Brand new Asus BW-16D1HT won't open

[Commonaught]

I just got an ASUS BW-16D1HT. I connected it to my laptop using a SATA to USB adapter I also just got.

When I plug it in Windows 10 sees it as a drive and the blue light on the front flashes.

When I press but open button on the front it buzzes for a very short time and the blue light flashes faster but the door does not open. Same deal when I try to eject via File Explorer.

I haven't used the SATA to USB adapter before so I don't know for sure if it works, but since Windows recognizes the drive I assume it does.
I have tried on two different computers so I don't think it's the computer.

Does anyone have any idea what might be going on or should I warranty this?

[Billycar11]

I just got an ASUS BW-16D1HT. I connected it to my laptop using a SATA to USB adapter I also just got.

When I plug it in Windows 10 sees it as a drive and the blue light on the front flashes.

When I press but open button on the front it buzzes for a very short time and the blue light flashes faster but the door does not open. Same deal when I try to eject via File Explorer.

I haven't used the SATA to USB adapter before so I don't know for sure if it works, but since Windows recognizes the drive I assume it does.
I have tried on two different computers so I don't think it's the computer.

Does anyone have any idea what might be going on or should I warranty this?

your adapter is junk get one from my list that is known to work with optical drives

[MartyMcNuts]

I just got an ASUS BW-16D1HT. I connected it to my laptop using a SATA to USB adapter I also just got.

When I plug it in Windows 10 sees it as a drive and the blue light on the front flashes.

When I press but open button on the front it buzzes for a very short time and the blue light flashes faster but the door does not open. Same deal when I try to eject via File Explorer.

I haven't used the SATA to USB adapter before so I don't know for sure if it works, but since Windows recognizes the drive I assume it does.
I have tried on two different computers so I don't think it's the computer.

Does anyone have any idea what might be going on or should I warranty this?

The SATA/USB adapter must have it's own power source for use with optical drives. USB alone does not provide enough power.

[Commonaught]

your adapter is junk get one from my list that is known to work with optical drives

I think I can exchange the BW-16D1HT for the BW-16D1X-U (the external version of the same thing) but I see that it's not on your list of UHD drives. Is that a bad idea?

Thank you for your time.

[Billycar11]

your adapter is junk get one from my list that is known to work with optical drives

I think I can exchange the BW-16D1HT for the BW-16D1X-U (the external version of the same thing) but I see that it's not on your list of UHD drives. Is that a bad idea?

Thank you for your time.

Bad idea you may not get one that does uhd

[Koolbite]

Hello,

I tried to flash a new firmware for my BW-16D1X-U optical drive to burn Blu Ray on my laptop using SDFtool flasher. Now my asus BW-16D1X-U is detected as another drive : HL-DT-ST BD-RE_BU40N

and i can't resinstall the BW-16D1X-U's drivers or firmware (not sure what the difference is between the 2 tbh, me not being a geek) to get it back as the detected optical drive. I get a "FW udpating is closing" message while trying to reinstall the drivers. meanwhile i can't use the optical drive anymore. It won't even eject. No reaction.. I just get a sound signal while plugging it to the laptop (Using windows 11). And when i manually open the tray (using a straightened paper clip ) and put a cd inside nothing happens either...

How can i reset everything to get the original firmware back. SDFtool flasher also created a dump folder with the asus firmware but i don't know if i can get anything from it ?

Thank you in advance for your help !

[Billycar11]

Hello,

I tried to flash a new firmware for my BW-16D1X-U optical drive to burn Blu Ray on my laptop using SDFtool flasher. Now my asus BW-16D1X-U is detected as another drive : HL-DT-ST BD-RE_BU40N

and i can't resinstall the BW-16D1X-U's drivers or firmware (not sure what the difference is between the 2 tbh, me not being a geek) to get it back as the detected optical drive. I get a "FW udpating is closing" message while trying to reinstall the drivers. meanwhile i can't use the optical drive anymore. It won't even eject. No reaction.. I just get a sound signal while plugging it to the laptop (Using windows 11). And when i manually open the tray (using a straightened paper clip ) and put a cd inside nothing happens either...

