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Make "ASUS SBW-06D5H-U" UHD friendly?
Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2025 6:18 pm
by telefax.mousier-6p
Hello, I recently bought a blu ray drive and thought it can directly read 4k blu ray disks. It's pretty new, with an usb c port and cost like 100€ on amazon. Yesterday I found out that it can only read normal blu ray disks. Even though it's BDXL compatible which is very disappointing because it's new and not cheap.
So my question is if it's possible to flash the firmware to read 4k disks. I did some research and found that I can try to crossflash from BDR-US03 to BDR-US04. But I cannot find any firmware...
Here my info:
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Drive Information
Manufacturer: ASUS
Product: SBW-06D5H-U
Revision: E101
Serial number: xxx
Firmware date: 2018-08-22
Bus encryption flags: 1B
Highest AACS version: 68
LibreDrive Information
Status: Enabled
Drive platform: RS8511
Firmware name: PIONEER BDR-US03
Firmware type: Original (unpatched)
Firmware version: E101/ID26
DVD all regions: Yes
BD raw data read: Yes
BD raw metadata read: Yes
Unrestricted read speed: Yes
Re: Make "ASUS SBW-06D5H-U" UHD friendly?
Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2025 7:43 pm
by Coopervid
telefax.mousier-6p wrote: ↑Fri Mar 14, 2025 6:18 pm
Hello, I recently bought a blu ray drive and thought it can directly read 4k blu ray disks. It's pretty new, with an usb c port and cost like 100€ on amazon. Yesterday I found out that it can only read normal blu ray disks. Even though it's BDXL compatible which is very disappointing because it's new and not cheap.
So my question is if it's possible to flash the firmware to read 4k disks. I did some research and found that I can try to crossflash from BDR-US03 to BDR-US04. But I cannot find any firmware...
Here my info:
Code: Select all
Drive Information
Manufacturer: ASUS
Product: SBW-06D5H-U
Revision: E101
Serial number: xxx
Firmware date: 2018-08-22
Bus encryption flags: 1B
Highest AACS version: 68
LibreDrive Information
Status: Enabled
Drive platform: RS8511
Firmware name: PIONEER BDR-US03
Firmware type: Original (unpatched)
Firmware version: E101/ID26
DVD all regions: Yes
BD raw data read: Yes
BD raw metadata read: Yes
Unrestricted read speed: Yes
PM sent.
Re: Make "ASUS SBW-06D5H-U" UHD friendly?
Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2025 9:25 pm
by telefax.mousier-6p
Coopervid wrote: ↑Fri Mar 14, 2025 7:43 pm
telefax.mousier-6p wrote: ↑Fri Mar 14, 2025 6:18 pm
Hello, I recently bought a blu ray drive and thought it can directly read 4k blu ray disks. It's pretty new, with an usb c port and cost like 100€ on amazon. Yesterday I found out that it can only read normal blu ray disks. Even though it's BDXL compatible which is very disappointing because it's new and not cheap.
So my question is if it's possible to flash the firmware to read 4k disks. I did some research and found that I can try to crossflash from BDR-US03 to BDR-US04. But I cannot find any firmware...
Here my info:
Code: Select all
Drive Information
Manufacturer: ASUS
Product: SBW-06D5H-U
Revision: E101
Serial number: xxx
Firmware date: 2018-08-22
Bus encryption flags: 1B
Highest AACS version: 68
LibreDrive Information
Status: Enabled
Drive platform: RS8511
Firmware name: PIONEER BDR-US03
Firmware type: Original (unpatched)
Firmware version: E101/ID26
DVD all regions: Yes
BD raw data read: Yes
BD raw metadata read: Yes
Unrestricted read speed: Yes
PM sent.
Thank you very much. Crossflashing was straightforward and 4K disks are now readable! I got some issues with playing disks directly via VLC on macOS. I think it's not possible with this drive. But most important is that I don't need to buy another drive even though it's limited to 4x like in the UHD Disk Guide. But I think it's okay.
