BW-16D1HT stuck in BOOT mode after rawflash - sdftool "No drive tool logic found"
Posted: Sat Apr 11, 2026 12:54 pm
Hi all,
Hoping someone can help me recover my drive. I've been trying to flash my ASUS BW-16D1HT (firmware 1.01) to 3.10MK on Linux (Pi OS aarch64) using makemkvcon 1.18.3.
I ran the following command which completed successfully (both "Sending flash image" and "Programming flash" hit 100%):
sudo makemkvcon f -d /dev/sr0 rawflash -i ASUS-BW-16D1HT-3.10-WM01601-211901041014.bin
After rebooting the drive now shows as HL-DT-ST BD-RE WH16NS40 BOOT — so it's stuck in bootloader mode because I didn't include the full flag.
I've tried everything I can think of to recover it:
rawflash full with both the ASUS 3.10MK and LG WH16NS40-NS50 1.05 bin files — "No drive tool logic found in SDF.bin"
Downloaded the standalone sdf.bin from makemkv.com/sdf.bin and used --sdf-file — same error
Tried --sdf-type flags and boot=MT1959 Boot JB8 — same error
Tried MakeMKV 1.17.6 OSS — still sdftool 2.6, same result
Tried on Windows 11 via USB passthrough with makemkvcon64.exe — same error
SDFtool Flasher GUI 1.3.6 — detects drive but says "does not have correct drive platform (MT1959)" and RECOVER is greyed out
The drive is connected via USB (Prolific bridge, external enclosure). I don't have bare metal SATA available.
Before the flash failed I did successfully dump the firmware:
dump_full_ASUS_BW-16D1HT_1.01_211302051930_K9KF23J3649.bin
Unfortunately this was in /tmp and got wiped on reboot before I could save it properly.
Drive details from sdftool:
makemkvcon f -l shows: HL-DT-ST_BD-RE__WH16NS40_BOOT
makemkvcon f -d /dev/sr0 help previously showed MTK19xx firmware module v1.30
Is there any way to recover this over USB without bare metal SATA/DOS? Any help massively appreciated.
Hoping someone can help me recover my drive. I've been trying to flash my ASUS BW-16D1HT (firmware 1.01) to 3.10MK on Linux (Pi OS aarch64) using makemkvcon 1.18.3.
I ran the following command which completed successfully (both "Sending flash image" and "Programming flash" hit 100%):
sudo makemkvcon f -d /dev/sr0 rawflash -i ASUS-BW-16D1HT-3.10-WM01601-211901041014.bin
After rebooting the drive now shows as HL-DT-ST BD-RE WH16NS40 BOOT — so it's stuck in bootloader mode because I didn't include the full flag.
I've tried everything I can think of to recover it:
rawflash full with both the ASUS 3.10MK and LG WH16NS40-NS50 1.05 bin files — "No drive tool logic found in SDF.bin"
Downloaded the standalone sdf.bin from makemkv.com/sdf.bin and used --sdf-file — same error
Tried --sdf-type flags and boot=MT1959 Boot JB8 — same error
Tried MakeMKV 1.17.6 OSS — still sdftool 2.6, same result
Tried on Windows 11 via USB passthrough with makemkvcon64.exe — same error
SDFtool Flasher GUI 1.3.6 — detects drive but says "does not have correct drive platform (MT1959)" and RECOVER is greyed out
The drive is connected via USB (Prolific bridge, external enclosure). I don't have bare metal SATA available.
Before the flash failed I did successfully dump the firmware:
dump_full_ASUS_BW-16D1HT_1.01_211302051930_K9KF23J3649.bin
Unfortunately this was in /tmp and got wiped on reboot before I could save it properly.
Drive details from sdftool:
makemkvcon f -l shows: HL-DT-ST_BD-RE__WH16NS40_BOOT
makemkvcon f -d /dev/sr0 help previously showed MTK19xx firmware module v1.30
Is there any way to recover this over USB without bare metal SATA/DOS? Any help massively appreciated.