BU40N - Which firmware is best?
BU40N - Which firmware is best?
Hi there. I purchased an Archgon-8107S so I could rip UHD's and I've successfully downgraded it in a Windows VM to version 1.00. I saw a few other firmwares in the zip file, but wasn't sure which was best. Is 1.00 OK or should I use one of the other ones? I am able to read UHD now so at least that's working!
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Re: BU40N - Which firmware is best?
Stick with 1.00. It works really well!ionblue wrote: ↑Tue Jul 02, 2019 8:18 pmHi there. I purchased an Archgon-8107S so I could rip UHD's and I've successfully downgraded it in a Windows VM to version 1.00. I saw a few other firmwares in the zip file, but wasn't sure which was best. Is 1.00 OK or should I use one of the other ones? I am able to read UHD now so at least that's working!
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Re: BU40N - Which firmware is best?
You’re right about that. This is the fastest drive I currently have! Thank you and thanks to all that make this possible!
Re: BU40N - Which firmware is best?
Which one did you use?
BU40N-N
BU40N-R
BU40N-U
BU40N-N
BU40N-R
BU40N-U
Re: BU40N - Which firmware is best?
I don't know... hence why I was asking ![Smile :-)](./images/smilies/icon_smile.gif)
I only know the DE is "Downgrade Enable" and the other 3 are MK images, but not sure of the exact differences.
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I only know the DE is "Downgrade Enable" and the other 3 are MK images, but not sure of the exact differences.
Re: BU40N - Which firmware is best?
Well, everything is working now so I’m happy. If anyone knows what the other versions do and if I should use one, please let me know. I know I saw the N version mentioned in another thread, but again, I wasn’t sure about which one.
Re: BU40N - Which firmware is best?
From the original thread announcing the MK FWs... "there are three different BU40 models - Taiwan, USA and Europe. If unsure, do not flash, and wait for LibreDrive flasher app to be released." As to which is which, I recall it being discussed in a different thread. Feel free to search if you just gotta know.
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Re: BU40N - Which firmware is best?
Yeah found that info ![Smile :-)](./images/smilies/icon_smile.gif)
I used the MK image with the same SDF number as the one on my drive: R.
The flasher app never actually finished and hung at around 90%. The drive wouldn't recognise any discs, so I thought I'd bricked it
Disconnected and reconnected and all ok, with the new FW on it![Very Happy :D](./images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif)
![Smile :-)](./images/smilies/icon_smile.gif)
I used the MK image with the same SDF number as the one on my drive: R.
The flasher app never actually finished and hung at around 90%. The drive wouldn't recognise any discs, so I thought I'd bricked it
![Mad :x](./images/smilies/icon_mad.gif)
Disconnected and reconnected and all ok, with the new FW on it
![Very Happy :D](./images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif)
Re: BU40N - Which firmware is best?
Just started using this external UHD drive - I can get through UHD discs just fine; however, I have noticed that there are spin down pauses at times during the process where the drive seems to go dormant, only to start back up seemingly at random. As noted, the process seems to never actually fail, but I'm not seeing consistent throughput from start to finish with firmware version 1.00. Read speeds reach 6.0X when the drive is active, so when the drive is running, it's running well. Is there something obvious I'm missing here? The only qualifier to note here is that I'm ripping direct to my QNAP TS-453 Pro NAS on my network. With that said, I was using a Pioneer BDR-XD05S to take care of standard blu-ray discs prior to acquiring this Archgon external - throughput was a consistent (albeit meager) 2.0X with no dormant stretches in read.
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Re: BU40N - Which firmware is best?
They usually slow right down on layer changes.d22901 wrote: ↑Mon Jul 15, 2019 11:02 pmJust started using this external UHD drive - I can get through UHD discs just fine; however, I have noticed that there are spin down pauses at times during the process where the drive seems to go dormant, only to start back up seemingly at random. As noted, the process seems to never actually fail, but I'm not seeing consistent throughput from start to finish with firmware version 1.00. Read speeds reach 6.0X when the drive is active, so when the drive is running, it's running well. Is there something obvious I'm missing here? The only qualifier to note here is that I'm ripping direct to my QNAP TS-453 Pro NAS on my network. With that said, I was using a Pioneer BDR-XD05S to take care of standard blu-ray discs prior to acquiring this Archgon external - throughput was a consistent (albeit meager) 2.0X with no dormant stretches in read.
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Re: BU40N - Which firmware is best?
Thanks for the follow-up. Will consider this behavior normal in that case. My Pioneer drive not exhibiting this behavior made me pause.MartyMcNuts wrote: ↑Tue Jul 16, 2019 5:15 amThey usually slow right down on layer changes.d22901 wrote: ↑Mon Jul 15, 2019 11:02 pmJust started using this external UHD drive - I can get through UHD discs just fine; however, I have noticed that there are spin down pauses at times during the process where the drive seems to go dormant, only to start back up seemingly at random. As noted, the process seems to never actually fail, but I'm not seeing consistent throughput from start to finish with firmware version 1.00. Read speeds reach 6.0X when the drive is active, so when the drive is running, it's running well. Is there something obvious I'm missing here? The only qualifier to note here is that I'm ripping direct to my QNAP TS-453 Pro NAS on my network. With that said, I was using a Pioneer BDR-XD05S to take care of standard blu-ray discs prior to acquiring this Archgon external - throughput was a consistent (albeit meager) 2.0X with no dormant stretches in read.
Re: BU40N - Which firmware is best?
I should have qualified my original post by indicating that these spin-downs can last several minutes prior to resuming the rip.
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Re: BU40N - Which firmware is best?
That's ok. It happens but they eventually pick up speed again.
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Re: BU40N - Which firmware is best?
Indeed - the drive always seems to resume on 1.00 (eventually). Just seems to randomly stall many times during each rip. For instance, I'm at 2 hours and 38 minutes on a 4k rip of Avengers-Age of Ultron with still a little more time to complete. But when the drive is actually active, at 6.0X, this ~55 GB rip would be done in around 45 minutes or so (maybe even less) if it consistently read the entire time. I wonder if the MK version of 1.03 would modify this behavior in any way?MartyMcNuts wrote: ↑Thu Jul 18, 2019 12:54 amThat's ok. It happens but they eventually pick up speed again.