Is it possible to flash directly in macOS with Apple Silicon? If yes I could create a short manual.
Re: Make "ASUS SBW-06D5H-U" UHD friendly?
Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2025 9:34 pm
by telefax.mousier-6p
This is my portable setup lol:
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Re: Make "ASUS SBW-06D5H-U" UHD friendly?
Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2025 10:20 pm
by Coopervid
The firmware files are Windows only by the author. No options therefore.
Re: Make "ASUS SBW-06D5H-U" UHD friendly?
Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2025 9:31 am
by GDZsobi
I'm currently experiencing an issue similar to what is described in this post, my drive is unable to read 4K Blu-ray disk. It is the same model as mentioned in this post, but it has a newer firmware version, as I shown below.
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Drive Information
OS device name: E:
Manufacturer: ASUS
Product: SBW-06D5H-U
Revision: E102
Serial number: CIDL279490WL
Firmware date: 2023-04-20
Bus encryption flags: 1B
Highest AACS version: 76
LibreDrive Information
Status: Possible, not yet enabled
Drive platform: Pioneer RS8511
Firmware version: ID26
Is there a way to make my drive read 4K discs?
I'd appreciate any suggestion. Thank you for your help!
Re: Make "ASUS SBW-06D5H-U" UHD friendly?
Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2025 12:24 pm
by Coopervid
GDZsobi wrote: ↑Wed Mar 26, 2025 9:31 am
I'm currently experiencing an issue similar to what is described in this post, my drive is unable to read 4K Blu-ray disk. It is the same model as mentioned in this post, but it has a newer firmware version, as I shown below.
Code: Select all
Drive Information
OS device name: E:
Manufacturer: ASUS
Product: SBW-06D5H-U
Revision: E102
Serial number: CIDL279490WL
Firmware date: 2023-04-20
Bus encryption flags: 1B
Highest AACS version: 76
LibreDrive Information
Status: Possible, not yet enabled
Drive platform: Pioneer RS8511
Firmware version: ID26
Is there a way to make my drive read 4K discs?
I'd appreciate any suggestion. Thank you for your help!
You are out of luck with firmware newer than Dec. 2022.
Re: Make "ASUS SBW-06D5H-U" UHD friendly?
Posted: Thu Apr 03, 2025 10:16 pm
by Gozer83
Hello, i buyed this
ASUS SBW-06D5H-U BDXL Extern Ultra Slim in April 2020. Can anyone help me to read UHD with it?
I never made firmware update, so pretty sure it is possible.
all the best
Re: Make "ASUS SBW-06D5H-U" UHD friendly?
Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2025 3:18 am
by zittrig
Post your drive information with a MakeMKV screen.
Re: Make "ASUS SBW-06D5H-U" UHD friendly?
Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2025 9:49 am
by Gozer83
Excuse me, is that better and does it help?
Re: Make "ASUS SBW-06D5H-U" UHD friendly?
Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2025 12:55 pm
by zittrig
Yes, that helps. The drive informations on the right are important.
Your drive can be flashed. Just wait a bit, someone (Billycar11 or Coopervid) can support you.
Re: Make "ASUS SBW-06D5H-U" UHD friendly?
Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2025 12:59 pm
by Gozer83
Great, thank you very much in advance.
Re: Make "ASUS SBW-06D5H-U" UHD friendly?
Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2025 2:26 pm
by Coopervid
Gozer83 wrote: ↑Fri Apr 04, 2025 12:59 pm
Great, thank you very much in advance.
PM sent.
Re: Make "ASUS SBW-06D5H-U" UHD friendly?
Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2025 4:52 pm
by Gozer83
Answered. Thank you very much. You guys helped me a lot.
kisses and hugs #nohomo
Re: Make "ASUS SBW-06D5H-U" UHD friendly?
Posted: Sun May 04, 2025 1:55 am
by edmsms
Same model: ASUS SBW-06D5H-U. It can be flashed?