ASUS BW-16D1HT flash issues

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bas303
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ASUS BW-16D1HT flash issues

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Hi, I'm trying to flash an Asus BW-16D1HT Revision 3.10 on Linux (I do not have Windows) and sdftool seems to work:
sdftool -d /dev/sr0 -i ASUS-BW-16D1HT-3.10-WM01601-211901041014.bin rawflash full,enc

Reading input file ASUS-BW-16D1HT-3.10-WM01601-211901041014.bin
Flashing flags = 0x1 : 0 0 0 1 : ---- ---- ---- BOOT
Sending image in encrypted format
Current Drive ID: ASUS_BW-16D1HT_3.10_211901041014_<SERIAL_NUMBER>
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
But when opening MakeMKV again it seems to still have the original firmware.
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Any ideas?
Coopervid
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Re: ASUS BW-16D1HT flash issues

Post by Coopervid »

The ASUS firmware is not encrypted. Don't use "enc".
bas303
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Re: ASUS BW-16D1HT flash issues

Post by bas303 »

Thank you sir, it wasn't clear to me when reading the various posts but that indeed did the trick!
Coopervid
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Re: ASUS BW-16D1HT flash issues

Post by Coopervid »

De nada! Happy ripping!
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