ASUS BW16D1HT all of sudden not seeing any discs
Posted: Thu Jun 24, 2021 2:33 pm
Hey everyone,
my four year old ASUS drive (which worked flawlessly until two days ago) suddenly... doesn't recognize any disc anymore.
Any disc, no CD, no DVD, no BluRay.
I opened the case and checked the mechanics, everything is fine. If I power up the drive with the case open, I could see how it checks the disc first with the blue laser and then with the red laser (currently writing blind because adjflhslgkhsldfj.... joking, of course I didn't looked directly into the lasers).
The tray functions normally, it spins up the disc as well. But it just doesn't recognize something. I watched it from below while it tries to:
It moves the sled to several parts of the inserted discs (in this case a BluRay) and checks it with the blue laser. It's doing so for like 30 seconds before it gives up. The lasers were cleaned very carefully, so I can say it can't be dust on them.
I even tried shaking the drive off some, moving the laser sled slightly while it tried to read the disc, but the drive just repositioned the sled to another position and tried reading again.
I would assume... it worked really perfect for four years and helped me ripping hundreds of DVDs and BluRays, but I'm afraid I have to lay it to rest, if nobody has any more ideas.
my four year old ASUS drive (which worked flawlessly until two days ago) suddenly... doesn't recognize any disc anymore.
Any disc, no CD, no DVD, no BluRay.
I opened the case and checked the mechanics, everything is fine. If I power up the drive with the case open, I could see how it checks the disc first with the blue laser and then with the red laser (currently writing blind because adjflhslgkhsldfj.... joking, of course I didn't looked directly into the lasers).
The tray functions normally, it spins up the disc as well. But it just doesn't recognize something. I watched it from below while it tries to:
It moves the sled to several parts of the inserted discs (in this case a BluRay) and checks it with the blue laser. It's doing so for like 30 seconds before it gives up. The lasers were cleaned very carefully, so I can say it can't be dust on them.
I even tried shaking the drive off some, moving the laser sled slightly while it tried to read the disc, but the drive just repositioned the sled to another position and tried reading again.
I would assume... it worked really perfect for four years and helped me ripping hundreds of DVDs and BluRays, but I'm afraid I have to lay it to rest, if nobody has any more ideas.
I hope it lives four years as well.