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Is my LG BH16NS40 toast?
Posted: Mon Dec 29, 2025 4:44 am
by flash67
I all of a sudden cannot seem to write onto any BD-R - write errors.
DVDRs work fine.
Is my drive toast? I've had it since I purchased it in December of 2015 for $100CAD.
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Re: Is my LG BH16NS40 toast?
Posted: Mon Dec 29, 2025 12:14 pm
by zittrig
Reading BD works? Other BD-R brand tested?
You can try to clean the laser lenses with alcohol and q-tips. Do it twice and dry immediately, not let it dry by air.
If that don't work you can assume that the blue laser is defective.
Re: Is my LG BH16NS40 toast?
Posted: Mon Dec 29, 2025 1:42 pm
by flash67
zittrig wrote: ↑Mon Dec 29, 2025 12:14 pm
Reading BD works? Other BD-R brand tested?
You can try to clean the laser lenses with alcohol and q-tips. Do it twice and dry immediately, not let it dry by air.
If that don't work you can assume that the blue laser is defective.
Reading BD works - just threw in a bluray and I can see the folder/files. Don't have any other brands, just have Verbatim BD-R and BD-R DL
Re: Is my LG BH16NS40 toast?
Posted: Wed Dec 31, 2025 1:31 am
by flash67
zittrig wrote: ↑Mon Dec 29, 2025 12:14 pm
Reading BD works? Other BD-R brand tested?
You can try to clean the laser lenses with alcohol and q-tips. Do it twice and dry immediately, not let it dry by air.
If that don't work you can assume that the blue laser is defective.
So I just attempted to make an iso of a bluray, which worked fine.
I went to write that same .iso to a bluray and it failed... Would cleaning the lenses work you think?
Re: Is my LG BH16NS40 toast?
Posted: Wed Dec 31, 2025 4:26 am
by zittrig
I doubt it. But better check it out instead throwing it in the tin unchecked.
Has power connection changed?