IPC Error

[mm8718]

Hi Team

Recently i started getting IPC errors on most discs i have been trying to copy. It could be my drive but i hope not. Up until a few weeks ago all was great.

Has there been a change on the MacOS side? I run this drive BD-RE PIONEER BD-RW BDR-S12U 1.01 BBDL006310WLd on a powered OWC external enclosure and i have not had any issues with it.

MacOS is latest Sonoma 14.5 and running on an M2 Pro Mac Mini.

The MacMini is set to not sleep. Hopefully i dont need a new drive as this one was very expensive here in the UK if i can still get it that is. It is 4k capable from the factory so no need to patch it or anything.

I should add the MacOS itself looses the drive as well and i need to restart it to see it again - so it would imply a power issue https://www.makemkv.com/errors/ipc/
Thoughts?

[Billycar11]

try replacing the power supply on the owc make sure its a high quality 12 volt replacement with 3amps or more

[mm8718]

try replacing the power supply on the owc make sure its a high quality 12 volt replacement with 3amps or more

I did exactly that as i was using a third party power supply, rated the same as the original. Plugged in the original, same issue. It has been fine since January. I only replaced the power supply as it was making a whining noise (working but noisy). So it seems neither the third party or first party power supply is good enough. I will try to run it on my windows laptop and see if it makes a difference

[mm8718]

Even Windows is giving me a timeout error so at least we know its not the OS

Could it be:
The Drive
The Enclosure?
The Power supply (tried 2 already)
The Discs? They are all 4k versions of James Bond films

Here's the windows errors:

Saving 1 titles into directory C:/Video/OCTOPUSSY
Error 'Scsi error - HARDWARE ERROR:441E' occurred while reading '/BDMV/STREAM/00882.m2ts' at offset '1834745856'
Error 'OS error - {Device Timeout} The specified I/O operation on hs was not completed before the time-out period expired' occurred while reading '/BDMV/STREAM/00882.m2ts' at offset '1834874880'
Error 'Internal error - Operation result is incorrect (78)' occurred while reading '\Device\CdRom0' at offset '1834874880'
Error 'OS error - {Device Timeout} The specified I/O operation on hs was not completed before the time-out period expired' occurred while reading '\Device\CdRom0' at offset '1834874880'

[mm8718]

Hi - for future reference and as a follow up, i am begginign to think it is a failed drive in my case. I replaced my OWC enclosure with the latest Vantec NexStar DX2 and the drive still gives me read errors and medium errors on a different disc entirely.

Billycar11

, it would appear i am in the market for a new drive. Sadly you can no longer purchase the BD-RW BDR-S12U over here in the UK, at least nowhere i can easily order it so looking to buy from asmcom. Let me know of any other reasonable options for UK buyers if any UK person is reading this. I can easily get theBDR-213EBK but i dont think it will work!

Thanks all

[Billycar11]

Hi - for future reference and as a follow up, i am begginign to think it is a failed drive in my case. I replaced my OWC enclosure with the latest Vantec NexStar DX2 and the drive still gives me read errors and medium errors on a different disc entirely.

Billycar11

, it would appear i am in the market for a new drive. Sadly you can no longer purchase the BD-RW BDR-S12U over here in the UK, at least nowhere i can easily order it so looking to buy from asmcom. Let me know of any other reasonable options for UK buyers if any UK person is reading this. I can easily get theBDR-213EBK but i dont think it will work!

Thanks all

I hear Asmcom Is coming back soon he is UK and has the new pioneers

[mm8718]

Hi - for future reference and as a follow up, i am begginign to think it is a failed drive in my case. I replaced my OWC enclosure with the latest Vantec NexStar DX2 and the drive still gives me read errors and medium errors on a different disc entirely.

Billycar11

, it would appear i am in the market for a new drive. Sadly you can no longer purchase the BD-RW BDR-S12U over here in the UK, at least nowhere i can easily order it so looking to buy from asmcom. Let me know of any other reasonable options for UK buyers if any UK person is reading this. I can easily get theBDR-213EBK but i dont think it will work!

Thanks all

I hear Asmcom Is coming back soon he is UK and has the new pioneers

Thanks Billy

I since went ahead and purchased the 43888 Verbatim which has a BDR UD04 in it but i am having no luck either - just posted a new topic a minute ago. Will try a few more discs and see what happens but i seem to be very unlucky.

I reached out to Asmcom earlier in the week and hope he can back and feeling better.

[Coopervid]

Wash your discs with warm water and liquid soap.

The 43888 is very power hungry. Make sure it gets enough.

Buy a laser cleaning CD for your S12 and clean the laser lens.