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Optical Drive Not Working

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My LG BH14NS40 bluray writer drive (which is running in a Vantec Nexstar DX External 5.25in enclosure) has stopped reading dvds and cds, although it still reads blurays. I think the problem started when I was ripping a dvd using MakeMKV and it failed. I have already tried updating the firmware for the drive.

 

Any help would be welcomed. Thank You

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The lasers for reading DVDs and CDs may have died. (they use two different lasers) Can you burn DVDs or CDs?

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More than likely the laser has died. It will start to spin and then stop when it realises that it cannot read it. Unless you still use DVDs for something, I recommend just getting rid of it and not buying a new one. CDs are not going to be around for much longer because they are being replaced by digital downloads.

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