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and i cant return it too, as i opened the chassis to clean the lens too. there was a warranty seal that i had to remove to gain access for cleaning the lens.
so one nice Pioneer down the drain for me.
Hehehehe!! oh well life goes on.....

Thanks Coopervid, i have flashed it with success. firmware version went up to 1.02 (It was version 1.01 before), and the drive became a BDR-S12U (It was a BDR-S12JX before). after flashing it, it struggled to read a 4k uhd disc, (lots of clicking noise internally) but it eventually played it and Mak...

i tried spinning up a 4k uhd disc in it, but it says no disc. then i tried a regular audio cd, and it played that audio cd.
then i opened the drive up to clean the len's but it still cant pick up the 4k uhd disc, only audio cd's it can play.

Hi Coopervid, just got myself a BDR-212V, but MakeMKV reports that its a BD-RW BDR-S12JX drive running on a BDR-212T Platform with RS8F01. any chance to get the "Libre firmware" for this drive? Drive Information OS device name: E: Manufacturer: PIONEER Product: BD-RW BDR-S12JX Revision: 1....

interesting observation. i too am using Asus Desktop PC, with "Armoury Crate" installed.
is there any settings in the Armoury Crate" that you changed?
would be great if you could share more on what settings was changed for all to be aware off.
thanks in advance.

have you flashed the drive successfully already? if you have then from your picture, i see that your "Input path is wrong thats why vlc cant open the disc to read it" you have to always manually choose "Bluray Path", not the "DVD path" 1) click on "Media Button at ...

sorry buddy, your firmware is too new and locked by pioneer.

thats cool buddy!!
you managed to pry open the casing without any visible damage.
but i guess it took alot of calm and patience on your side.
anyway, congratulation's.
cheers.

yes, thats the correct link. i pushed, pulled, poked, but no success.

sadly no tips at all on how to open up this casing, other than forcibly destroying the casing. i actually found in "Reddit" that one person posted pictures of this casing and saying that there are 2 small holes at each side of the casing to pry it open. i tried that, but no success at all....

i got them flashed with help from the helpful people here in makemkv.
i do not know how to use -ff command stuff sadly.
it all comes in a neat package called bdrflash with pdf instructions.
do get intouch with billycar11 or martymcnuts or coopervid.

doesn't matter whatever word is behind the description of the 209 drives u have.
all will be flashed to the general s11 drives.
meaning they will become 211 drives. no more 209 drives!
209 to 211. simple as that.
yippee!!!

i have 4 of the 209's. all are flashed and are now S11 drive's!! yahoo!!
209's are old but super now as they are S11 drive's!!

unofficially, as long as you have a "Flashed Drive" even if you run it on a newer gen intel pc, with MakeMkv software and MPC-HC media Player with all codec's provided free, you can still rip and play 4K uhd movies and regular blu-rays without any intel SGX requirements.

i definitely know that the names mentioned are not "Bot's" See my actual Windows PC with my 4 Pioneer BDR-209's in it, which have all been flashed to become Pioneer BDR-S11 Drive's!! If USD$25 is giving the "Pinch" then i guess you will have to "Stay with the Official Pionee...