Absolutely NO spinup - LG WH14NS40-NS50 Drive

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martinav
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Absolutely NO spinup - LG WH14NS40-NS50 Drive

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I have a flashed LG WH14NS40-NS50 drive. It worked great with UHD disks. After only a few cycles, the drive quit working. THere is no error anywhere I can find. WIndows finds the device. MakeMKV finds the device. However, when a disk is inserted, blue light flashes a few times, you can hear the head hash a little. Typical when mounting, but there is no disk spin. Not even an attempt of it. I put the drive to my ear and I dont hear anything other than the head hashing.

Head hasing stops as normal when trying to mount a disk. Nothing mounts. No errors.

Anyone seen this?

I did a reflash. Same ROM. It reported successful. Same result.

Ideas?
Coopervid
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Re: Absolutely NO spinup - LG WH14NS40-NS50 Drive

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My guess: Either a polluted laser lens or a dead laser.
martinav
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Re: Absolutely NO spinup - LG WH14NS40-NS50 Drive

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Laser for a non-spinny disk??
d00zah
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Re: Absolutely NO spinup - LG WH14NS40-NS50 Drive

Post by d00zah »

Just a hunch, but check the power connection. The fact that you can flash it means 3.3V is good, but IIRC, the rotational motor requires 12V... the end pins, so if the connector wasn't completely seated...

https://www.lifewire.com/sata-15-pin-po ... ut-2624584
martinav
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Re: Absolutely NO spinup - LG WH14NS40-NS50 Drive

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This is a return from someone I flashed it for. I repeated the issue they had. Its something internal.
martinav
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Re: Absolutely NO spinup - LG WH14NS40-NS50 Drive

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I pitched it.
Billycar11
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Re: Absolutely NO spinup - LG WH14NS40-NS50 Drive

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martinav wrote:
Tue Apr 14, 2020 11:46 am
I pitched it.
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martinav
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Re: Absolutely NO spinup - LG WH14NS40-NS50 Drive

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Yea, I quit doing it. I had one of my own drives to bad in a couple of months. It worked great, then dead. I may have put 50 disks through it. I'm not impressed.
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Re: Absolutely NO spinup - LG WH14NS40-NS50 Drive

Post by puertorican »

The symptoms you mention are the exact same as the ones I've been experiencing. The OPU is making some noises as if it can't focus or can't read the disc. The motor spins but barely. It seems that after 5 to 10 minutes between sessions, it will read the disc. Sometimes it will read fine but sometimes it will fail at the layer break (can't focus on the next layer).

It's unfortunate, given that I've had this drive for just 3 months. I went ahead and got a BP50NB40. While it's too slow, it was able to read a 4K UHD title without issues.
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