The enclosure takes a USB3 connection to the PC and an external power supply. External 3D Blu Ray DVD Drive, Wihool Ultra Slim USB 3.0 and Type-C Blu Ray BD CD DVD Player Writer Reader Disk for Mac OS, Windows xp/7/8/10,Linxus, Laptop PC (Black) 3.9 out of 5 stars 68 3 offers from 149. I cant get Ubuntu to mount any discs that I insert into the drive. I guess the powered USB 3.0 hub could be going (that's new too), but it appears to be working correctly with anything else attached.Īny ideas I haven't thought of would be greatly appreciated. I have just purchased an Hitachi LG-BH16NS40 bluray drive which came mounted in an external USB3 caddy (a Vantec 5.25 inch enclosure). I'm looking for any other thoughts on this. Whether you are building a gaming PC, desktop PC, or laptop.
You can go through an entire movie with no issue and the next time, the drive disappears and reappears.ģ) I added a powered USB 3.0 hub which appeared to have initially fixed the issue (USB cable is 6 ft) but it has since reappeared.Ĥ) Using a different USB port on the motherboard has no affect on the issue.ĥ) Windows Troubleshooting Tool cannot find a problem.ġ) Motherboard (doubtful since I would have other USB issues)Ģ) Antivirus (using Windows Defender - I see no way of excluding a drive, only files and directories)Ĥ) USB cable? Brand new cable so I'm not sure it would be the issue, but I'm getting a replacement. LITE-ON offers an array of optical disk drives (ODD) from DVD-ROM, DVDRW to Blu-ray Drives meeting the needs for various applications. Had this issue happen with both a LG and ASUS drive, so I know the issue is not the drive itself, nor the drivers (checked those as well on each when they were connected (not simultaneously).ġ) Issue is present regardless of the brand of drive connected via USB 3.0Ģ) Issue is intermittent. It will be playing in the middle of a movie and then you hear a Windows chime and the drive completely disappears and then reappears a moment or two later within Explorer. The PX-B120U features the 4-speed mechanism providing smooth Blu-ray playback and extensive support for DVD+ /- R, DVD +/-RW, DVD +/- R DL, DVD-RAM and CD-R formats.
I've been having an issue where my external Blu-ray drive keeps disappearing. Plextor ships the PX-B120U, a USB-powered external Blu-ray drive that was first introduced at Computex 2010.