Failure to erase?

gilera · May 31, 2006

I am starting to get failures when trying to burn, at the erase stage, the message comes up saying medium power calibration.
This regardless of programme i am using, putting a different disc in can go OK. I have used the failing discs many times OK, they are a mixture of Verbatim and Memorex.Any ideas what can cause and how to overcome?

IHoe · May 31, 2006

here is what a celebrated member, BBMayo, says about power calibration errors:

I have a Power calibration error?
Options you can try with "power calibration errors"
o Try another brand of DVD-/+R or DVD-/+RW media. This is the most common cause of OPC errors.
o "Slow down your burning speed".
o Update the firmware of your recorder. Check the manufacturer's website for the latest version.
o Check your power connectors, loose connections do occur. Don't share power with other devices. It needs its own power connector. If the errors occurs with an external recorder, Check the USB cable and connections.
o Try different configurations, such as taking the DVD-ROM to the primary IDE bus as slave and have only the recorder connected to the secondary IDE bus as master.
o Clean or have your DVD burner serviced. There are cleaning kits available. Sometimes just a gentle appplication of canned air can remove dust blocking the laser.
o Replace the DVD burner.
lets hope we don't need to do the last one
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