Asus BW-16D 1HT Drive no longer reading discs

[Cypher]

I've had an ASUS BW-16D1HT drive for 5 years with the 3.1MK firmware flashed. All of the sudden it stopped reading any discs. Within the last week I have ripped a couple 4k UHDs and several seasons of TV shows. I was halfway through season 4 of a show, and it stopped reading any disc. Neither Windows nor Make MKV show any disc in the drive. It's in a NexStar DX USB 3.0 enclosure and has been for a couple years now without issue.

I have tried:

• Completely powering down the system and turning it back on
  Removing and reinstalling make mkv
  Re-flashing the 3.1 firmware
  Flashing the 3.0.3 firmware

None of which have had any effect. It doesn't even sound like it's spinning up the disc anymore. Does anyone have any thoughts? Thanks in advance

[pinecooler]

Hi I just wanted to add that I am experiencing the exact same issue with an Asus BW-16D1HT that ive had for about 6yrs

Mine is directly installed in my PC. The PC recognises the disk drive, and will open and close the drawer, but it cannot recognise any disks inserted, this started maybe 3 or 4 days ago.

Hope someone can help

Below is details of my drive:

Drive Information
OS device name: F:
Manufacturer: ASUS
Product: BW-16D1HT
Revision: 3.01
Serial number: ...
Firmware date: 2117-03-31 14:26
Bus encryption flags: 1F
Highest AACS version: 77

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

[zittrig]

You can try open the drive, clean the lenses with alcohol an dry it with an lint-free cloth. Dry it immediately, don't let the lenses dry by air.

Disconnect any cable, before opening the drive.

[pinecooler]

Just some added info I upgraded from 1.17.5 or maybe 1.17.6 to 1.17.8 at pretty much the same time the drive failure happened.

I noticed that someone else has reported a dead drive with an LG unit

[Cypher]

No luck with the cleaning. It's doesn't even sound like it's spinning anything up....