Bought an LG 183663 (BU40N) slimline SATA Blu-ray drive and a generic USB 3 to slimline SATA cable. Seems to work fine ripping regular Blu-rays plugged into a USB 3.2 gen 2 port with 1.5 amps.
I have a few 4K UHD Blu-rays and am considering flashing the drive. The USB cable has the drive showing up as a generic BD-ROM as opposed to a LibreDrive supported device. Makes me think this cable won't work for reflashing and I need an enclosure.
Searching the forum I see the Vantec enclosure was the recommended one but it's no longer made. The other recent recommendations I've seen are for Europe. Does anyone have a new recommended enclosure for this drive that's available in the US?
LG BU40N enclosure?
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Re: LG BU40N enclosure?
i think the silverstone from the guide is the only optionsolstyce9 wrote: Sun Aug 16, 2026 3:21 pm Bought an LG 183663 (BU40N) slimline SATA Blu-ray drive and a generic USB 3 to slimline SATA cable. Seems to work fine ripping regular Blu-rays plugged into a USB 3.2 gen 2 port with 1.5 amps.
I have a few 4K UHD Blu-rays and am considering flashing the drive. The USB cable has the drive showing up as a generic BD-ROM as opposed to a LibreDrive supported device. Makes me think this cable won't work for reflashing and I need an enclosure.
Searching the forum I see the Vantec enclosure was the recommended one but it's no longer made. The other recent recommendations I've seen are for Europe. Does anyone have a new recommended enclosure for this drive that's available in the US?
i have to buy 1 there are reports of the eject not working you may have to do it through sw not the button
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Re: LG BU40N enclosure?
Thanks. I did look at the options on the guide but couldn't find a TS14 from the Silverstone where to buy page. I only checked about half of them so I can go check the more esoteric sites too.
At this point I'm considering buying the slimline to SATA adapter and powered SATA to USB adapter I've seen mentioned in other threads and 3d printing an enclosure to hold it all securely. It'll be ugly but hopefully it will work...
Next time I'm just getting a 5.25" drive...
At this point I'm considering buying the slimline to SATA adapter and powered SATA to USB adapter I've seen mentioned in other threads and 3d printing an enclosure to hold it all securely. It'll be ugly but hopefully it will work...
Next time I'm just getting a 5.25" drive...