Attempting to flash in macOS

[librarian]

I'm about to flash my new Archgon. Any advice about what BU40N version I should flash to? I'm on 1.02 right now; should I aim for HL-DT-ST-BD-RE_BU40N-1.03-NM00000-211810241934.bin? I'll be flashing with macOS, so any advice for the commands to use would be helpful.

Here's my info:

Drive Information
Manufacturer: HL-DT-ST
Product: BD-RE BU40N
Revision: 1.02
Firmware date: 2120-12-01 17:16
Bus encryption flags: 1F

LibreDrive Information
Status: Possible (with patched firmware)
Drive platform: MT1959
Harware support: Yes
Firmware support: No
Firmware type: Original (patched version available)
Firmware version: 1.02
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)

[ghalepa]

I have gone through the terminal process trying to flash the firmware on the Archgon and gotten all the way to the end, with it telling me 100% Operation finished Done Successfully. Yet, when I launch MakeMKV the drive still shows the original firmware and cannot rip UHD discs. I am incredibly puzzled.

I am in the same situation with a BU40N in an Archgon case - my MakeMKV info is as follows:

Drive Information
Manufacturer: HL-DT-ST
Product: BD-RE BU40N
Revision: 1.02
Serial number: MO1LC2F3441
Firmware date: 2120-12-01 17:16
Bus encryption flags: 1F
Highest AACS version: 76

LibreDrive Information
Status: Possible (with patched firmware)
Drive platform: MT1959
Harware support: Yes
Firmware support: No
Firmware type: Original (patched version available)
Firmware version: 1.02
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)

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

[librarian]

I am in the same situation with a BU40N in an Archgon case - my MakeMKV info is as follows:

/snip

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

I installed Windows 10 LTSC with Boot Camp on my Mac and flashed with the normal methods. Wasn’t as fast as the command line would have been, but I knew it would work. Seems to have.

Drive Information
Manufacturer: HL-DT-ST
Product: BD-RE BU4ON
Revision: 1.03
Serial number:
Firmware date: 2118-10-24 19:34
Bus encryption flags: 17
Highest AACS version:

LibreDrive Information
Status: Enabled
Drive platform: MT1959
Firmware type: Patched (microcode access re-enabled)
Firmware version: 1.03
DVD all regions: Yes
BD raw data read: Yes
BD raw metadata read: Yes
Unrestricted read speed: Yes

[Billycar11]

I have gone through the terminal process trying to flash the firmware on the Archgon and gotten all the way to the end, with it telling me 100% Operation finished Done Successfully. Yet, when I launch MakeMKV the drive still shows the original firmware and cannot rip UHD discs. I am incredibly puzzled.

I am in the same situation with a BU40N in an Archgon case - my MakeMKV info is as follows:

Drive Information
Manufacturer: HL-DT-ST
Product: BD-RE BU40N
Revision: 1.02
Serial number: MO1LC2F3441
Firmware date: 2120-12-01 17:16
Bus encryption flags: 1F
Highest AACS version: 76

LibreDrive Information
Status: Possible (with patched firmware)
Drive platform: MT1959
Harware support: Yes
Firmware support: No
Firmware type: Original (patched version available)
Firmware version: 1.02
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)

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

post your terminal input and output

[ghalepa]

I have gone through the terminal process trying to flash the firmware on the Archgon and gotten all the way to the end, with it telling me 100% Operation finished Done Successfully. Yet, when I launch MakeMKV the drive still shows the original firmware and cannot rip UHD discs. I am incredibly puzzled.

I am in the same situation with a BU40N in an Archgon case - my MakeMKV info is as follows:

Drive Information
Manufacturer: HL-DT-ST
Product: BD-RE BU40N
Revision: 1.02
Serial number: MO1LC2F3441
Firmware date: 2120-12-01 17:16
Bus encryption flags: 1F
Highest AACS version: 76

LibreDrive Information
Status: Possible (with patched firmware)
Drive platform: MT1959
Harware support: Yes
Firmware support: No
Firmware type: Original (patched version available)
Firmware version: 1.02
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)

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

post your terminal input and output

When I attempted the flash:

Jurgen:MacOS greghale$ ./makemkvcon f -l
Found 1 drives(s)
00: /IOBDServices/D3244179
HL-DT-ST_BD-RE_BU40N_1.02_212012011716_MO1LC2F3441

Jurgen:MacOS greghale$ ./makemkvcon f -d '/IOBDServices/D3244179' -f /tmp/sdf.bin rawflash main -i /tmp/HL-DT-ST-BD-RE_BU40N-1.03-NM00000-211810241934.bin

