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Pioneers depend on the firmware currently installed... What's your drive information? I got ya, I just saw one on eBay was going to buy, but didn't want to jump until I knew. I did pass on it because its location was China, and I don't know what Tarrifs etc would look like LOL!! Nevermind the tarif...

I suspect that you're correct. I have tried several clean UHD discs and they all behave the same way. 20 min in they start spinning intermittently as if they pausing or having trouble. The Verbatim 43888 drive does not have a separate power supply. It came with a USB C to USB A cable and a USB A to...

I'm new to the forum and this is my first post. I recently purchased a Verbatim 6888 optical drive and attempted to use the SDFtool Flasher to flash the firmware. The internal drive is the BU40N model. I have attempted to back up several of my UHD discs but they have all failed. Can anyone check my...

It's a Pioneer drive. Post the MakeMKV drive info and libredrive info sections. Can these things be shucked and installed directly into a PC? Pretty sure they can. It should be a standard SATA drive inside. Thanks Marty. Are they: UHD ready; need flashing; or enabled by the SDF.bin update ?

Hi All, I recently purchased an ASUS_BW-16D1H-U_E116_DIDL121264WL but when I try to flash it it just says it does not have the correct drive platform. Did I purchase the wrong device or can someone help me with this please? Any info or help is much appreciated, thanks a lot in advance! Kind regards...

Hi, very new to ripping - so please be kind and forgive my cluelessness ;-) Got this BD-Reader from Amazon. However it can't read / open any DVD/BD with makemkv. As soon as there's a disk inside and start makemkv, CPU goes through the roof and nothing else happens. I suspect i might need to flash i...

Please don't shoot me! I am rather computer illiterate! Apologies to anyone who has a migraine from the questions I am about to ask. New drive: Verbatim 43890 USB 3.2 Issue: not reading UHD 4K discs but can see the disc title on PC- Make MKV 'hash error' occurs Make MKV drive log: Drive Information...

PM sent. Hi all. First time poster, first time visitor, first time ripper! I have a similar spec unit to the one described in this thread (info below). I've done some reading on page 1 of this thread and don't see anything on my unit, but it looks like we can handle this in a PM. Here's my specs, T...

I snagged a Hitachi/LG BU40N off Amazon recently to replace my defunct BH16NS55 (RIP following 7 years of service). It came with firmware version 1.05 but a quick flash to 1.03MK and I'm off to the races.

I'm glad to be back to two drives again.

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Sun Nov 30, 2025 12:44 pm

The good news is that we have nearly secured more Pioneer stock that was being retained by Pioneer, which they are going to release soon.

Which models?

You are welcome. Mike's software doesn't account for the user using his forehead hitting the keyboard and everything works like magic. It's really not that unusual to have one partition for Windows and another for actual program installations. I do exactly the same as the OP. SDF Flasher is hardcod...

I don't get it, though I have avoided casing up some cheap drives from the red flags of the listings (Chinese, too cheap, too many available, and sharing identical photo sets). AliExpress and eBay both are very strict, and side with the buyer pretty much every time, forcing either no physical retur...

the proliferation of Chinese sellers on eBay (I smell fakes but could be wrong) What is happening on eBay and Ali Express is they have smelled chum in the water. They get their hands on something like a BDR-PR1JAME, an essentially useless drive, and they sell them with the note "We have variou...

Few notes about UHD and cross-flashing - I'm not the person who wrote the crossflash tool, although I know all the details about the process. - Currently the flashing process is quite fragile, in many senses. It carries a risk of bricking the drive and it (ab)uses certain firmware vulnerabilities, ...

What is the current status of the BDR-212DBK 5.25" internal drive? As far as I am aware, all 212DBK's still have firmware that is pre 12/2022 so can be cross-flashed (unless someone has updated it). Thanks. Does the cross-flashing involve an additional cost? Are there any other Pioneer 5.25&qu...