OWC Mercury Pro Enclosure + BDR-S13JX Issue ?

[zirch]

Hello,

I originally had a Vantec NexStar DX with a PIONEER BDR-212T, but after seeing posts about those enclosures possibly killing drives—and recommendations to use the OWC Mercury Pro, I switched. I modified the tabs so drive would fit, and my 212T has worked fine in the OWC

I recently got a BDR-S13JX. After swapping it into the same OWC enclosure, MakeMKV throws errors on start and when reading a disc. MakeMKV is current and using the latest SDF. I’ve tried power-cycling and rebooting.

Since the enclosure was recommended here and worked with my 212T, I was skeptical it was the issue, but to be thorough I pulled the S13JX out and tested it with a SATA-to-USB adapter, and it worked fine.

Full failing log (OWC enclosure + S13JX): MakeMKV_log.txt

Failing S13JX Drive:

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Drive Information
OS device name: D: 
Current profile: BD-ROM 
Manufacturer: PIONEER 
Product: BD-RW BDR-S13JX 
Revision: 1.04 
Serial number: 
Firmware date: 2022-12-12 
Bus encryption flags: 1B 
Highest AACS version: 61
 
LibreDrive Information 
Status: Enabled 
Drive platform: RS9201 
Firmware name: PIONEER BDR-213T 
Firmware type: Original (unpatched) 
Firmware version: 1.04/ID72 
DVD all regions: Yes 
BD raw data read: Yes 
BD raw metadata read: Yes 
Unrestricted read speed: Yes 

Disc Information 
Label: PREDATOR 
Timestamp: 2018-05-16 15:18:43 
Protection: AACS2.0/C v61 
Data capacity: 59.57 Gb 
Disc type: BD-ROM UHD 
Number of layers: 2 
Bus encryption flags: 80

Working 212T Drive:

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Drive Information
OS device name: D:
Current profile: BD-ROM
Manufacturer: PIONEER
Product: BD-RW BDR-S12JX
Revision: 1.01
Serial number: 
Firmware date: 2020-07-21
Bus encryption flags: 1B
Highest AACS version: 61

LibreDrive Information
Status: Enabled
Drive platform: RS8F01
Firmware name: PIONEER BDR-212T
Firmware type: Original (unpatched)
Firmware version: 1.01/ID72
DVD all regions: Yes
BD raw data read: Yes
BD raw metadata read: Yes
Unrestricted read speed: Yes

Disc Information
Label: PREDATOR
Timestamp: 2018-05-16 15:18:43
Protection: AACS2.0/C v61
Data capacity: 59.57 Gb
Disc type: BD-ROM UHD
Number of layers: 2
Bus encryption flags: 80

Am I missing something or is there something I need to do to have this enclosure working with the S13JX.
Thanks

[zirch]

Since posting I have tried:

Different USB cables, ports, and a hub
Disabling selective suspend/UASP power mgmt
Power supply (BDR-S13UBK 12V3A)
Running in Linux

No change.

I did also swap the drive into the BDR-S13UBK enclosure and it seems to work fine there - so definitely seems to be an isolated OWC + S13JX issue.

Does anyone else have this combination?
Is this a defective unit or will it be the same if I get it replaced?

[MartyMcNuts]

Since posting I have tried:

Different USB cables, ports, and a hub
Disabling selective suspend/UASP power mgmt
Power supply (BDR-S13UBK 12V3A)
Running in Linux

No change.

I did also swap the drive into the BDR-S13UBK enclosure and it seems to work fine there - so definitely seems to be an isolated OWC + S13JX issue.

Does anyone else have this combination?
Is this a defective unit or will it be the same if I get it replaced?

Are you sure the OWC enclosure isn't a dud?

[zirch]

I’m not sure — I didn't think so, since it works fine with two different BDR-212T drives. I wasn't going to attempt an RMA if the replacement was going to behave the same, leading to me asking if anyone here has this exact combo working.

I did contact OWC support and they asked me to run their diagnostic tool, but it collects an extreme amount of unrelated system/personal data that I didn't want to share, so I asked them which specific parts they needed and I would provide them with that instead. Waiting on their reply.

[Billycar11]

i have had many s13ux/jx work fine in owc case but they were on 1.03
i think this is a libredrive issue on 1.04 i would have mike look at this