Ultimate UHD Drives Flashing Guide Updated New Pioneer Flashing 2026

[Bailzer01]

Currently looking for a pre flashed drive. I have received 3 fake BP50NB40s from different sellers on eBay. I’ve even tried 2 BU40N’s from Amazon however they came very used and not well taken care of. I’m honestly tired of the headache of trying to flash, or even if the drive is real. I’m new to 4k ripping and am eager to learn. If anyone sells pre flashed drives for a fair price please let me know! I’m also interested in switching gears from the external slim lines entirely and instead using a Pioneer WH16NS40.

[Billycar11]

Currently looking for a pre flashed drive. I have received 3 fake BP50NB40s from different sellers on eBay. I’ve even tried 2 BU40N’s from Amazon however they came very used and not well taken care of. I’m honestly tired of the headache of trying to flash, or even if the drive is real. I’m new to 4k ripping and am eager to learn. If anyone sells pre flashed drives for a fair price please let me know! I’m also interested in switching gears from the external slim lines entirely and instead using a Pioneer WH16NS40.

Please post the seller and what the drive looks like here

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[Bailzer01]

Posted there. Thank you

[Hucz89]

Figured it out! My drive's default reading setting was Quiet Mode, so I changed it to enable High Speed reading, and it now reads UHD discs perfectly!

[flintysmasher]

Two questions for flashing on Mac:

Drive information:
Model: Buffalo PUS6U3B (BU40N inside)
Revision: BN14
Drive Platform: MT1959

Questions:

• Is HL-DT-ST-BD-RE_BU40N-1.03-NM00000-211810241934.bin from the "all you need firmware pack" the correct firmware to flash?
• Is makemkv 1.17.7 still the recommended version for flashing? (I've been ripping on 2.0.0.)

Thank you!

[Yethidran]

Interesting find, about the (Quiet Mode to High Speed Reading Thingy) i will also do that change for all my existing drives i have.
thanks buddy! Cheers!!

[Sayaka]

Two questions for flashing on Mac:

Drive information:
Model: Buffalo PUS6U3B (BU40N inside)
Revision: BN14
Drive Platform: MT1959

Questions:

• Is HL-DT-ST-BD-RE_BU40N-1.03-NM00000-211810241934.bin from the "all you need firmware pack" the correct firmware to flash?
• Is makemkv 1.17.7 still the recommended version for flashing? (I've been ripping on 2.0.0.)

Thank you!

Hello,

Yes to the first question. You will need to use rawflash enc. As for the second question, using 1.17.6 and 1.17.7 for flashing/dumping is only recommended for Linux users (due to later Linux versions having a broken firmware tool). For Mac (and Windows) users, I personally recommend 1.18.4. While flashing should hopefully work fine with 2.0.0, version 2.0.0 is known to have bugs, and a bug occurring during the flashing process would be really bad. I wouldn't want to risk it with 2.0.0, so I would just use 1.18.4 on Mac, personally.

[Hucz89]

Interesting find, about the (Quiet Mode to High Speed Reading Thingy) i will also do that change for all my existing drives i have.
thanks buddy! Cheers!!

Alas, it worked only twice, and then it stopped reading UHD discs again, so I think the high speed setting was a red herring. I was making micro adjustments to the pot screw inside, it has helped speed up reading stand blu rays, but still no luck getting a UHD disc to read (i mustve just got lucky those two times). dang!

[Billycar11]

Alas, it worked only twice, and then it stopped reading UHD discs again, so I think the high speed setting was a red herring. I was making micro adjustments to the pot screw inside, it has helped speed up reading stand blu rays, but still no luck getting a UHD disc to read (i mustve just got lucky those two times). dang!

... im so tired of the pot screw idea's where do you guys think this is it does not exist on modern LG drives and i dont think i exists on modern pioneer drives please stop posting false info

[Hucz89]

Alas, it worked only twice, and then it stopped reading UHD discs again, so I think the high speed setting was a red herring. I was making micro adjustments to the pot screw inside, it has helped speed up reading stand blu rays, but still no luck getting a UHD disc to read (i mustve just got lucky those two times). dang!

... im so tired of the pot screw idea's where do you guys think this is it does not exist on modern LG drives and i dont think i exists on modern pioneer drives please stop posting false info

Whatever, it was the heigh adjusting screw along the rail... at least I'm trying to fix it

[Billycar11]

Whatever, it was the heigh adjusting screw along the rail... at least I'm trying to fix it

again thats not a thing...
i have taken apart many of these drives to repair them
i feel like your asking ai or something to guide you through this and it knows nothing and you have no experience with these drives and dont understand how they work internally
and thats not to insult you but we cant have bad info like this posted here as it misleads others thinking they should start turning some screw in the drive to fix it... and this is not the first time i have seen this pop up

[Hucz89]

It is a thing. There are three height adjusting screws where the two rails are that the laser assembly glides along, adjusting them changes the distance of the laser to the disc's surface.

[Billycar11]

I don't think I can PM anyone yet, since I just made this user, but does BDRFlash++ only work for a pure Pioneer drive, or does it work for a Pioneer drive inside an ASUS enclosure as well? This is the one I have:

Drive Information
OS device name: D:
Manufacturer: ASUS
Product: BW-16D1X-U
Revision: E113
Serial number:
Firmware date: 2020-07-21
Bus encryption flags: 1B
Highest AACS version: 81

LibreDrive Information
Status: Enabled
Drive platform: RS8F00
Firmware name: PIONEER BDR-212T
Firmware type: Original (unpatched)
Firmware version: E113/ID76
DVD all regions: Yes
BD raw data read: Yes
BD raw metadata read: Yes
Unrestricted read speed: Yes

No disc inserted

all you have to do is send an email as the guide describes long as you send it with the exact subject line "Pioneer FW + Flasher Request" without the quotes
you will get a flasher and fw within 5 min's 24/7 we have it so some will always answer

[emalup359]

I don't think I can PM anyone yet, since I just made this user, but does BDRFlash++ only work for a pure Pioneer drive, or does it work for a Pioneer drive inside an ASUS enclosure as well? This is the one I have:

Drive Information
OS device name: D:
Manufacturer: ASUS
Product: BW-16D1X-U
Revision: E113
Serial number:
Firmware date: 2020-07-21
Bus encryption flags: 1B
Highest AACS version: 81

LibreDrive Information
Status: Enabled
Drive platform: RS8F00
Firmware name: PIONEER BDR-212T
Firmware type: Original (unpatched)
Firmware version: E113/ID76
DVD all regions: Yes
BD raw data read: Yes
BD raw metadata read: Yes
Unrestricted read speed: Yes

No disc inserted

all you have to do is send an email as the guide describes long as you send it with the exact subject line "Pioneer FW + Flasher Request" without the quotes
you will get a flasher and fw within 5 min's 24/7 we have it so some will always answer

I didn't post in this thread, so I don't know why you are quoting me in this thread.
To anyone else, my original post can be found here: viewtopic.php?p=207042#p207042

[Billycar11]

Hello, I am new here, wondering if my drive can be flashed to UHD. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

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Manufacturer: ASUS
Product: SBW-06D5H-U
Revision: E102
Serial number: DDDL291769WL
Firmware date: 2023-04-20
Bus encryption flags: 1B

LibreDrive Information
Status: Enabled
Drive platform: RS8511
Firmware name: PIONEER BDR-US03
Firmware type: Original (unpatched)
Firmware version: E102/ID26
DVD all regions: Yes
BD raw data read: Yes
BD raw metadata read: Yes
Unrestricted read speed: Yes

This drive is now flashable
Please see guide for how to get the fw and flasher