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Can you return the drive?
If so then maybe you can get from one of the forum guaranteed to work sellers

To the best of my knowledge if you file a claim on AliExpress of item not has described they will refund your money. Happened to me with some item, sent them a picture of scam item, immediately got my money back and was told to either keep or throw away the scam item.

Just my two cents:

The Pioneer just seem to have Superior reading/ ripping capabilities compared to the LG at least. I had a disc that neither the internal nor external LG drives could read but the pioneer ripped it just fine

I requested an exchange from Amazon.
Got the new one today and it is on 1.03

Very strange, the japan versions BDR-S13J-X / BDR-S13JBK - there is no version other than 1.03 on the japan pioneer site https://i.imgur.com/H2MQVTU.png Check site official pioneer https://jpn.pioneer/ja/support/pcperipherals/pc_software/bdr-s/ Hello! How did you manage to register on Pioneer Japan...

I got 2 Pioneer S13UBK from Amazon, but one came with a few 1.04 which currently is not Libre supported. The other is fine on fw 1.03 As I am still in my 30 day return window, I can get another S13UBK and hope it has 1.03 fw or I can get the BDR-XD08UMB-S Of the 2 which has the better hardware for ...

I got 2 Pioneer S13UBK drives from Amazon, but one came with fw 1.04 which currently is not Libre supported. The other is fine on fw 1.03 As I am still in my 30 day return window, I can get another S13UBK and hope it has 1.03 fw or I can get the BDR-XD08UMB-S Of the 2 which has the better hardware f...

Hello All I am new here and very glad to be here. Bought 2 yesterday on Feb4,2023 PIONEER BDR-S13UBK from Amazon USA seller Pioneer USA One drive had fw 1.03 and using makemkv worked well Other drive was fw 1.04 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------...