Verbatim Ultra HD 4K (43888) - available but not starting

[mactore]

I just got my Verbatim 43888 yesterday and it got recognized by my Mac running Sonoma and the latest MakeMKV. Popped in the first Blu-Ray and it choked. Unplugged and re-attached = no booting. I can see it in my USB Device Tree, but it looks dead. I have been searching high and low on how to wake it up, but no luck so far. Anybody much better than me knowing a fix to this?

Info from System Info:

Verbatim 4K BD RW:

Product ID: 0x0428
Vendor ID: 0x18a5
Version: 1.cd
Serial Number: XXXXXXXXXX
Speed: Up to 5 Gb/s
Manufacturer: Verbatim
Location ID: 0x01210000 / 10
Current Available (mA): 900
Current Required (mA): 8
Extra Operating Current (mA): 0

[thebman]

Hi there,
nearly same problem with my Verbatim 43888 plugged in at new MacBook Air M2 2023, started Makemkv, opening a DVD, got stuck while opening for minutes. Plugged out the drive after not responding. Thereafter the drive is not responding anymore when plugged to a MacBook Air or Pro, Lenovo or Dell Notebook. The drive is dead.

Any suggestions?
Thanx!