View source for Compatible LG/ASUS Optical Drives

This is a WIP page for info on compatible LG/ASUS drives. The information here used to exist at [[Optical Disc Drive Compatibility: CD]] however it was moved here to make the main page clearer.

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'''NOTES:'''
*'''Additional testing and analysis is still needed to determine if these drives can consistently dump media with verifiable/acceptable hashes, and at this time, submissions may not be accepted.  Please contact a redump mod with any questions prior to purchasing or dumping with one of these drives.'''
*Dumps from the following drives will be accepted under the following circumstances:
**They are from CDs consisting only of a single data track
**They are verifications of Data CDs that also have audio tracks
*For pure Audio CDs, we are presently only accepting dumps made with [[redumper]] and drives from the list of Recommended Plextors above.
*List is still WIP at the moment, please check the Notes section before getting access to these ODDs until we've tested all five PCB Revisions from LG (HL-DT-ST).
*Could every ODD that supports M-Disc DVDs [https://web.archive.org/web/20190528092523/http://www.mdisc.com/m-ready/] and has a MediaTek (maybe even Renesas) chipset have at least one firmware version (even from a rebadged model) that support reading cache backwards and forward (OpCode: 0xF1)?
*Additional drive brands may work, some with limitations (such as can only read discs with a negative write-offset). A few LG/Asus BD drives are also compatible with DIC dumping methods, '''but they do need to be [[Flashing with Asus BW-16D1HT 3.02 firmware|flashed with the Asus BW-16D1HT 3.02 firmware]]'''. Note: not all listed models have been (known) tested with DIC yet, please share your results.
*The following text/table is WIP (Work-in-Progress).

