ASUS BW-16D1HT reported successfully flashed but nothing really happened

[RandomSelf]

Greetings everyone,

I have an ASUS BW-16D1HT manufactured in September 2023 and loaded with firmware 3.11 and would like to backup UHD discs with it.

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Manufacturer: ASUS
Product: BW-16D1HT
Revision: 3.11
Serial number: <SERIAL NUMBER EDITED OUT>
Firmware date: 2120-12-01 17:59
Bus encryption flags: 1F
Highest AACS version: 76

LibreDrive Information
Status: Possible, not yet enabled
Drive platform: MT1959

My Mac runs OSX 14.4.1 and does return my drive firmware details as 3.11.

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XXX@Mac-mini-de-XXX ~ % cd /Applications/MakeMKV.app/Contents/MacOS
XXX@Mac-mini-de-XXX MacOS % ./makemkvcon f -l
Found 1 drives(s)
00: /IOBDServices/4792F8AA
  ASUS_BW-16D1HT_3.11_212012011759_KLRN9D94711

I have attempted to flash the FW to the 3.10MK provided within the mk-firmware-pack-20200720.
It seems to me the system reports the flashing process to be successful.

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XXX@Mac-mini-de-XXX MacOS % ./makemkvcon f -d '/IOBDServices/4792F8AA' -f /tmp/sdf.bin rawflash main -i /tmp/ASUS-BW-16D1HT-3.10-WM01601-211901041014.bin

Reading input file /tmp/ASUS-BW-16D1HT-3.10-WM01601-211901041014.bin
Flashing flags = 0x0 : 0 0 0 0 : ---- ---- ---- ----
Current Drive ID: ASUS_BW-16D1HT_3.11_212012011759_KLRN9D94711
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 it also weirdly seems like it had no effect on the drive firmware which is stuck to the original FW.

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XXX@Mac-mini-de-XXX MacOS % ./makemkvcon f -l
Found 1 drives(s)
00: /IOBDServices/4792F8AA
  ASUS_BW-16D1HT_3.11_212012011759_KLRN9D94711

Since the MakeMKV opening window returns the same details than prior to the flashing attempt and my drive is unable to recognize UHD, I have to admit I am missing out something ; but have no idea what it is.

Thanks in advanced for any help you could provide me with.

Best regards

[Billycar11]

replace raw flash main with enc

[RandomSelf]

Thanks a lot billycar for having taken the time to answer my question.

All apologies. I feel so *stupid*. I was so sure that my model was not on the encrypted list.

It now sees one of my four brand new UHD discs. It won't extract it anyway and the application provided me with a *.tgz file that I'll send to svq asap.

I'll have to read through the forum a bit and maybe post another message in a few days.

Best regards

[Billycar11]

Usually steps to try and fix that are
Change DNS
Check firewall and geoblocking settings make sure Russia is not blocked
Use a vpn

[RandomSelf]

Greetings all,

A quick reply to thank you for your help because I finally could achieve my first 4K rip.

Very happy with it .

Random Self