UHD Drive Tool UHD Newbie: Setting Up

[Madness]

OK, I have two drives in my main PC: an Asus BC-12B1ST b & a BW-16D1HT (no suffix). Running the drive tool (purchased) shows that the former has firmware 1.00 & can't be downgraded (I'll have to pull it to see what the manufacture date is); it also won't read UHD discs. The latter, however, will read & is currently at firmware 3.02. The tool offers me the choice to downgrade to either 3.00 or 3.01. Which would be recommended?

[steavedaguru]

3.10mk

[Madness]

I don't have the option for a 3.10; did you mean 3.01?

[steavedaguru]

nope i mean 3.10 mk look it up
has a Signiant amount of fixes in it from LG the people who make the asus drive

[Madness]

OK, I found the version & upgraded my drive. And was able to do a full-disc UHD test rip. The FW zip also included a version for the BC-12B1ST b, but unless there another way to tell, I'll need to pull it and see if it's a 2015+ model.

Also, backup options: For triple-layered originals, Main Movie burned to a BDR-50? Reasons I'm assuming: 1) my Sony UBP-X800M2 player's manual states that it won't play BDXL discs; 2) even if it could, these are still quite expensive.

[Madness]

Update: After flashing the drive to 3.10mk, both Fab & PassKey keep complaining (on startup) that my drive is not "backup-friendly."

[steavedaguru]

but yet it works
they just have some firmwares blacklisted they dont know it has been reenabled and is better

[Mona]

Update: After flashing the drive to 3.10mk, both Fab & PassKey keep complaining (on startup) that my drive is not "backup-friendly."

Hello, sorry for the trouble, please send us the Passkey log file and the dvdfab_internal log file from DVDFab 12 for troubleshooting.

[Madness]

Here ya go....

[Mona]

File received. I've passed it to the developer.

[Madness]

Has there been any update on the log file? If not, I'm still pondering backup media options. Now, I did succeed in getting Fab to do a Full-Disc rip, of a triple-layer disc, in my BW-16D1HT (end result of about 96GB). So, I thought I might, at least, grab a BD-XL for a test. That is, until I saw the price of about $18US/each. That's more than I payed for the original movie! But then again, my brand-new Sony 4K deck's manual states that it doesn't play BD-XL (do any?). However, I picked up a small spindle of BD-R DL (still not entirely cheap) for some tryouts.

[Mona]

Update: After flashing the drive to 3.10mk, both Fab & PassKey keep complaining (on startup) that my drive is not "backup-friendly."

The 3.10mk version is not supported by DVDFab.

[Madness]

OK, I only took the advice of that other fella who suggested it. Should I downgrade to 3.00 or 3.01?

[Mona]

Please downgrade it to 3.00. Thanks.