Asus BW-16D1HT 3.10 on Unbuntu no longer reading Blu ray discs

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shayman
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Asus BW-16D1HT 3.10 on Unbuntu no longer reading Blu ray discs

Post by shayman »

Sometime during the last couple of weeks, my Asus internal drive stopped recognizing blu ray discs. MakeMKV reports "no disc inserted". It does, however recognize DVDs.

MakeMKV reports the following:

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Drive Information
OS device name: /dev/sr0
Manufacturer: ASUS
Product: BW-16D1HT
Revision: 3.10
Serial number: KLPJ9NI0619
Firmware date: 2119-01-04 10:14
Bus encryption flags: 1F
Highest AACS version: 72

LibreDrive Information
Status: Enabled
Drive platform: MT1959
Firmware type: Patched (microcode access re-enabled)
Firmware version: 3.10
DVD all regions: Yes
BD raw data read: Yes
BD raw metadata read: Yes
Unrestricted read speed: Yes

No disc inserted
And the MakeMKV debug log shows this:

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Debug log started at Tue Feb 23 00:31:29 2021 , written by MakeMKV v1.15.4 linux (x64-release)
Using 262272KB for read cache.
001005:0000 MakeMKV v1.15.4 linux(x64-release) started
001004:0000 Debug logging enabled, log will be saved as file:///home/scott/MakeMKV_log.txt
Network access is ENABLED, CURL version 7.68.0/OpenSSL/1.1.1f/1.40.0 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) , proxy server not set.
001003:0020 DEBUG: Code 0 at "9'%z"H?E?~Q3Xii.LoDl6:29393631
SDF  v07d: ASUS_BW-16D1HT_3.10_211901041014_KLPJ9NI0619
I've tried restarting the computer and reinstalling MakeMKV.

Any thoughts on what might be the problem?

Thanks
Scott
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Re: Asus BW-16D1HT 3.10 on Unbuntu no longer reading Blu ray discs

Post by Billycar11 »

fully shut down the pc pull the plug and hold the power button.

then turn it back on and see if it reads blurays if not its time to replace the drive.
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shayman
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Re: Asus BW-16D1HT 3.10 on Unbuntu no longer reading Blu ray discs

Post by shayman »

That worked! THANKS!!

What does this procedure do and why did it fix my problem?

Cheers,
Scott
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Re: Asus BW-16D1HT 3.10 on Unbuntu no longer reading Blu ray discs

Post by Woodstock »

Restarting your computer does not reset the computer hardware. Since they've dropped the reset button from most computers nowadays, you have to remove power to get the motherboard to actually reset hardware to a known state.
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