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Interesting, I am using an LG BU40N Slim internal laptop drive which is connected via the default sata port on my Dell E6430S.

I have cleaned the disc even more since I made the original post. Earlier this year I found a Scotch CD Radial Cleaner that fully functions, and today I tried cleaning the disc with that, twice, without success. I do not have error logs turned on for the version of MakeMKV I was attempting to rip th...

Sorry for the late reply. The disc doesn't fail to rip straight away. MakeMKV starts reading the disc normally then climbs to huge hour time estimates (like 12+ hours) then gives a lot of read errors. The store I ordered the disc from told me that every one of their discs for that particular movie w...

I finally got to use the LG BU40N drive, and it works great. Even though the flashing guide says in order to enable the drive's ability to rip 4ks it must be flashed, my particular drive I ordered from eBay had 100% functionality out of the box with the unpatched firmware. I am not sure if this is a...

Thanks for the advice. I cleaned the disc with a microfiber cloth first by just wiping off the surface, but that didn't seem to do anything. After the microfiber cloth, I decided to try using a cotton ball soaked with isopropyl alcohol which didn't change anything either. I am almost certain the dis...

Thanks, should I try cleaning the disc with a clean microfiber cloth or the same isopropyl alcohol I cleaned the lasers with?

I didn't clean the disc considering it is brand new and reads properly in VLC. I cleaned my LG BU40N's lasers by rubbing a Q-tip with 70% isopropyl alcohol on it.

As the title says, MakeMKV won't rip my Spider-Man (2002) disc and keeps giving read errors. I have ripped Spider-Man into the Spider-Verse on 4k bluray, and many DVD's as well as at least 5 Blu-rays, with MakeMKV without any problems. I don't think the disc is flawed, because it plays in VLC with M...

Great. Thanks for the replies, I will keep you posted for when I get the drive sometime soon.

Ok, great. So now, the only thing I don't know is if the SATA port on the Dell laptop work for flashing or not. We do know that the drive will likely fit, but not if the SATA port is compatible with flashing. Is there any way to know for certain if that port will work without having to test it out b...

Thanks for the instructions. Attached are 2 images from an Amazon listing of the replacement drive for reference and a section of the Dell Latitude E6430 owner's manual that contains information on the original DVD drive is linked below. In the owner's manual, pages 20-22 are the only pages that may...

Thank you for the recommendations. I discovered today that my old Dell E6430S laptop works flawlessly for ripping normal Blu-rays over a USB drive. This information has made me think that my old laptop would be able to also work well with the LG BU40N slim drive for UHD discs. The only question I ha...

Thanks for mentioning that. I don't think I'd ever fully read that flashing forum post until now, so I didn't know that some converters aren't compatible with flashing. I see the easiest adapters to get your hands on are the Alxum brand converter and the Unitek adapter, but is there some way to tell...

Thank you for the recommendation. I have done some research and found that the Verbatim 43888 is roughly $130 on Amazon (US) and an LG BU40N is roughly $85 on Amazon, but can be bought on ebay for around $50. I do have access to an old, Dell Latitude E6430s computer with a slim drive port that seems...

I have been shopping on and off for a UHD drive for quite a while now, and I would like to know what the cheapest drive is for ripping discs that is verified to work. I don't mind to flash them myself as I have some experience with modifying devices. I would also prefer it be an external, USB type d...