Reading input file /tmp/HL-DT-ST-BD-RE_BU40N-1.03-NM00000-211810241934.bin
Flashing flags = 0x0 : 0 0 0 0 : ---- ---- ---- ----
Current Drive ID: HL-DT-ST_BD-RE_BU40N_1.02_212012011716_MO1LC2F3441
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


Now, when I try to show the drive identifier:

Jurgen:MacOS greghale$ cd /Applications/MakeMKV.app/Contents/MacOS
Jurgen:MacOS greghale$ ./makemkvcon f -l
Found 1 drives(s)
00: /IOBDServices/D3244179
HL-DT-ST_BD-RE_BU40N_1.02_212012011716_MO1LC2F3441

[Billycar11]

When I attempted the flash:

Jurgen:MacOS greghale$ ./makemkvcon f -l
Found 1 drives(s)
00: /IOBDServices/D3244179
HL-DT-ST_BD-RE_BU40N_1.02_212012011716_MO1LC2F3441

Jurgen:MacOS greghale$ ./makemkvcon f -d '/IOBDServices/D3244179' -f /tmp/sdf.bin rawflash main -i /tmp/HL-DT-ST-BD-RE_BU40N-1.03-NM00000-211810241934.bin

Reading input file /tmp/HL-DT-ST-BD-RE_BU40N-1.03-NM00000-211810241934.bin
Flashing flags = 0x0 : 0 0 0 0 : ---- ---- ---- ----
Current Drive ID: HL-DT-ST_BD-RE_BU40N_1.02_212012011716_MO1LC2F3441
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


Now, when I try to show the drive identifier:

Jurgen:MacOS greghale$ cd /Applications/MakeMKV.app/Contents/MacOS
Jurgen:MacOS greghale$ ./makemkvcon f -l
Found 1 drives(s)
00: /IOBDServices/D3244179
HL-DT-ST_BD-RE_BU40N_1.02_212012011716_MO1LC2F3441

replace main with enc you need to pay more attention to the guide

[ghalepa]

replace main with enc you need to pay more attention to the guide

Of course, you are correct. My apologies for not figuring it out. I do appreciate your help though and thank you for your efforts for the community.

[librarian]

I guarantee that’s the issue. I had errors with the GUI tool because I thought I had to flash to the downgrade enabled DE firmware for my drive, but that was not required. I just flashed directly to the HL-DT-ST-BD-RE_BU40N-1.03-NM00000-211810241934 with the default enc option in the GUI tool, and it worked. I power cycled just to be sure it was initialized and the software detected LibreDrive immediately. Hope that helps.

[ThatGuyName]

Do you need to unzip the firmware pack first? Terminal is giving me an Input file not found error.

[dcoke22]

Do you need to unzip the firmware pack first? Terminal is giving me an Input file not found error.

Yes.

[eMouse]

I'm attempting to flash a BP60NB10 on MacOS.

When I run '/Applications/MakeMKV.app/Contents/MacOS/sdftool -l' I get the following response:

Found 1 drives(s)
00:
HL-DT-ST_BD-RE_BP60NB10_1.02_212005070935_SIM03L33E2224

Note, no "/IODBServices/[identifier]" after the 00: or before the drive name.

When I put in a regular BR disk and use MakeMKV, it changes to

Found 1 drives(s)
00: /dev/rdisk16, /dev/rdisk16
HL-DT-ST_BD-RE_BP60NB10_1.02_212005070935_SIM03L33E2224

But still no "/IODBServices" identifier. I tried using the /dev/rdisk16 as the disk identifier, but it refused to flash because there was a disk in the drive. As soon as I removed the disk, it went back to just being '00:'.

Is there something I'm doing wrong here? It doesn't seem like anyone else has reported having this issue.

[dcoke22]

I'm attempting to flash a BP60NB10 on MacOS.

What version of MacOS are you running?

[eMouse]

What version of MacOS are you running?

Sonoma 14.2.1 (23C71)

[dcoke22]

I don't have any Macs running Sonoma. I have Macs on Monterey and Ventura (and Mojave). This works for me on both Monterey and Ventura.

I do know that the latest version of Sonoma is 14.3.1. You could try to update your Mac to the latest. Or wait to see if someone else running Sonoma replies.

I suppose it worth verifying that you're running a recent version of MakeMKV, right?

Is your optical drive plugged directly into your Mac?

[eMouse]

I'll run the latest OS update and see if it changes anything.

I had to re-download MakeMKV, so it is the latest version of that.

The drive is plugged into a USB hub, which is then plugged into the Mac. It's a Mac mini, and the drive requires two USB ports, so plugging it directly into the Mac isn't really an option.

If necessary, I can connect the drive to a windows machine, but this Mac is what I use 90% of the time.