LG BP50NB40 no longer reading discs

[Lorddunlow]

I have an LG BP50NB40 that I purchased May 2023 that I successfully flashed and had been using to rip 4k discs for a while without issue. I only rip 5-6 discs at a time (usually when I get a new set of movies) every few months. I recently decided to rip about 15-20 discs over 2-3 days that I had neglected to rip over the years. After ripping a blu ray successfully today, when I loaded the next disc I had, it acted like it tried to spin up, but never got up to speed. The first couple of tries, MakeMKV showed progress but seemed like it would never read. I ejected, tried other discs, unplugged and reconnected, and nothing worked. Now MakeMKV doesn't show the disc drive status at all (open, reading, disc in). Any hope of repairing this. I just ordered a Verbatim 43888 from Amazon that will hopefully work, but I'd like to repair this one as a backup for the future. Really bummed about this.

[zittrig]

Is the drive shown in the Windows Explorer or in the device manager?

[Lorddunlow]

Well, it was yesterday, but I just checked and it is no longer showing up in either.

[zittrig]

Is there the "Initio Default Controller" in the device manager? If so uninstall it and check the drive function again.

[Lorddunlow]

It does show up in the device manager and as a disc drive in Windows Explorer now after I plugged it back in.

[zittrig]

So it works with MakeMKV also?

[Lorddunlow]

Yes. But when I eject the drive, MakeMKV doesn't recognize that it has been ejected and doesn't recognize if a disc is inserted. The drive just acts like it's trying to spin up over and over but never does.

[zittrig]

Is in that moment when MakeMKV doesn't recognize the changed status the drive available in the Windows Explorer or in the device manager?