Can you still flash new drives like ASUS BW-16D1HT

[Patrickjp]

The reason Im asking Is because I heard In a video that manufacturers or
the people who make the optical drives are trying to make it so you cant
change the firmware or something like that. Im thinking of buying the ASUS
BW-16D1HT from amazon will I be able to flash it still?

[Billycar11]

yes
whoever made that video is lying we can still flash them

[kubuntufan01]

Yes you can still flash them. I do have a few questions though and I think the thread topic this should be under is locked.
I flashed the drive successfully but am I missing something? Did me flashing it using the 'enc' just make the drive where it's unlocked and
capable of being flashed with different firmware? I did read the thread on libredrives...what they are etc. Where do I find the 'DE' firmware for my drive?
I also read the thread about windows gui for flashing. I only use Kubuntu which is a fork off Ubuntu distro.

[Billycar11]

Yes you can still flash them. I do have a few questions though and I think the thread topic this should be under is locked.
I flashed the drive successfully but am I missing something? Did me flashing it using the 'enc' just make the drive where it's unlocked and
capable of being flashed with different firmware? I did read the thread on libredrives...what they are etc. Where do I find the 'DE' firmware for my drive?
I also read the thread about windows gui for flashing. I only use Kubuntu which is a fork off Ubuntu distro.

you didnt flash it successfully as you used enc when you should not have do it again without that and it should work.

[kubuntufan01]

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user@Node-11:~$ sudo -i
[sudo] password for user: 
root@Node-11:~# cd /home/user/
root@Node-11:/home/user# makemkvcon f -v -f sdf_00000096.bin -d /dev/sr0 rawflash -i ASUS-BW-16D1HT-3.10-WM01601-211901041014.bin
Loaded SDF.bin version 0x96

Reading input file ASUS-BW-16D1HT-3.10-WM01601-211901041014.bin
Flashing flags = 0x0 : 0 0 0 0 : ---- ---- ---- ----
Current Drive ID: ASUS_BW-16D1HT_3.10_211901041014_KLZL9PA3508
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

Command produced 0 file(s)

root@Node-11:/home/user# 

Drive Information
OS device name: /dev/sr0
Manufacturer: ASUS
Product: BW-16D1HT
Revision: 3.10
Serial number: KLZL9PA3508
Firmware date: 2119-01-04 10:14
Bus encryption flags: 1F
Highest AACS version: 18

LibreDrive Information
Status: Enabled
Drive platform: MT1959
Firmware type: Patched (microcode access re-enabled)
Firmware version: 3.10
DVD all regions: Yes
BD raw data read: Yes
BD raw metadata read: Yes
Unrestricted read speed: Yes

No disc inserted

Thanks!! So the process would be the same to use the 'DE' firmware?

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user@Node-11:~$ sudo -i
[sudo] password for user: 
root@Node-11:~# cd /home/user/
root@Node-11:/home/user# makemkvcon f -v -f sdf_00000096.bin -d /dev/sr0 rawflash -i DE_ASUS_BW-16D1HT_3.02.bin

[Billycar11]

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user@Node-11:~$ sudo -i
[sudo] password for user: 
root@Node-11:~# cd /home/user/
root@Node-11:/home/user# makemkvcon f -v -f sdf_00000096.bin -d /dev/sr0 rawflash -i ASUS-BW-16D1HT-3.10-WM01601-211901041014.bin
Loaded SDF.bin version 0x96

Reading input file ASUS-BW-16D1HT-3.10-WM01601-211901041014.bin
Flashing flags = 0x0 : 0 0 0 0 : ---- ---- ---- ----
Current Drive ID: ASUS_BW-16D1HT_3.10_211901041014_KLZL9PA3508
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

Command produced 0 file(s)

root@Node-11:/home/user# 

Drive Information
OS device name: /dev/sr0
Manufacturer: ASUS
Product: BW-16D1HT
Revision: 3.10
Serial number: KLZL9PA3508
Firmware date: 2119-01-04 10:14
Bus encryption flags: 1F
Highest AACS version: 18

LibreDrive Information
Status: Enabled
Drive platform: MT1959
Firmware type: Patched (microcode access re-enabled)
Firmware version: 3.10
DVD all regions: Yes
BD raw data read: Yes
BD raw metadata read: Yes
Unrestricted read speed: Yes

No disc inserted

Thanks!! So the process would be the same to use the 'DE' firmware?

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user@Node-11:~$ sudo -i
[sudo] password for user: 
root@Node-11:~# cd /home/user/
root@Node-11:/home/user# makemkvcon f -v -f sdf_00000096.bin -d /dev/sr0 rawflash -i DE_ASUS_BW-16D1HT_3.02.bin

yes now you are good as it says reenabled.
yes same thing now to go to DE if you wanted but you did have to go to mk first.