DVD drive not burning. Power calibration error?

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jman15

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I have been burning dvd's with the same drive for 3 years now. It is a pioneer 16X burner. Now suddenly when I go to burn dvd's (they have all be rw's that i have tested as of late) I get this power calibration error that fails to burn to the discs. I don't get it. What happened? Is there something wrong with my dvd drive? Is it finally dead? Or my power supply perhaps? What?

I just tested it with a cd, and it works fine as far as burning goes. It also did something different than with the dvd. With the dvd it kept trying to "format" the disk. Then I would get the calibration error. It doesn't do that with the cd.

Both the cd and dvd were being burned as data discs.

and yes, my burner can burn dvd rw's both - and +
 
1. Are you using Nero?
2. What type of media are you using? If the media is garbage, then you'll have problems.
3. Have you tried cleaning the burner?
4. If you burn a lot of disks, your burner may be on the way out.
 
1. Yes I am using Nero.
2. How do I clean it?
3. I have tested my dvd-rw's on other computers, and they work fine. My drive is also burning cd's fine.
 
You can use a regular DVD Cleaning disk or CD Cleaning disk.

Sometimes Nero can be touchy. If it is the cause of your problems, try using ImgBurn which is a very good freeware program. You can get it here.
 
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