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Is this drive suitable for flashing? It's Verbatim (Pioneer inside).

Drive Information
OS device name: H:
Current profile: BD-ROM
Manufacturer: PIONEER
Product: BD-RW BDR-UD03
Revision: 1.14
Serial number:
Firmware date: 2020-06-15
Bus encryption flags: 1B
Highest AACS version: 66

LibreDrive Information
Status: Enabled
Drive platform: RS8511
Firmware name: PIONEER BDR-US03
Firmware type: Original (unpatched)
Firmware version: 1.14
DVD all regions: Yes
BD raw data read: Yes
BD raw metadata read: Yes
Unrestricted read speed: Yes

Wonsz wrote: Sat May 03, 2025 10:53 pm Is this drive suitable for flashing? It's Verbatim (Pioneer inside).

Drive Information
OS device name: H:
Current profile: BD-ROM
Manufacturer: PIONEER
Product: BD-RW BDR-UD03
Revision: 1.14
Serial number:
Firmware date: 2020-06-15
Bus encryption flags: 1B
Highest AACS version: 66

LibreDrive Information
Status: Enabled
Drive platform: RS8511
Firmware name: PIONEER BDR-US03
Firmware type: Original (unpatched)
Firmware version: 1.14
DVD all regions: Yes
BD raw data read: Yes
BD raw metadata read: Yes
Unrestricted read speed: Yes

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I am also interested as I have this drive as well. Thanks!

jeramie wrote: Mon May 05, 2025 2:48 pm I am also interested as I have this drive as well. Thanks!

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Drive Information
OS device name: G:
Manufacturer: PIONEER
Product: BD-RW BDR-UD03
Revision: 1.14
Serial number: 
Firmware date: 2020-06-15
Bus encryption flags: 1B
Highest AACS version: 81

LibreDrive Information
Status: Enabled
Drive platform: RS8511
Firmware name: PIONEER BDR-US03
Firmware type: Original (unpatched)
Firmware version: 1.14
DVD all regions: Yes
BD raw data read: Yes
BD raw metadata read: Yes
Unrestricted read speed: Yes

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Hello, I'm facing an issue with my external Verbatim (Pioneer BD-RW BDR-UD03) device. Haven't been using it all that much, watched several BD movies, the last use was a few months ago, and now it just says "no disc inserted" (tried audio CDs, data DVDs, BDs, nothing can get read anymore).

Any chance to flash it or do whatever magic to get it to work once again? The unit was never dropped or in any way mechanically damaged that would prevent it from functioning properly. When the disc is inserted, the LED lits up for a second or two and then goes away.

Help will be appreciated, thanks.

V____ wrote: Mon May 05, 2025 8:50 pm Hello, I'm facing an issue with my external Verbatim (Pioneer BD-RW BDR-UD03) device. Haven't been using it all that much, watched several BD movies, the last use was a few months ago, and now it just says "no disc inserted" (tried audio CDs, data DVDs, BDs, nothing can get read anymore).

Any chance to flash it or do whatever magic to get it to work once again? The unit was never dropped or in any way mechanically damaged that would prevent it from functioning properly. When the disc is inserted, the LED lits up for a second or two and then goes away.

Help will be appreciated, thanks.

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Nero InfoTool 5.3.3.0

Drive Information
------------------
Drive                      : PIONEER  BD-RW   BDR-UD03
Type                       : Blu-ray Rewriter DL
Firmware Version           : 1.10
Buffer Size                : 4000 KB
Date                       :  17-04-18
Serial Number              : ...
Vendor Specific            :   17/04/18  PIONEER  
Drive Letter               : Z:\
Location                   : 0:0
Mechanism                  : Tray
Read Speed                 :  n/a
Write Speed                :  n/a


Region Protection Control  : RPC II
Region                     : none
Changes User               : 5
Changes Vendor             : 4

Flashing it won't magically make it start working again...

You could start by cleaning the lasers and see if that helps.

Tried it, both with QTips and a cleaning CD, no improvement. Is there some kind of software available that could test whether the head can actually move by itself or how to figure out what is actually wrong with the device?

V____ wrote: Tue May 06, 2025 5:56 pm Tried it, both with QTips and a cleaning CD, no improvement. Is there some kind of software available that could test whether the head can actually move by itself or how to figure out what is actually wrong with the device?

No, not that I know of.

