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Hi All,
I bought a firmware-downgraded ASUS BW-16D1HT that was working great until the other night, when I tried inserting an old DVD-R.

Now it no longer reads any disc. When a disc is inserted, I can hear the drive make an attempt at reading the disc and ultimately give up. Windows 10 asks me to "Please insert a disc." MakeMKV doesn't see a disc either.

Thinking maybe my old DVD-R dirtied up the lens, I took the drive apart and rubbed some alcohol on it. It didn't do the trick.

I doubt there would be any software issue that would have triggered the drive to stop reading all discs, but as I'm new to this I can't be sure. Any tips?

Drive Information
OS device name: E:
Manufacturer: ASUS
Product: BW-16D1HT
Revision: 3.01
Serial number: KLZK9OD3823
Firmware date: 2117-03-31 14:26
Bus encryption flags: 1F
Highest AACS version: 72

LibreDrive Information
Status: Enabled
Drive platform: MT1959
Firmware type: Original (unpatched)
Firmware version: 3.01
DVD all regions: Yes
BD raw data read: Yes
BD raw metadata read: Yes
Unrestricted read speed: Yes

No disc inserted

I'm having same issue too. although the boot loader did read the vista setup disc i rebooted with when windows could not.kinda proves the drive is ok and there's something stopping access in windows.