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I appreciate the recommendation! I don't have the cables required to go direct to my computer. I'll update once they've arrived and I've tested the drives again.

Externally mounted using a OWC Mercury Pro enclosure. Powered directly from the wall. The only weak link I can think of on the connection side is that I am using an OWC dock (since I don't have a USB-B to USB-C cable for my laptop). Connection flowchart (Power): 120v AC wall outlet -> Enclosure Conn...

Apologies for the long delay; life got in the way of pulling the drives apart to clean them. I was able to disassemble both and clean the lenses using 91% isopropyl alcohol and qtips following your instructions for application and drying. Both drives are still getting stuck in the DEBUG and Error 'S...

I went out and got a Maxell Maxlink lens cleaning disc. Ran it through both drives. I am still getting the same issues. Is there another way to clean the drive? Any alternatives if cleaning isn't the answer?

I appreciate the help!

I am in the same boat for a Pioneer BDR-S12U and BDR-S13UBK the above fix (deleting _private_data.tar and setting to offline) did not work. I have also tried cleaning the disks (though all of them are brand new out of the packaging) and the readers. I have tried multiple USB ports and both my Linux ...