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by MacTroy
Fri Mar 06, 2026 5:16 pm
Forum: UHD drives
Topic: A FIX: LG WH14NS and WH16NS (soldering required)
Replies: 5
Views: 2619

Re: A FIX: LG WH14NS and WH16NS (soldering required)

It's honestly crazy to me that the design of this is such that those six little wires, each barely thicker than a human hair, are not only providing the critical electrical connections to the lasers but seem to be providing all the structural support for the head as well. Not sure how they don't jus...
by MacTroy
Fri Mar 06, 2026 3:18 am
Forum: UHD drives
Topic: A FIX: LG WH14NS and WH16NS (soldering required)
Replies: 5
Views: 2619

Re: A FIX: LG WH14NS and WH16NS (soldering required)

Made an account here just so I could thank you for this. My WH16NS40 in a Mercury Pro enclosure was dead today when I went to use it for the first time in a couple months. Lights blink, disk spins up a for a second or two, then stops; does that three times, then spits the disk out. I bought the driv...