Messed up my drive trying to flash it, won't eject, but still recognized by Windows
Posted: Fri Nov 11, 2022 1:30 pm
Hi,
Guilty as charged, I obviously didn't do my research before trying to flash following the guide at the top of this forum.
What I'm asking is, is there any hope of fixing the drive? Or do I have to buy a new one?
Drive is an unbranded external USB drive I got on amazon three years ago, amazon ad gave the name 'TOPELEK' but I don't see it there now. Model number on the back is ODP95-SU3 (can see no other useful info written on the drive). MakeMKV reports it as BU40N, this was the firmware I attempted to flash to it. Current state is Windows seems happy with it, MakeMKV recognizes it too, but when I press eject the light just flashes for a few seconds and nothing happens. Tried opening it with a clip and putting a working disc in, and disc does not get recognized.
Guilty as charged, I obviously didn't do my research before trying to flash following the guide at the top of this forum.
What I'm asking is, is there any hope of fixing the drive? Or do I have to buy a new one?
Drive is an unbranded external USB drive I got on amazon three years ago, amazon ad gave the name 'TOPELEK' but I don't see it there now. Model number on the back is ODP95-SU3 (can see no other useful info written on the drive). MakeMKV reports it as BU40N, this was the firmware I attempted to flash to it. Current state is Windows seems happy with it, MakeMKV recognizes it too, but when I press eject the light just flashes for a few seconds and nothing happens. Tried opening it with a clip and putting a working disc in, and disc does not get recognized.