{| class="wikitable sortable"
! scope="col" style="width: 90px;" | Brand || scope="col" style="width: 90px;" | Model || scope="col" style="width: 140px;" | Type (as written on the label) || scope="col" style="width: 110px;" | Form factor / interface || Firmware || Chipset(s) || Read offset || Cross-flashable to Asus BW-16D1HT 3.02 (DE - Downgrade Enable) || Tested with DiscImageCreator || OpCode 0xF1 || Status of C2 support<sup>1</sup> || Supports CD-TEXT, MCN and ISRC || Range of supported Combined Write offset discs || Maximum effective CD speed (Scrambled mode) || PCB Revision || Notes
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| Asus || BC-12D2HT || BD-ROM/DVD Rewriter || Half height / SATA || 3.00 --> 3.11 || N/A || +6 || Yes (but difficult) || Yes || Yes (Firmware: 3.00 (DE / Official), Asus BW-16D1HT 3.02 (DE / Official), maybe more?) || N/A || N/A, N/A, N/A || N/A || N/A || [https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/429374270607720461/693522730414374932/IMG_20200328_190956.jpg JB8 2015.05.08] || Asus Label (circle) IDs: 90DD0230-B20000, 90DD0230-B20010.
|-
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| Asus || BW-16D1HT || Blu-ray Disc Rewriter || Half height / SATA || 3.00 --> 3.11 || MediaTek ARM MT1959HWDN || +6 || Yes || Yes || Yes (Firmware: 3.00 (DE / Official), 3.02 (DE / Official), maybe more?) || N/A || Yes, N/A, N/A || N/A || 4.5x || [https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/429374270607720461/693522730414374932/IMG_20200328_190956.jpg JB8 2015.05.08] || Asus Label (circle) IDs: [https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/83QAAOSwIrBgrSQT/s-l1600.jpg 90DD0200-B28000], 90DD0200-B30000, 90DD0200-B20010
|-
|- 
| LG (HL-DT-ST) || BH14NS58 || Blu-ray Disc Rewriter || Half height / SATA || 1.00 --> 1.01(?) || MediaTek ARM MT1959HWDN || +6 || Yes || Yes (more tests from olofolleola4 is needed) || Yes (Firmware: 1.00 (DE / Official)) || Yes. N/A || Yes, N/A, N/A || N/A || N/A || [https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/429374270607720461/693522730414374932/IMG_20200328_190956.jpg JB8 2015.05.08] ||
|-
|- 
| LG (HL-DT-ST) || BH16NS40 || Blu-ray Disc Rewriter || Half height / SATA || 1.02(?) --> 1.04 || MediaTek ARM MT1959HWDN || +6 || Unknown || Yes || Yes (Firmware: 1.02 (DE / Official), maybe more?) || Yes. N/A || Yes, N/A, N/A || -326928? --> +582? || N/A || Unknown (probably JB8 2015.05.08) || SVC CODE: NS50
|-
|- 
| LG (HL-DT-ST) || BH16NS55 || Blu-ray Disc Rewriter || Half height / SATA || 1.00 --> 1.05 || MediaTek ARM MT1959HWDN || +6 || Yes || Yes || Yes (Firmware: 1.00 (DE / Official), 1.01 (DE / Official), 1.02 (DE / Official)) || Yes. N/A || Yes, N/A, N/A || N/A || N/A || [https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/429374270607720461/693522730414374932/IMG_20200328_190956.jpg JB8 2015.05.08] || SVC CODE: NS55
|-
|- 
| LG (HL-DT-ST) || BH16NS58 || Blu-ray Disc Rewriter || Half height / SATA || 1.00 --> 1.01(?) || MediaTek ARM MT1959HWDN || +6 || Yes || Yes (more tests from olofolleola4 is needed) || Yes (Firmware: 1.00 (DE / Official)) || Yes. N/A || Yes, N/A, N/A || N/A || N/A || [https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/429374270607720461/693522730414374932/IMG_20200328_190956.jpg JB8 2015.05.08] ||
|-
|- 
| LG (HL-DT-ST) || UH12NS40 || BD-ROM/DVD Rewriter || Half height / SATA || 1.00 --> 1.01(?) || N/A || +6 || Yes (but difficult) || Yes || Yes (Firmware: 1.00 (DE / Official), Asus BW-16D1HT 3.02 (DE / Official), maybe more?) || Yes. N/A || Yes, N/A, N/A || N/A || N/A || [https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/429374270607720461/693522730414374932/IMG_20200328_190956.jpg JB8 2015.05.08] || SVC CODE: NS40
|-
|- 
| LG (HL-DT-ST) || WH14NS40 || Blu-ray Disc Rewriter || Half height / SATA || 1.00 --> 1.04 || MediaTek ARM MT1959HWDN || +6 || Yes || Yes || Yes (Firmware: 1.00 (DE / Official), 1.02 (DE / Official), maybe more?) || Yes. Good || Yes, N/A, N/A || N/A || N/A || [https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/429374270607720461/693522730414374932/IMG_20200328_190956.jpg JB8 2015.05.08] || SVC CODE: NS50
|-
|- 
| LG (HL-DT-ST) || WH16NS40 || Blu-ray Disc Rewriter || Half height / SATA || 1.00 --> 1.05 || MediaTek ARM MT1959HWDN || +6 || Yes || Yes || Yes (Firmware: 1.02 (DE / Official), maybe more?) || Yes. N/A || Yes, Yes, No || N/A || N/A || [https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/429374270607720461/693522730414374932/IMG_20200328_190956.jpg JB8 2015.05.08] || SVC CODE: NS50
|-
|- 
| LG (HL-DT-ST) || WH16NS60 || UHD Blu-ray Disc Rewriter || Half height / SATA || 1.00 (maybe more DE / Official firmwares?) || MediaTek ARM MT1959HWDN || +6 || Unknown || Yes || Yes (Firmware: 1.00 (DE / Official)) || N/A || N/A, N/A, N/A || N/A? --> +582? || N/A || JB9 2015.09.03 || SVC CODE: NS60
|}