www.makemkv.com

I followed this youtube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyQV1aPlbow&t=222s

Flashed my Asus BW-16D1HT to 3.10, it said 100% Finished and just stayed there. (never moved on to "Done Successfully") So I'm assuming it didnt' go 100% according to plan.

I did not use "enc" because it was not listed as an encrypted firmware from what I could tell.

Now the drive just says "Boot" in MakeMKV and the light continually flashes, drive won't open or close.

Anyway I can re-flash or reset somehow?

Well.. I figured out the issue. The drive was manufactured in 2013. Doh! It was purchased second hand from a guy who said he bought it in 2019. I guess I shouldn't have taken his word for it and looked at the date on the drive. (it was in a computer case that I bought)

Any way to covert this back to original or is it borked for good?

Sounds to me that you flashed a MT-1939 drive. Old technical platform. I think it's electronic waste.

You can try it with the DOS flash solution but this is no fun and needs some older technical requirements..... described here..... viewtopic.php?f=16&t=19634

Thanks for the inf zittrig. Unfortunately I can't find any DOS flashing info in the link you provided.

Has anyone brought one of these older Asus drives out of boot mode before?

It is down near the bottom in a section titled "only use the recovery steps for older NS40 drives!!:"

There's a link to a video in there too.

It is probably also important to know an Asus BW-16D1HT drive is really an LG drive on the inside. Asus doesn't make their own drives; they're rebadged LG drives.

Thank you! I didn't know it was an NS40 drive...