Ultimate UHD Drives Flashing Guide Updated 2026

[z55575]

Hi...
Sheepishly I ask the following:

I got my BRD-XD07J-UHD in from Japan.
CD-ROM PIONEER BD-RW BDR-XD07U 1.01 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0

Linux 6.0.8-arch1-1
makemkv 1.17.2 linux (from AUR)

Put a Blu-Ray of a new film that came out, not UHD, rather not say the name.

Drive is spinning, reading, etc. For about 5 minutes, nothing.
Open MakeMKV, does the same thing, looping over and over down and up for a few minutes at a time.
I exit MakeMKV and kill the makemkvcom process.

Drive is still spinning, wait 5 more minutes, decide to pull the USB plug.
Drive is not powering on now... not from my PC, or from a USB charger for example

Have I foolishly killed this drive? If so, is there any recovery? I can attempt flashing something to a chip if needed...

Sorry. Thanks

[asmcom]

Hi...
Sheepishly I ask the following:

I got my BRD-XD07J-UHD in from Japan.
CD-ROM PIONEER BD-RW BDR-XD07U 1.01 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0

Linux 6.0.8-arch1-1
makemkv 1.17.2 linux (from AUR)

Put a Blu-Ray of a new film that came out, not UHD, rather not say the name.

Drive is spinning, reading, etc. For about 5 minutes, nothing.
Open MakeMKV, does the same thing, looping over and over down and up for a few minutes at a time.
I exit MakeMKV and kill the makemkvcom process.

Drive is still spinning, wait 5 more minutes, decide to pull the USB plug.
Drive is not powering on now... not from my PC, or from a USB charger for example

Have I foolishly killed this drive? If so, is there any recovery? I can attempt flashing something to a chip if needed...

Sorry. Thanks

Hello,

I also have the originally J version from Pioneer Japan. Is the one you got a clone?

Did you buy on AliExpress or Amazon as there is clones on both.

I didn't realise that there was clone Pioneer drives until a seller told me he could sell me the clone or original. I also asked another senior forum member and developer on this site to talk to the seller and we both verified the clone drives, so very scary.

I asked him what the difference was and he told me the inner parts was cheaper.

This is why I ask you where you purchased.

It was out of curiosity that the BDR-XS07JUHD was so cheap that I contacted the seller to ask him why.

He told me he was honest and that why he told me but warned me that there was sellers who do not and keep changing shops.

So be warned.

I am happy to look at this drive for you remotely.

Kind Regards

Asmcom

[z55575]

Hi...
Sheepishly I ask the following:

I got my BRD-XD07J-UHD in from Japan.
CD-ROM PIONEER BD-RW BDR-XD07U 1.01 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0

Linux 6.0.8-arch1-1
makemkv 1.17.2 linux (from AUR)

Put a Blu-Ray of a new film that came out, not UHD, rather not say the name.

Drive is spinning, reading, etc. For about 5 minutes, nothing.
Open MakeMKV, does the same thing, looping over and over down and up for a few minutes at a time.
I exit MakeMKV and kill the makemkvcom process.

Drive is still spinning, wait 5 more minutes, decide to pull the USB plug.
Drive is not powering on now... not from my PC, or from a USB charger for example

Have I foolishly killed this drive? If so, is there any recovery? I can attempt flashing something to a chip if needed...

Sorry. Thanks

Hello,

I also have the originally J version from Pioneer Japan. Is the one you got a clone?

Did you buy on AliExpress or Amazon as there is clones on both.

I didn't realise that there was clone Pioneer drives until a seller told me he could sell me the clone or original. I also asked another senior forum member and developer on this site to talk to the seller and we both verified the clone drives, so very scary.

I asked him what the difference was and he told me the inner parts was cheaper.

This is why I ask you where you purchased.

It was out of curiosity that the BDR-XS07JUHD was so cheap that I contacted the seller to ask him why.

He told me he was honest and that why he told me but warned me that there was sellers who do not and keep changing shops.

So be warned.

I am happy to look at this drive for you remotely.

Kind Regards

Asmcom

Hi, this is really concerning to read. I was not aware there were clones either.
I purchased it from Yahoo! Japan Shopping through Buyee. The box and contents all appear legitimate, but is there a distinction somehow?

I paid 14,000 yen, is that too low?

Also to note, you mention BDR-XS07J-UHD , however the model I have is BDR-XD07J-UHD. Is there a major distinction between them?

In terms of remotely looking at the drive, what would that involve? The drive is not even appearing in dmesg or as a USB device when plugged in, just no response at all. I've ordered an AC Adapter to test if perhaps somehow (despite it working once) there's not enough power from my laptop (or my other laptop, both USB 3.0, both working fine with other external drives or devices, even 2.5" USB drives).

One last edit, I tried with Windows 10 booted on the same laptop, no change.

Thanks for your assistance. Perhaps I will need to visit Japan then to get something like this...

[asmcom]

The difference is one is a slot drive and the other is a top loader.

I do have these 2 models in European Spec.

BDR-XS07TUHD & BDR-XD07TUHD

I also have the Japanese version of both the above which are original models and not clones.

I also have the normal UHD Japanese model which is BDR-XD07TB
I have a contact in Taiwan and they can order the Japanese models on website from Taiwan and then they send by air.



It is very expensive to import these drives as samples for firmware testing but it has to be done. I have sent you a PM

Regards Asmcom

[digitalfreaknyc]

Was hoping it would work and...well...I don't know if it did.

I just bought a BP60NB10. Followed the instructions. It seems to have worked. However, when the SDFtool was done, I got this error.

I googled it and nothing came up.

[bort420]

Any news on the Pioneer cross-flashing tool?

[Billycar11]

Was hoping it would work and...well...I don't know if it did.

I just bought a BP60NB10. Followed the instructions. It seems to have worked. However, when the SDFtool was done, I got this error.

I googled it and nothing came up.

whats the makemkv drive info section say now

[digitalfreaknyc]

whats the makemkv drive info section say now

[Billycar11]

whats the makemkv drive info section say now

looks good try a uhd disc

[digitalfreaknyc]

looks good try a uhd disc

It reads it. Just ignore the error?

[Billycar11]

looks good try a uhd disc

It reads it. Just ignore the error?

yeah its a nothing error if it flashed

[digitalfreaknyc]

yeah its a nothing error if it flashed

Thank you so much

[bigpoppa7565]

Those of you buying the newer internal Pioneer drives, where are you getting them? Seems like they mostly have to be purchased via Japan-based eBay sellers.

BDR-S13UBK I just brought directly from Pioneer USA site # https://www.pioneerelectronics.com/PUSA ... BDR-S13UBK

BDR-XD07UHD Brought this from B&H Photo # https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/ ... e_usb.html

[onknight]

I found a LG WH14NS40 Rom ver 1.00 Made June 2013 for 45.00 CND Plus G
would this work or should buy a new one I can get a New LG WH14NS40 for 100 CND
I'm comfortable with flashing it myself since I've Flash motherboard's before and this doesn't seem much different
And the software looks fairly straightforward

[Woodstock]

Any drive from 2013 would NOT work for UHD, because it was built 2 years prior to UHD being defined.

It would work for DVD and BD, but you can buy new drives for that price that only does those.