How can i reset everything to get the original firmware back. SDFtool flasher also created a dump folder with the asus firmware but i don't know if i can get anything from it ?

Thank you in advance for your help !

Use the recovery process for the drive
In SDf tool
Pick wrong fw you flashed in this case bu40n
Then pick Asus 3.10

[Koolbite]

Hello,

I tried to flash a new firmware for my BW-16D1X-U optical drive to burn Blu Ray on my laptop using SDFtool flasher. Now my asus BW-16D1X-U is detected as another drive : HL-DT-ST BD-RE_BU40N

and i can't resinstall the BW-16D1X-U's drivers or firmware (not sure what the difference is between the 2 tbh, me not being a geek) to get it back as the detected optical drive. I get a "FW udpating is closing" message while trying to reinstall the drivers. meanwhile i can't use the optical drive anymore. It won't even eject. No reaction.. I just get a sound signal while plugging it to the laptop (Using windows 11). And when i manually open the tray (using a straightened paper clip ) and put a cd inside nothing happens either...

How can i reset everything to get the original firmware back. SDFtool flasher also created a dump folder with the asus firmware but i don't know if i can get anything from it ?

Thank you in advance for your help !

Use the recovery process for the drive
In SDf tool
Pick wrong fw you flashed in this case bu40n
Then pick Asus 3.10

Thank you for your answer !

Doesn't seem to be working though :

So I selected bu40n for the drive (the only option i have anyway )
Then picked RECOVER Drive
Then selected DE_ASUS_BW-16D1HT_3.10_MK as the firmeware to write

then the green bar is filling and i get a message saying the operation has been succesfull but nothing actually changes : Drive is still being detected as HL-DT-ST BD-RE_BU40N

Also i tried the WRITE firware option withe both bu40n and Asus3.10 .bin files (in case it was what you meant) but i get code error message.

Thanks again and sorry for possibly misunderstanding your steps.

[Koolbite]

Hello,

I tried to flash a new firmware for my BW-16D1X-U optical drive to burn Blu Ray on my laptop using SDFtool flasher. Now my asus BW-16D1X-U is detected as another drive : HL-DT-ST BD-RE_BU40N

and i can't resinstall the BW-16D1X-U's drivers or firmware (not sure what the difference is between the 2 tbh, me not being a geek) to get it back as the detected optical drive. I get a "FW udpating is closing" message while trying to reinstall the drivers. meanwhile i can't use the optical drive anymore. It won't even eject. No reaction.. I just get a sound signal while plugging it to the laptop (Using windows 11). And when i manually open the tray (using a straightened paper clip ) and put a cd inside nothing happens either...

How can i reset everything to get the original firmware back. SDFtool flasher also created a dump folder with the asus firmware but i don't know if i can get anything from it ?

Thank you in advance for your help !

Use the recovery process for the drive
In SDf tool
Pick wrong fw you flashed in this case bu40n
Then pick Asus 3.10

Thank you for your answer !

Doesn't seem to be working though :

So I selected bu40n for the drive (the only option i have anyway )
Then picked RECOVER Drive
Then selected DE_ASUS_BW-16D1HT_3.10_MK as the firmeware to write

then the green bar is filling and i get a message saying the operation has been succesfull but nothing actually changes : Drive is still being detected as HL-DT-ST BD-RE_BU40N

Also i tried the WRITE firware option withe both bu40n and Asus3.10 .bin files (in case it was what you meant) but i get code error message.

Thanks again and sorry for possibly misunderstanding your steps.

So i finally understood that i had to pick for RECOVER Drive : first bu40n, then DE_ASUS_BW-16D1HT_3.10_MK

Now the drive is detected as BW-16D1HT (which i understand is the internal version of my BW-16D1X-U) and the tray is ejecting ! But i can't read anything yet.

Seem to be on the right path but one step is still probabably missing.

Thanks for any help !