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Just buy a high powered USB hub if your computers USB ports are not able to supply enough. https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B00VDVCQ84/ref=ox_sc_saved_title_9?smid=A294P4X9EWVXLJ&psc=1 I've got plenty of power, the drive is just not working properly. It doesn't get power unless I push really...

I bought a UHD ultra slim drive that was pre-flashed but it's giving me power issues and I want to see what's out there in terms of drives pre-flashed, and ready to go.

Are there any resources or suggestions for buying a new external drive?

Woah, I totally did not know that, thank you both for explaining.

Should I just blow into it? Canned air?

How could dust/dirt affect solely ripping and not playing?

I have an Archgon Ultra Slim Optical Drive UHD. I had flashed it a few months back and it was ripping things fine. Then one day it started giving me failures when ripping (DVD's even) yet still can play DVD's through the Mac's built in DVD player. Part of me wants to toss it but at the same time I'm...