Asus BW-16D1HT Firmware

[MMORE]

Hi, what difference is there between 3.00 and 3.01?
I do not want to flash for nothing.
Thanks.

[TeddyRaspin]

Asus 3.02 clean firmware with flasher (to allow crossflash or easy upgrade from previous versions).

[MMORE]

@TeddyRaspin
Does the 3.02 support UHD discs?
Thanks.

[SamuriHL]

Yea, what does 3.02 bring to the table? Cause I personally won't be flashing anything until I know I can flash back to 3.01 at a minimum. Do we have any idea what they changed?

[TeddyRaspin]

I've tried 3.02 and reads UHD discs as before. With MakeMKV it is really faster than the BH16NS55 firmware and it has nothing to do with the AACS loophole.

[SamuriHL]

Well, then I guess it doesn't hurt anything but I'm not having any issues with 3.01 including rip speed so for now I think I'll hold off. But thanks for posting it as that's awesome.

[skiddy]

Not touching 3.02. If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it!

[flashback8]

Not touching 3.02. If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it!

Actually, I cross-flashed 3.02 to my LG WH16NS40 drive. I can finally rip some Sony triple-layer discs that both my LG and Asus drives couldn't handle. :) (Sadly, even with 3.02, my BW-16D1HT still chokes on these discs.) Ripped one already and spot checked it, and am working on the second now. I get the paranoia and all that but I really do think 3.02 is safe to flash, and may, at the very least, help the cross-flashers.

[Deraga]

I am going to wait on others to test 3.02

[jmone]

I have 2 x LG WH16NS55. I've crossflashed one to 3.00 and one to 3.02. Both are ripping fine with MakeMKV. I'll do a speed comparison later on which one (if either) is faster.

[flashback8]

I am going to wait on others to test 3.02

Flashed to the BW-16D1HT (Asus) and WH16NS40 (LG). Both work fine. I haven't done a speed comparison.

[jmone]

Both the 3.00 and 3.02 followed exactly the same ripping speed profile as they increased to a max speed of around 34M/s. The drive with 3.00 seemed to occasional drop it's speed then it would pop back up. I'm flashing both to 3.02.

[skiddy]

I must admit my drive just struggled badly with Hacksaw Ridge (3-layer disk), but did manage to complete.

I presume people are using the standard flasher tool from Asus to go from 3.01->3.02?

[MMORE]

I used the standard ASUS flasher to go from 3.00 to 3.02.
It works perfectly.

[Pheran]

I don't have any reason to upgrade from 3.01, but it's nice to hear that ASUS didn't screw us over with the 3.02 update.