Bought a drive, so many problems.

[el_Cheffe]

I bought a drive from a recommended seller on these forums. I have no suspicion of malice, but I'm not sure If I have a bum drive, bad discs, or bad luck. it's an LG . Seller has been responsive, but I'm new to ripping 4ks (no issues before with blus and DVDs).

Initially, everything failed, 4ks and standard blue, on my main desktop PC with this drive (all Macs, if that matters). I tried a new cable and have had a few successful rips.

Since, I would say my success rate is around 40%. I do my best to polish with a microfibre eyeglass cloth, although I haven't tried chemicals. I get MT2S hash checks error, typically. Every time I get optimistic that maybe it will perform better, I get a stream of failures that is sapping my soul.

This is the drive info.

Any advice is welcome.

[MartyMcNuts]

I bought a drive from a recommended seller on these forums. I have no suspicion of malice, but I'm not sure If I have a bum drive, bad discs, or bad luck. it's an LG . Seller has been responsive, but I'm new to ripping 4ks (no issues before with blus and DVDs).

Initially, everything failed, 4ks and standard blue, on my main desktop PC with this drive (all Macs, if that matters). I tried a new cable and have had a few successful rips.

Since, I would say my success rate is around 40%. I do my best to polish with a microfibre eyeglass cloth, although I haven't tried chemicals. I get MT2S hash checks error, typically. Every time I get optimistic that maybe it will perform better, I get a stream of failures that is sapping my soul.

This is the drive info.

Any advice is welcome.

It's possible your Mac's ports may not be providing enough constant power. It might be an idea to try a USB hub with it's own power supply.