SBW-06D5H-U (A102, MT1959) - need downgrade-enabled (DE) firmware to flash BU40N 1.00 OmniDrive
Posted: Thu May 28, 2026 8:18 pm
Hello everyone
I recently bought an ASUS SBW-06D5H-U optical drive.
I tried to make it LibreDrive/OmniDrive friendly, and I'm stuck on the firmware rollback lock.
Tried: Flash HL-DT-ST_BD-RE_BU40N_1.00_OmniDrive.bin and SDFtool Flasher 1.3.5 rejected it with error 0x82052603 ("Write DRAM NG 05/26/03")
I understand (from the OmniDrive Wiki) the fix is to flash a downgrade-enabled (DE) firmware matching my A-series SBW-06D5H-U first (in encrypted rawflash enc mode), which lifts the lock, then flash the BU40N 1.00 OmniDrive image.
Hoping someone can point me to (or PM me) the downgrade-enabled firmware for this drive.
The drive info:
I want to use the right one and not a BW-16D1HT (desktop) or Pioneer (E-series) image to avoid bricking it.
I have a complete user dump (.tar) ready to send by PM if you need it to confirm the drive.
I recently bought an ASUS SBW-06D5H-U optical drive.
I tried to make it LibreDrive/OmniDrive friendly, and I'm stuck on the firmware rollback lock.
Tried: Flash HL-DT-ST_BD-RE_BU40N_1.00_OmniDrive.bin and SDFtool Flasher 1.3.5 rejected it with error 0x82052603 ("Write DRAM NG 05/26/03")
I understand (from the OmniDrive Wiki) the fix is to flash a downgrade-enabled (DE) firmware matching my A-series SBW-06D5H-U first (in encrypted rawflash enc mode), which lifts the lock, then flash the BU40N 1.00 OmniDrive image.
Hoping someone can point me to (or PM me) the downgrade-enabled firmware for this drive.
The drive info:
Could someone share / PM me the correct DE firmware for the A-series SBW-06D5H-U?- Model: ASUS SBW-06D5H-U
- Current firmware: A102 (A-series, encrypted)
- Platform: MT1959 (HLDS / BU40N-based variant — NOT the Pioneer E-series variant)
I want to use the right one and not a BW-16D1HT (desktop) or Pioneer (E-series) image to avoid bricking it.
I have a complete user dump (.tar) ready to send by PM if you need it to confirm the drive.