V____ wrote: Mon May 05, 2025 8:50 pm Hello, I'm facing an issue with my external Verbatim (Pioneer BD-RW BDR-UD03) device. Haven't been using it all that much, watched several BD movies, the last use was a few months ago, and now it just says "no disc inserted" (tried audio CDs, data DVDs, BDs, nothing can get read anymore).

Any chance to flash it or do whatever magic to get it to work once again? The unit was never dropped or in any way mechanically damaged that would prevent it from functioning properly. When the disc is inserted, the LED lits up for a second or two and then goes away.

Help will be appreciated, thanks.

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Nero InfoTool 5.3.3.0

Drive Information
------------------
Drive                      : PIONEER  BD-RW   BDR-UD03
Type                       : Blu-ray Rewriter DL
Firmware Version           : 1.10
Buffer Size                : 4000 KB
Date                       :  17-04-18
Serial Number              : ...
Vendor Specific            :   17/04/18  PIONEER  
Drive Letter               : Z:\
Location                   : 0:0
Mechanism                  : Tray
Read Speed                 :  n/a
Write Speed                :  n/a


Region Protection Control  : RPC II
Region                     : none
Changes User               : 5
Changes Vendor             : 4

The main reason for Verbatims going bad is the enclosure electronics. You could try to get it out and check with a mini SATA adapter on a desktop PC. If it works the next step could be buying a new enclosure for it or using a USB -> SATA adapter w/o a housing.

Actually tried that as well. Here's how it went down - I purchased the external Verbatim (inside is of course Pioneer), used it several times as an external, and then figured it is easier if I install it in my notebook drive bay. Plug & play, worked without issues. I've since switched to a notebook that doesn't have an ODD bay anymore, purchased an external ICY BOX enclosure (USB-C), inserted the Pioneer DVD inside, and it is properly recognised as a device, however it just won't read any discs. I've tried to put the DVD unit back into its previous notebook, and nope, it didn't decide it likes it better there, still no joy with it.

I just want to figure out if there is anything that could help, before discarding a DVD unit that had maybe 20-30 hours of play time at most since purchased new, with several burned CD/DVDs, and that's all, don't see how the lasers could fail, since they haven't even been run-in properly.

I've figured out that the head actually moves (if I manually pull it back, once it attempts to read the placed media, it retracts back to its default starting position, close to the center).

Thanks for the efforts.

Was wondering if it's possible to flash this to read UHD?

Drive Information
Manufacturer: PIONEER
Product: BD-RW BDR-UD03
Revision: 1.14
Serial number:
Firmware date: 2020-06-15
Bus encryption flags: 1B
Highest AACS version: 56

LibreDrive Information
Status: Enabled
Drive platform: RS8511
Firmware name: PIONEER BDR-US03
Firmware type: Original (unpatched)
Firmware version: 1.14
DVD all regions: Yes
BD raw data read: Yes
BD raw metadata read: Yes
Unrestricted read speed: Yes

mkfantastico wrote: Wed May 07, 2025 8:03 pm Was wondering if it's possible to flash this to read UHD?

Drive Information
Manufacturer: PIONEER
Product: BD-RW BDR-UD03
Revision: 1.14
Serial number:
Firmware date: 2020-06-15
Bus encryption flags: 1B
Highest AACS version: 56

LibreDrive Information
Status: Enabled
Drive platform: RS8511
Firmware name: PIONEER BDR-US03
Firmware type: Original (unpatched)
Firmware version: 1.14
DVD all regions: Yes
BD raw data read: Yes
BD raw metadata read: Yes
Unrestricted read speed: Yes

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I've got one of these fellas, some assistance and potentially firmware would be much appreciated

Hi y'all

Just bought a Verbatim USB3.1 Type-C Drive 43890
Does anyone know how to flash the drive so it can read UHD?

Drive Information
OS device name: H:
Manufacturer: PIONEER
Product: BD-RW BDR-UD03
Revision: 1.14
Serial number: CIDL505149WL
Firmware date: 2020-06-15
Bus encryption flags: 1B
Highest AACS version: 77

LibreDrive Information
Status: Enabled
Drive platform: RS8511
Firmware name: PIONEER BDR-US03
Firmware type: Original (unpatched)
Firmware version: 1.14
DVD all regions: Yes
BD raw data read: Yes
BD raw metadata read: Yes
Unrestricted read speed: Yes

If possible, I would like to flash my drive as well. Thanks in advance.