I used to be able to burn DVD's until about two weeks ago. Nothing changed - except now, no matter what I do... this is how it all ends up... and I made absolutely NO changes to anything - no software/hardware changes - nothing... just suddenly stopped burning DVD's. Yes - I did do a search on POwer Calibration error - found some great advice on this site - and did what was suggested - went to Administrative tools in the control panel, then services, then Imapi and disabled etc., but it didn't fix the problem. Thoughts on how to fix this? 1:50:08 PM #27 Phase 127 File APIProgress.cpp, Line 253 Generating DVD high compatibility borders 1:50:08 PM #28 CDR -1106 File WriterStatus.cpp, Line 164 Power calibration error 1:50:08 PM #29 TRANSFER -24 File WriterStatus.cpp, Line 164 Could not perform end of Disc-at-once 1:50:08 PM #30 Phase 38 File APIProgress.cpp, Line 253 Burn process failed at 2.4x (3,324 KB/s) Existing drivers: File 'Drivers\CDRALW2K.SYS': Ver=6.2.0.132 , size=24698 bytes, created 10/22/2003 11:15:02 PM File 'Drivers\PXHELP20.SYS': Ver=2.03.10a, size=20576 bytes, created 7/13/2004 2:03:00 AM (Prassi/Veritas driver for win 2K) Registry Keys: HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\WinLogon\AllocateCDROMs : 0 (Security Option)
A power calibration error is caused by the inability of a DVD-RW drive to use a DVD-R or DVD-RW disk.(also effects cd rom drives) DVD-R and DVD-RW disks themselves have information written on them, within this Media ID code there is information that the drive uses to calibrate itself to the disk, when a drive first starts to write to a disk it will burn a small amount of data to a calibration area on the disc, using the calibration information in the Media ID code, and then try to read back the data that it has written. If it cannot be read, then disk will be ejected and fail with a power calibration error. A power calibration error is normally caused by problems with the media. Should you be experiencing problems with your drive or the media, we recommend that a disk from a good quality manufacturer be used to test it.
Thank you - I have been using memorex and they worked great until now - but I will try a different brand. Thanks.
memorex arent the best but you could try verbs, ritek ridata oR ty's as they have quite a large following of people who swear that they are the best to use for multimedia
Well - i took it in to Toshiba (the laptop is still under warranty) and as it burned something in Sonic, they said it was fine - they don't support Nero so they said it didn't matter to them whether Nero worked or not - as long as Sonic did - so I guess I am stuck :-( Thanks though
Just wanted you to know - I did everything everyone suggested - turns out it WAS the type of DVD. I'd been using one type for the past year, and never had a problem. SUDDDENLY, out of nowhere, my computer decided it wouldn't write them any more. How weird is that. So after reformatting my hard drive even, and reloading the programs, and changing the drive speed and getting the dvd drive cleaned (nothing worked) - I bought some Verbatim DVD's and it is working PEACHY. Thank you to everyone who helped. You are doing a great job and it is appreciated greatly.
