UHD Drive Tool Buffalo Drive (BU10 FW)

[akadennis]

Hello, I currently have the Buffalo Drive with FW BU10. I ran the the UHD Drive tool and I have 2 options for UHD Compatible Firmware, BU10-00 and BU10-01. Which one of these should I choose to downgrade the firmware? Or is the one I already have (BU10) ok? It works most of the time but lately I been getting a lot of read errors.

[october262]

Hello, I currently have the Buffalo Drive with FW BU10. I ran the the UHD Drive tool and I have 2 options for UHD Compatible Firmware, BU10-00 and BU10-01. Which one of these should I choose to downgrade the firmware? Or is the one I already have (BU10) ok? It works most of the time but lately I been getting a lot of read errors.

here it says BU10 - https://www.dvdfab.cn/manual/uhd-cop...ted-uhd-drives
read errors can be either a dirty, scratched or a defective disc or the the drives laser may be dying.

[akadennis]

here it says BU10 - https://www.dvdfab.cn/manual/uhd-cop...ted-uhd-drives
read errors can be either a dirty, scratched or a defective disc or the the drives laser may be dying.

thanks for the reply. the disc is new and doesn't have a mark on it. It's probably the laser like you said. I do get more read errors with 4K Blu Rays, hardly never with regular Blu Rays. Do you know how long the laser should last? The drive is not quite 3 years old.

[october262]

thanks for the reply. the disc is new and doesn't have a mark on it. It's probably the laser like you said. I do get more read errors with 4K Blu Rays, hardly never with regular Blu Rays. Do you know how long the laser should last? The drive is not quite 3 years old.

it should last a long time, have you tried using a laser lens cleaner ??

[akadennis]

it should last a long time, have you tried using a laser lens cleaner ??

no, do you recommend one I should use?

[october262]

no, do you recommend one I should use?

any lens cleaner should work.

[Rich86]

my personal experience and opinion . . no guarantees . .

when I think the lens in my drive (or optical disk player) may be a problem, I use a new q-tip soaked in denatured alcohol to wipe the lens and area clean. - then I use a can of compressed air to ensure the alcohol has been dried off.
More likely is the disc . . I use my old discwasher disc cleaner to clean the disc and then try again . .

[akadennis]

my personal experience and opinion . . no guarantees . .

when I think the lens in my drive (or optical disk player) may be a problem, I use a new q-tip soaked in denatured alcohol to wipe the lens and area clean. - then I use a can of compressed air to ensure the alcohol has been dried off.
More likely is the disc . . I use my old discwasher disc cleaner to clean the disc and then try again . .

thank you both. this worked. 3rd time was the charm.

[akadennis]

Hello, so I bought another drive. This one has BU13. So i'm back to my original question. I ran the the UHD Drive tool and I have 2 options for UHD Compatible Firmware, BU10-00 and BU10-01. Which one of these should I choose to downgrade the firmware?

[akadennis]

Hello, so I bought another drive. This one has BU13. So i'm back to my original question. I ran the the UHD Drive tool and I have 2 options for UHD Compatible Firmware, BU10-00 and BU10-01. Which one of these should I choose to downgrade the firmware?

Anyone know the answer to this? I don't want to pick the wrong one, or maybe either one will work. I don't know.

[Mona]

Anyone know the answer to this? I don't want to pick the wrong one, or maybe either one will work. I don't know.

Either one should work, you may try BU10-01 first.

[akadennis]

Either one should work, you may try BU10-01 first.

How long is it suppose to take? I tried BU10.01 like you said. It started to do it. Half way through and it appears to be stuck. Log file below.

UHD Drive Tool 2.1.0.1(2021/11/04 04:45:00) x64

2021.11.04-04:45:00: Init CrashReportSettings: enabled.
2021.11.04-04:45:00: Set backup path: D:\Temp\UHD_Drive_Tool\.
2021.11.04-04:45:00: SetAcccountInfo success!!
2021.11.04-04:45:00: SetUserTokenInfo success!!
2021.11.04-04:45:01: Clear Drive List.
2021.11.04-04:45:01: Tool internal v=4
2021.11.04-04:45:01: Initial Drive List.
2021.11.04-04:45:01: Run As Admin.
2021.11.04-04:45:01: get mask of logical drives
2021.11.04-04:45:01: UHD Drive Tool 2.1.0.1 started!
2021.11.04-04:45:01: Registered User: Feature enabled.
2021.11.04-04:45:01: Microsoft Windows 10 Professional x86_64 Edition (10.0.19043)
2021.11.04-04:45:01: Searching for SCSI / ATAPI devices......
2021.11.04-04:45:01: DiEnum Device Info.
2021.11.04-04:45:01: DiEnum Device Info end.
2021.11.04-04:45:01: check drive type.
2021.11.04-04:45:01: get drive list num = 4.
2021.11.04-04:45:01: Open Drive Type = 0
2021.11.04-04:45:01: Open Drive 1 OK.
2021.11.04-04:45:01: Read Drive Firmware.
2021.11.04-04:45:01: Read Ioctl info.
2021.11.04-04:45:01: Drive Lities = 3.
2021.11.04-04:45:01: get drive list end.
2021.11.04-04:45:01: Sata mode: E, N/A.
2021.11.04-04:45:01: Get Firmware List
2021.11.04-04:45:01: request Firmware List
2021.11.04-04:45:01: -> Drive 1 - E:[BUFFALO Optical Drive]
2021.11.04-04:45:01: Firmware:HL-DT-ST|BD-RE BU40N |BU3
2021.11.04-04:45:01: request Firmware List Ok
2021.11.04-04:45:01: Got Firmware
2021.11.04-04:45:01: Got Firmware
2021.11.04-04:45:01: Got Firmware HL-DT-ST-BD-RE BU40N -BU10
2021.11.04-04:45:01: Got Firmware
2021.11.04-04:45:01: Got Firmware
2021.11.04-04:45:01: Got Firmware HL-DT-ST-BD-RE BU40N -BU10
2021.11.04-04:45:01: Got Firmware Count = 2
2021.11.04-04:45:01: Init firmware list success
2021.11.04-04:45:01: Found 1 BD-ROM/HD DVD-ROMs!
2021.11.04-04:45:01: -> Drive 1 - E:[BUFFALO Optical Drive] is selected! fw BU13
2021.11.04-04:45:01: Accessing the firmware information successfully! fw BU10-00, BU10-01
2021.11.04-04:45:01: fw BU10-00 is selected!
2021.11.04-04:45:01: Wait to click Downgrade Firmware button.
2021.11.04-04:45:11: fw BU10-01 is selected!
2021.11.04-04:45:27: Start Downgrading
2021.11.04-04:45:27: Close Drive.
2021.11.04-04:45:27: Downloading firmware, please wait......
2021.11.04-04:45:30: MOD v = 2
2021.11.04-04:45:30: Download Firmware end.
2021.11.04-04:45:30: Firmware downloaded successfully!
2021.11.04-04:45:30: Flashing firmware, please wait......<a style='color: #f74444;'> DO NOT POWER OFF!</a>
2021.11.04-04:45:31: Crypto policy: encrypting... (default)

[akadennis]

it's been 15 minutes and nothing

[akadennis]

ok so I killed the process and did it again, this time I left it at BU10-00. This appears to have worked. it's probably best to choose the one that is first selected for you, which in this case it was the BU10-00. The BU10-01 is just another option that I had to select after the 00 one was already selected.