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My trusty Asus BW-16D1HT seems to long longer read or load any disks. It just spins for a while - sometimes making a few weird noises, then gives up (says there is no disk). I tried this with two different UHD and one BD.

Prior to this recent issue -- it loaded BDs and UHDs flawlessly. My hashed keys and MakeMKV are all up to date. I do note that my firmware is 3.00 -- but it worked previously without issue.

Should I try updating to 3.02 (the last working UHD friendly firmware I believe)?

Any help would be appreciated before I call this drive a total loss.

Here are the specs as MakeMKV sees them:

Drive Information
OS device name: E:
Manufacturer: ASUS
Product: BW-16D1HT
Revision: 3.00
Serial number: SIK9TG5P8550
Firmware date: 2115-11-03 11:10
Bus encryption flags: 1F
Highest AACS version: 68

LibreDrive Information
Status: Enabled
Drive platform: MT1959
Firmware type: Original (unpatched)
Firmware version: 3.00
DVD all regions: Yes
BD raw data read: Yes
BD raw metadata read: Yes
Unrestricted read speed: Possible, not yet enabled


Update -- after researching a bit, I downloaded the modified Asus loader and updated to FW 3.02. But still have the same issue:

Now says ...

Drive Information
OS device name: E:
Manufacturer: ASUS
Product: BW-16D1HT
Revision: 3.02
Serial number: SIK9TG5P8550
Firmware date: 2117-11-24 14:13
Bus encryption flags: 1F
Highest AACS version: 68

LibreDrive Information
Status: Enabled
Drive platform: MT1959
Firmware type: Original (unpatched)
Firmware version: 3.02
DVD all regions: Yes
BD raw data read: Yes
BD raw metadata read: Yes
Unrestricted read speed: Possible, not yet enabled

No disc inserted