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Morbinus wrote: Tue Aug 12, 2025 6:44 pm Hello. I have this Blueray drive laying around and I want to know if it is possible to flash it, since I saw a firmware available for BU40N. Would that work with my drive?

Here is the MakeMKV information:

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Drive Information
OS device name: E:
Current profile: BD-ROM
Manufacturer: HL-DT-ST
Product: BD-RE BU40N
Revision: 1.05
Serial number: <REDACTED>
Firmware date: 2124-04-23 13:47
Bus encryption flags: 17
Highest AACS version: 81

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

jakenitefire wrote: Wed Aug 13, 2025 8:38 am Hello, can someone tell me if my drive is possible to flash?

The label on the drive says "MFD May 2017"

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Drive Information
OS device name: F:
Manufacturer: PIONEER
Product: BD-RW BDR-209M
Revision: 1.34
Serial number: censored
Firmware date: 2016-04-25
Bus encryption flags: 13
Highest AACS version: 78

LibreDrive Information
Status: Enabled
Drive platform: RS8600
Firmware name: PIONEER BDR-209
Firmware type: Original (unpatched)
Firmware version: 1.34/ID60
DVD all regions: Yes
BD raw data read: Yes
BD raw metadata read: Yes
Unrestricted read speed: Yes

No disc inserted

mmortal03 wrote: Wed Aug 13, 2025 12:09 pm I was looking into getting an internal 9.5mm drive and came across this listing, but the price seemed too good to be true, so I did not go any further with it. Not sure how to determine if it's truly a fake store or not, but I'm very skeptical of it:

Morbinus wrote: Wed Aug 13, 2025 1:33 pm

jakenitefire wrote: Wed Aug 13, 2025 8:38 am Hello, can someone tell me if my drive is possible to flash?

The label on the drive says "MFD May 2017"

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Drive Information
OS device name: F:
Manufacturer: PIONEER
Product: BD-RW BDR-209M
Revision: 1.34
Serial number: censored
Firmware date: 2016-04-25
Bus encryption flags: 13
Highest AACS version: 78

LibreDrive Information
Status: Enabled
Drive platform: RS8600
Firmware name: PIONEER BDR-209
Firmware type: Original (unpatched)
Firmware version: 1.34/ID60
DVD all regions: Yes
BD raw data read: Yes
BD raw metadata read: Yes
Unrestricted read speed: Yes

No disc inserted

As far as I can tell there is no need to flash the drive, since everything says "Yes" and the status says "Enabled". It should work out of the box.
I may be totally wrong since I am also new to this. Just give it a try with a UHD Blueray

jakenitefire wrote: Wed Aug 13, 2025 9:43 pm

Morbinus wrote: Wed Aug 13, 2025 1:33 pm

jakenitefire wrote: Wed Aug 13, 2025 8:38 am Hello, can someone tell me if my drive is possible to flash?

The label on the drive says "MFD May 2017"

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Drive Information
OS device name: F:
Manufacturer: PIONEER
Product: BD-RW BDR-209M
Revision: 1.34
Serial number: censored
Firmware date: 2016-04-25
Bus encryption flags: 13
Highest AACS version: 78

LibreDrive Information
Status: Enabled
Drive platform: RS8600
Firmware name: PIONEER BDR-209
Firmware type: Original (unpatched)
Firmware version: 1.34/ID60
DVD all regions: Yes
BD raw data read: Yes
BD raw metadata read: Yes
Unrestricted read speed: Yes

No disc inserted

As far as I can tell there is no need to flash the drive, since everything says "Yes" and the status says "Enabled". It should work out of the box.
I may be totally wrong since I am also new to this. Just give it a try with a UHD Blueray

I tried, but it doesn't read UHD Blu-rays.

jakenitefire wrote: Wed Aug 13, 2025 9:43 pm

Morbinus wrote: Wed Aug 13, 2025 1:33 pm

jakenitefire wrote: Wed Aug 13, 2025 8:38 am Hello, can someone tell me if my drive is possible to flash?

The label on the drive says "MFD May 2017"

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Drive Information
OS device name: F:
Manufacturer: PIONEER
Product: BD-RW BDR-209M
Revision: 1.34
Serial number: censored
Firmware date: 2016-04-25
Bus encryption flags: 13
Highest AACS version: 78

LibreDrive Information
Status: Enabled
Drive platform: RS8600
Firmware name: PIONEER BDR-209
Firmware type: Original (unpatched)
Firmware version: 1.34/ID60
DVD all regions: Yes
BD raw data read: Yes
BD raw metadata read: Yes
Unrestricted read speed: Yes

No disc inserted

As far as I can tell there is no need to flash the drive, since everything says "Yes" and the status says "Enabled". It should work out of the box.
I may be totally wrong since I am also new to this. Just give it a try with a UHD Blueray

I tried, but it doesn't read UHD Blu-rays.

MartyMcNuts wrote: Thu Aug 14, 2025 4:56 am

jakenitefire wrote: Wed Aug 13, 2025 9:43 pm

Morbinus wrote: Wed Aug 13, 2025 1:33 pm

As far as I can tell there is no need to flash the drive, since everything says "Yes" and the status says "Enabled". It should work out of the box.
I may be totally wrong since I am also new to this. Just give it a try with a UHD Blueray

I tried, but it doesn't read UHD Blu-rays.

LibreDrive does not equal UHD readaiblity! Is the 209M an actual UHD drive?? If not, it needs to be cross-flashed to a UHD model.

jakenitefire wrote: Wed Aug 13, 2025 8:38 am Hello, can someone tell me if my drive is possible to flash?

The label on the drive says "MFD May 2017"

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Drive Information
OS device name: F:
Manufacturer: PIONEER
Product: BD-RW BDR-209M
Revision: 1.34
Serial number: censored
Firmware date: 2016-04-25
Bus encryption flags: 13
Highest AACS version: 78

LibreDrive Information
Status: Enabled
Drive platform: RS8600
Firmware name: PIONEER BDR-209
Firmware type: Original (unpatched)
Firmware version: 1.34/ID60
DVD all regions: Yes
BD raw data read: Yes
BD raw metadata read: Yes
Unrestricted read speed: Yes

No disc inserted

ruhomallyaj wrote: Fri Aug 15, 2025 10:05 pm Hey guys,

I have a verbatim ultra hd 4k drive, and tried using DE_LG_BU40N_1.00.bin / This failed the same error where it ask to put a BD in and check it can still read without errors, it can but hesitent incase I missing something I used the above but maybe I am going v wrong here?

rockridge wrote: Mon Aug 18, 2025 12:25 pm Hi all.

I just got a ASUS BW-16D1HT 3.11 and accidentally flashed it to BC-12D2HT 3.11.
It seems to work ok for makemkv, but now it's stuck on that firmware.

What can I do to flash it to "ASUS-BW-16D1HT-3.10-WM01601-211901041014" which is what is what it should be.

Thanks