WH16NS60 No Disc Error

[Woodstock]

if it reads DVD and CD, the red laser works. If it does NOT read BD or UHD, the blue(ish) laser is not functioning, which means the drive is bad.

[H4rd3n]

Hey there.
I also buyed the WH16NS60, flashing the patched 1.3 worked fine, but the drive reads like crap, only one UHD movie out of 6 was read flawless, one wasn't even recognized.

Do you still have the original firmware? Since my drive is new, I think, it's just faulty, but I didn't think about backing up the firmware, before flashing the patched one. I don't want to send it back with the patched firmware, or is that something to not care about? The original flasher from LG only tells me, that version 1.3 it higher is already installed and does nothing.

[Billycar11]

Hey there.
I also buyed the WH16NS60, flashing the patched 1.3 worked fine, but the drive reads like crap, only one UHD movie out of 6 was read flawless, one wasn't even recognized.

Do you still have the original firmware? Since my drive is new, I think, it's just faulty, but I didn't think about backing up the firmware, before flashing the patched one. I don't want to send it back with the patched firmware, or is that something to not care about? The original flasher from LG only tells me, that version 1.3 it higher is already installed and does nothing.

they dont care if you send it back with different firmware they dont check 99% of the time
if you want to put it back to stock just use the official lg updater

[H4rd3n]

Thank you for your reply.
Well, the LG updater doesn't do anything, as I said. Amazon most likely will destroy it anyways. Fun thing: It was sent from the US to Germany and now I have to send it back to the US, Amazon paying

[Billycar11]

Thank you for your reply.
Well, the LG updater doesn't do anything, as I said. Amazon most likely will destroy it anyways. Fun thing: It was sent from the US to Germany and now I have to send it back to the US, Amazon paying

they dont destroy it they sell it as opened box many people have bought the defective ones i returned i have seen some of the defective ones serial numbers posted on threads complaining of errors as i keep the serial numbers bad and good.

[H4rd3n]

Now I'm curious, how many drives are defective from the beginning? Are UHD drives that fragile? I want to get a Pioneer UHD external USB drive next, is the return rate as high as for the other drives?

[Billycar11]

Now I'm curious, how many drives are defective from the beginning? Are UHD drives that fragile? I want to get a Pioneer UHD external USB drive next, is the return rate as high as for the other drives?

for me 25% of the desktop asus and LG drives were bad.
the BU40N has failure rate of 1%-2% for me and its really not the drive that fails its the cheap case usb port most of the time cant wait till they come out with a USB c version

[H4rd3n]

Hey, I just wanted to thank Billycar11, the LG is on its way back to the seller and I got myself a BDR-XD07TUHD, which works great, though it's loud. Maybe I try another internal LG or maybe Asus in the future for watching movies direct from disc and to have an alternative, should the Pioneer have trouble reading a disc.

And also sorry for hijacking this thread

[Billycar11]

Hey, I just wanted to thank Billycar11, the LG is on its way back to the seller and I got myself a BDR-XD07TUHD, which works great, though it's loud. Maybe I try another internal LG or maybe Asus in the future for watching movies direct from disc and to have an alternative, should the Pioneer have trouble reading a disc.

And also sorry for hijacking this thread

The pioneers are way quieter than any of the lg or Asus's so they you think that's loud the others would be unbearable

[H4rd3n]

Well, the WH16NS60 wasn't that loud, especially inside a PC case with a front door and sound insulation, though louder than my old BDR-209EBK, which is really silent, yes. The external BDR-XD07TUHD on the other side is more like a hair dryer...

[TomB19]

I am running a pair of WH14NS40 drives and both have stopped detecting discs, occasionally. One has done it more than the other.

The fix has been to shut off the PC. Rebooting will not correct this issue. I shut the power off for a few seconds and everything comes back properly.

I do not believe this is a hardware error.

[zittrig]

I bought a WH16NS60 produced April 2023 second hand. Offerd was MK 1.02 preinstalled and fine in function.

But first after connection was the expierience that no disc format was readable. Even with flash to any native firmware or another WH16NS60 MK. This was yesterday.
Today at morning after fresh starting the computer, suddenly CD and DVD were readable and BD also. Flashed was native 1.03 (last flash yesterday).

So I've flashed to MK 1.03 and .... 4K was readable without problems.

Great ..... but I've gone to work and after, I started the computer again and flashed down to MK 1.02. Since this action, only CD, DVD and BD were readable.
No 4K. No discover in windows explorer, not in makemkv.

I tried many MK firmware without success.
Funny: With ASUS MK 3.10 a 4K was discover perfectly but ripping only with 1,2 MB/s maximum.

The laser for BD and 4K is the same, isn't it? Why there are problems with 4K?

Can I solve this?

Thanks in advance.

[Billycar11]

I bought a WH16NS60 produced April 2023 second hand. Offerd was MK 1.02 preinstalled and fine in function.

Can I solve this?

Thanks in advance.

Used LG/Asus drives are not recommend usually people are selling their defective ones because they got a pioneer that works way better.

The only thing that might help is cleaning the laser by taking the drive apart
Don't clean it with one of those stupid discs with brushes on it they are not effective.

I recommend a q tip with some alcohol and then dry with another side do that 2 times and the drive may not work with 4 K way better.

If not get a pioneer with old fw check the seller section for those with old fw.

[zittrig]

Thanks Billycar11, but cleaning was without success. But no problem