest AACS version: 68

LibreDrive Information
Status: Possible, not yet enabled
Drive platform: Pioneer RS8511
Firmware version: ID22

No disc inserted

Is there a way to make it libredrive ready ?
Check your PM.

Re: ASUS SBW-06D2X-U

Posted: Mon Oct 07, 2024 7:27 pm
by dihjaskd
Thank you so much. It worked perfectly on the first try.
Awesome work also on the documentation and tutorial.

Re: ASUS SBW-06D2X-U

Posted: Wed Oct 09, 2024 6:43 pm
by Jam1668
Coopervid wrote:
Sun Oct 06, 2024 10:38 am
Jam1668 wrote:
Sat Oct 05, 2024 1:51 pm
I have bought this drive and I was wondering if it is possible to change my firmware from D601 to 1.10?

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Drive Information
OS device name: \Device\CdRom0
Current profile: DVD-ROM
Manufacturer: ASUS
Product: SBW-06D2X-U
Revision: D601
Serial number: [redacted]
Bus encryption flags: 1B
Highest AACS version: 68
We need to see the whole information including "Drive platform".
The drive platform isn't shown for some reason

Re: ASUS SBW-06D2X-U

Posted: Wed Oct 09, 2024 7:04 pm
by Coopervid
Jam1668 wrote:
Wed Oct 09, 2024 6:43 pm
Coopervid wrote:
Sun Oct 06, 2024 10:38 am
Jam1668 wrote:
Sat Oct 05, 2024 1:51 pm
I have bought this drive and I was wondering if it is possible to change my firmware from D601 to 1.10?

Code: Select all

Drive Information
OS device name: \Device\CdRom0
Current profile: DVD-ROM
Manufacturer: ASUS
Product: SBW-06D2X-U
Revision: D601
Serial number: [redacted]
Bus encryption flags: 1B
Highest AACS version: 68
We need to see the whole information including "Drive platform".
The drive platform isn't shown for some reason
Then it is an unknown drive platform and can't be upgraded to UHD. Sorry but ASUS is just a reseller of many OEM drives like LG, Pioneer and more.

Re: ASUS SBW-06D2X-U

Posted: Wed Oct 09, 2024 10:59 pm
by AjUK1
Hi i also have this drive and was wanting to upgrade to be able to rip 4ks UHD have been using for blu rays and dvds was have started collecting UHDs any help is appreciated.
Drive Information
OS device name: D:
Manufacturer: ASUS
Product: SBW-06D2X-U
Revision: 1.10
Serial number: [redacted]
Firmware date: 2017-04-18
Bus encryption flags: 1B
Highest AACS version: 81

LibreDrive Information
Status: Possible, not yet enabled
Drive platform: Pioneer RS8511
Firmware version: ID22

No disc inserted

Thanks in advanced

Re: ASUS SBW-06D2X-U

Posted: Thu Oct 10, 2024 9:32 am
by Coopervid
AjUK1 wrote:
Wed Oct 09, 2024 10:59 pm
Hi i also have this drive and was wanting to upgrade to be able to rip 4ks UHD have been using for blu rays and dvds was have started collecting UHDs any help is appreciated.
Drive Information
OS device name: D:
Manufacturer: ASUS
Product: SBW-06D2X-U
Revision: 1.10
Serial number: [redacted]
Firmware date: 2017-04-18
Bus encryption flags: 1B
Highest AACS version: 81

LibreDrive Information
Status: Possible, not yet enabled
Drive platform: Pioneer RS8511
Firmware version: ID22

No disc inserted

Thanks in advanced
PM sent.

Re: ASUS SBW-06D2X-U

Posted: Sat Oct 12, 2024 1:38 pm
by AjUK1
Perfect that worked Thanks again

Re: ASUS SBW-06D2X-U

Posted: Mon Oct 21, 2024 2:58 pm
by keaney2023
Hi also looking for confirmation if mine will work:

Drive Information
Manufacturer: ASUS
Product: SBW-06D2X-U
Revision: 1.10
Serial number: redacted
Firmware date: 2017-04-18
Bus encryption flags: 1B

LibreDrive Information
Status: Possible, not yet enabled
Drive platform: Pioneer RS8511
Firmware version: ID22

Re: ASUS SBW-06D2X-U

Posted: Mon Oct 21, 2024 3:02 pm
by Coopervid
keaney2023 wrote:
Mon Oct 21, 2024 2:58 pm
Hi also looking for confirmation if mine will work:

Drive Information
Manufacturer: ASUS
Product: SBW-06D2X-U
Revision: 1.10
Serial number: redacted
Firmware date: 2017-04-18
Bus encryption flags: 1B

LibreDrive Information
Status: Possible, not yet enabled
Drive platform: Pioneer RS8511
Firmware version: ID22
It should. Read your PM.

Re: ASUS SBW-06D2X-U

Posted: Tue Oct 22, 2024 9:09 am
by keaney2023
Success! thanks for your help... updated info:

Drive Information
OS device name: D:
Manufacturer: PIONEER
Product: BD-RW BDR-UD04
Revision: 1.14
Serial number: [redacted]
Firmware date: 2020-06-15
Bus encryption flags: 1B

LibreDrive Information
Status: Enabled
Drive platform: RS8A10
Firmware name: PIONEER BDR-US04
Firmware type: Original (unpatched)
Firmware version: 1.14
DVD all regions: Yes
BD raw data read: Yes
BD raw metadata read: Yes
Unrestricted read speed: Yes

Re: ASUS SBW-06D2X-U

Posted: Sun Oct 27, 2024 7:47 pm
by DJNachos
Hello, I am also wondering if this particular drive has a patch available for 4k UHD discs please; if not thank you for your time regardless.

Drive Information
OS device name: O:
Manufacturer: ASUS
Product: SBW-06D2X-U
Revision: 1.10
Serial number:
Firmware date: 2017-04-18
Bus encryption flags: 1B
Highest AACS version: 76

LibreDrive Information
Status: Possible, not yet enabled
Drive platform: Pioneer RS8511
Firmware version: ID22

Re: ASUS SBW-06D2X-U

Posted: Mon Nov 04, 2024 6:49 pm
by lord_farfig
Hello!

I picked up an Asus SBD-06D2X-U recently, however, I'm having trouble with MakeMKV reading disks in Linux (drive seems to work OK in Windows).

Drive details:

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Drive Information
OS device name: /dev/sr0
Manufacturer: ASUS
Product: SBW-06D2X-U
Revision: 1.10
Serial number: [redacted]
Firmware date: 2017-04-18
Bus encryption flags: 1B

LibreDrive Information
Status: Possible, not yet enabled
Drive platform: Pioneer RS8511
Firmware version: ID22
I have a firmware dump from Windows and can provide if needed.


Thank you!