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Desktop to Slim drive nightmare, need help
Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2025 5:57 pm
by halstedmichael
The title states, I'm pretty sure I chose the wrong Libre flash for my drive. I have a Buffalo BRXL-16U3, And instead of searching forums I chose to take a crack at SDFtool flasher. And I'm now sitting here with what I'm pretty sure is a bricked drive. My dumb *** thought since the drive is external that it's clearly a "slim" drive and not a desktop drive. But it appears not.
I dumbly chose LG BU40N without searching and saw that another user chose LG 5.25 and his is working fine. My computer recognizes the drive, LibreDrive is enabled now and all the right things look patched. However, my eject button doesn't work, MAKEmkv and my PC cannot eject the disc. And when I manually open it and place a disk in, it no longer reads.
Current readings are this:
Manufacturer: HL-DT-ST
Product (now says): BD-RE BU40N
Revision: 1.03
Firmware date: 2118-10-24 19:34
LibreDrive:
Status: Enabled
Platform: MT1959
ETC ETC
And when I "Read" the firmware to dump the files and attempt to "write" the correct one, I get a error code 0xff05c103.
Is there a possible solution? And if so, will I retain the products ability to use the eject button again? Not a deal breaker as MAKEmkv just ejects for you when you tell it to. But am I boned here? Any and all help would greatly be appreciated.
Re: Desktop to Slim drive nightmare, need help
Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2025 6:57 pm
by Coopervid
halstedmichael wrote: ↑Mon Nov 03, 2025 5:57 pm
The title states, I'm pretty sure I chose the wrong Libre flash for my drive. I have a Buffalo BRXL-16U3, And instead of searching forums I chose to take a crack at SDFtool flasher. And I'm now sitting here with what I'm pretty sure is a bricked drive. My dumb *** thought since the drive is external that it's clearly a "slim" drive and not a desktop drive. But it appears not.
I dumbly chose LG BU40N without searching and saw that another user chose LG 5.25 and his is working fine. My computer recognizes the drive, LibreDrive is enabled now and all the right things look patched. However, my eject button doesn't work, MAKEmkv and my PC cannot eject the disc. And when I manually open it and place a disk in, it no longer reads.
Current readings are this:
Manufacturer: HL-DT-ST
Product (now says): BD-RE BU40N
Revision: 1.03
Firmware date: 2118-10-24 19:34
LibreDrive:
Status: Enabled
Platform: MT1959
ETC ETC
And when I "Read" the firmware to dump the files and attempt to "write" the correct one, I get a error code 0xff05c103.
Is there a possible solution? And if so, will I retain the products ability to use the eject button again? Not a deal breaker as MAKEmkv just ejects for you when you tell it to. But am I boned here? Any and all help would greatly be appreciated.
Boy - you have afull size drive and haven't read the warning!
What you can try is the recovery function of SDFTool. Use recovery. Pick the current firmware that you flashed and then WH16NS60 1.02 to flash. Watch the video.
viewtopic.php?f=16&t=22896&hilit=SDFTool
Re: Desktop to Slim drive nightmare, need help
Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2025 8:27 am
by halstedmichael
Coopervid wrote: ↑Mon Nov 03, 2025 6:57 pm
halstedmichael wrote: ↑Mon Nov 03, 2025 5:57 pm
The title states, I'm pretty sure I chose the wrong Libre flash for my drive. I have a Buffalo BRXL-16U3, And instead of searching forums I chose to take a crack at SDFtool flasher. And I'm now sitting here with what I'm pretty sure is a bricked drive. My dumb *** thought since the drive is external that it's clearly a "slim" drive and not a desktop drive. But it appears not.
I dumbly chose LG BU40N without searching and saw that another user chose LG 5.25 and his is working fine. My computer recognizes the drive, LibreDrive is enabled now and all the right things look patched. However, my eject button doesn't work, MAKEmkv and my PC cannot eject the disc. And when I manually open it and place a disk in, it no longer reads.
Current readings are this:
Manufacturer: HL-DT-ST
Product (now says): BD-RE BU40N
Revision: 1.03
Firmware date: 2118-10-24 19:34
LibreDrive:
Status: Enabled
Platform: MT1959
ETC ETC
And when I "Read" the firmware to dump the files and attempt to "write" the correct one, I get a error code 0xff05c103.
Is there a possible solution? And if so, will I retain the products ability to use the eject button again? Not a deal breaker as MAKEmkv just ejects for you when you tell it to. But am I boned here? Any and all help would greatly be appreciated.
Boy - you have afull size drive and haven't read the warning!
What you can try is the recovery function of SDFTool. Use recovery. Pick the current firmware that you flashed and then WH16NS60 1.02 to flash. Watch the video.
viewtopic.php?f=16&t=22896&hilit=SDFTool
Yeah, that was a big mistake on my part. Lesson learned I suppose. I'll try that method today. And which video are you referencing? The visual video embedded on the post or a link to a video? Thanks again for the recommendation.
Re: Desktop to Slim drive nightmare, need help
Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2025 1:15 pm
by Coopervid
The visual aid. You need to pick first what is currently flashed to the drive and then in the second box WH16NS60 1.02 which can be found in the All you need firmware package.
Re: Desktop to Slim drive nightmare, need help
Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2025 12:25 am
by halstedmichael
Coopervid wrote: ↑Tue Nov 04, 2025 1:15 pm
The visual aid. You need to pick first what is currently flashed to the drive and then in the second box WH16NS60 1.02 which can be found in the All you need firmware package.
Okay, awesome. It allowed me the flash and finish that. Now I just need you to get my over the mountain
Eject button works again, it allows me to use software or the physical button. But now the drive is having a hard time reading discs, or not at all I should say. And at the beginning of running MakeMKV, it says "Automatic SDF downloading is disabled or failed." Not sure why or how to adjust that. And this is the current read out for the drive in the program.
Drive Information
OS device name: E:
Manufacturer: HL-DT-ST
Product: BD-RE WH16NS60
Revision: 1.02
Serial number:*************
Firmware date: 2118-10-29 19:36
Bus encryption flags: 17
Highest AACS version: 82
LibreDrive Information
Status: Enabled
Drive platform: MT1959
Firmware type: Patched (microcode access re-enabled)
Firmware version: 1.02
DVD all regions: Yes
BD raw data read: Yes
BD raw metadata read: Yes
Unrestricted read speed: Yes
Any additional advice is always welcome. Thank you again for helping me this far.
Re: Desktop to Slim drive nightmare, need help
Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2025 7:59 am
by DavoBR
Re: Desktop to Slim drive nightmare, need help
Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2025 12:23 pm
by Coopervid
Wash your BDs and UHDs with liquid soap and warm water. Dry with a paper towel. Then wipe them with a microfiber cloth as used for cleaning glasses.