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Thanks Coopervid, the instructions seem pretty straightforward; however I'm wondering which firmware file is the right one: Asus BW-16D1HT 3.10MK or something else?

maffo999 wrote: Fri Dec 26, 2025 11:30 am Thanks Coopervid, the instructions seem pretty straightforward; however I'm wondering which firmware file is the right one: Asus BW-16D1HT 3.10MK or something else?

WH16NS60 1.02 works better than the ASUS firmware with 3-layer UHDs.

Thanks again Coopervid, unfortunately it seems that the firmware is not applied even if flashing completes successfully
For the record, flashing takes some time (less than 1 minute), it doesn't go from 0% to 100% immediately.

I have tried both rebooting my computer as well as power cycling the drive but the outcome is the same, and MakeMKV keeps reporting If you or anybody else has other suggestions, I'm happy to try them.

You need to flash with rawflash enc instead of main.

Thanks again, Coopervid. This time it worked!

maffo999 wrote: Fri Dec 26, 2025 6:36 pm Thanks again, Coopervid. This time it worked!

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Drive Information
Manufacturer: ASUS
Product: SBW-06D2X-U
Revision: 1.02
Serial number: MO5O37F0638
Firmware date: 2118-10-29 19:36
Bus encryption flags: 17
Highest AACS version: 81

LibreDrive Information
Status: Enabled
Drive platform: MT1959
Firmware type: Patched (microcode access re-enabled)
Firmware version: 1.02
DVD all regions: Yes
BD raw data read: Yes
BD raw metadata read: Yes
Unrestricted read speed: Yes

Kinda weird that it still reports an ASUS drive!? But that might be Mac / Linux.

After flashing it and rebooting the computer, it shows up as I believe MacOS was just caching some information about make/model.

Looks like my drive got bricked with flashing: when pushing the button to open it, nothing happens besides the LED flashing. Any disk inserted will not be detected or read.
Any way to return to the original FW? I have the .tar file created by the "dump" command.

maffo999 wrote: Sun Dec 28, 2025 2:49 pm Looks like my drive got bricked with flashing: when pushing the button to open it, nothing happens besides the LED flashing. Any disk inserted will not be detected or read.
Any way to return to the original FW? I have the .tar file created by the "dump" command.

Oh man! You talked about the full size drive ASUS fimware which made me think this is a full size drive but you seem to have a slim drive. So obviously you flashed the wrong firmware. BU40N 1.03 is recommended for yours.

You need to use SDFTool and the recovery option. Install a VM like VMWare for that to run Windows.

viewtopic.php?f=16&t=22896&hilit=sdftool

I did mention that firmware because it was the only one branded "ASUS" and honestly I had no idea that you could flash a different vendor firmware, that's why I asked for confirmation
I will try with a VM and SDFTool tomorrow when I got some more time; besides the "recover drive" option do I also need to select "Include boot loader" now?

maffo999 wrote: Sun Dec 28, 2025 3:19 pm I did mention that firmware because it was the only one branded "ASUS" and honestly I had no idea that you could flash a different vendor firmware, that's why I asked for confirmation
I will try with a VM and SDFTool tomorrow when I got some more time; besides the "recover drive" option do I also need to select "Include boot loader" now?

No, you shouldn't have to include bootloader.

Hello Coopervid and MartyMcNuts,
I have tried both versions 1.3.5 and 1.3.6 of SDFTool with RECOVER drive option to flash firmware "HL-DT-ST-BD-RE_BU40N-1.03-NM00000-211810241934.bin"", unfortunately this did not seem to work: I see the progress bar going to the end very fast but no flashing occurs and the drive is still recognised as

maffo999 wrote: Mon Dec 29, 2025 2:52 pm Hello Coopervid and MartyMcNuts,
I have tried both versions 1.3.5 and 1.3.6 of SDFTool with RECOVER drive option to flash firmware "HL-DT-ST-BD-RE_BU40N-1.03-NM00000-211810241934.bin"", unfortunately this did not seem to work: I see the progress bar going to the end very fast but no flashing occurs and the drive is still recognised as

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Product: BD-RE WH16NS6
Revision: 1.02

Did you pick the current firmware WH16NS60 1.02 in the upper box and the BU40N 1.03 in the lower box when you try to flash with Recover? The gif here shows how to do it.

viewtopic.php?f=16&t=22896&hilit=SDFTool

Yes I did. What I also noticed is that SDFTool says the firmware is unencrypted but in previous instructions with the wrong firmware I was told to flash it encrypted - could that be the case?

maffo999 wrote: Mon Dec 29, 2025 3:18 pm Yes I did. What I also noticed is that SDFTool says the firmware is unencrypted but in previous instructions with the wrong firmware I was told to flash it encrypted - could that be the case?

I don't think so. Only your original firmware was encrypted. Please ask Marty for help. He is the go-to-guy for SDFTool.