Roxio Community > Power Calibration Issue

Nitro-Hype

Feb 15 2007, 10:23 AM

I have installed a new hard drive and perform a full install of Windows Vista Business Edition. Now when I try to burn anything to a DVD-R (the drive is a Plextor PX-716a) I recieve a POWER CALIBRATION ERROR. I have tried 4 brands of disc. The software is Roxio 9.

Before I had Windows XP Pro SP2 and I had never had any issues buring with the same drive and software.

Any suggestions?

Beerman

Feb 15 2007, 10:37 AM

QUOTE (Nitro-Hype @ Feb 15 2007, 12:23 PM)

I have installed a new hard drive and perform a full install of Windows Vista Business Edition. Now when I try to burn anything to a DVD-R (the drive is a Plextor PX-716a) I recieve a POWER CALIBRATION ERROR. I have tried 4 brands of disc. The software is Roxio 9.

Before I had Windows XP Pro SP2 and I had never had any issues buring with the same drive and software.

Any suggestions?

This error is hard to figure out. In XP, there is a fix that's been on the net for awhile.
1 on desktop click start
2 select control panel
3 click on administrative tools
4 click on services
5 browse your way down to IMAPI CD BURNING COM SERVICE
6 right click (on IMAPI) then select properties
7 in the middle of the window it will say start up type.click on the arrow to the right and select disabled.
8 make sure you click APPLY

I'm not at a Vista system to see if you have the same options in the administrative tools.
Other suggestions are to try to burn at a slower speed, update firmware, different media (which you tried), or that your burner is dying.

ogdens

Feb 15 2007, 11:07 AM

[quote name='Nitro-Hype' date='Feb 15 2007, 01:23 PM' post='95753'] I have installed a new hard drive and perform a full install of Windows Vista Business Edition. Now when I try to burn anything to a DVD-R (the drive is a Plextor PX-716a) I recieve a POWER CALIBRATION ERROR. I have tried 4 brands of disc. The software is Roxio 9.

Before I had Windows XP Pro SP2 and I had never had any issues buring with the same drive and software.

Any suggestions?

Just Google "Power Calibration Error".

gi7omy

Feb 15 2007, 11:17 AM

Basically before the drive starts to write it performs a test on the media - the calibration error is the drive saying it can't set the laser - this could be either the drive itself going faulty or the blank disc

John at Roxio

Feb 15 2007, 12:10 PM

QUOTE (gi7omy @ Feb 15 2007, 12:17 PM)

Basically before the drive starts to write it performs a test on the media - the calibration error is the drive saying it can't set the laser - this could be either the drive itself going faulty or the blank disc

Agreed, if you have tried a couple things and none of them work, test with another drive.

cdanteek

Feb 16 2007, 07:38 AM

QUOTE

I have installed a new hard drive and perform a full install of Windows Vista Business Edition. Now when I try to burn anything to a DVD-R (the drive is a Plextor PX-716a) I recieve a POWER CALIBRATION ERROR. I have tried 4 brands of disc. The software is Roxio 9.

Before I had Windows XP Pro SP2 and I had never had any issues buring with the same drive and software.

Any suggestions?

If you are experiencing a drive problem, for those drives with the self-diagnostic feature (PX-320A, PX-W4012A/U, PX-4824A/U, PX-W4012S, PX-W5224A, Premium, PX-504A, PX-708A, PX-712A, PX-712SA, PX-716A, PX-716SA, PX-716AL, PX-230A), please perform the self-diagnostic prior to calling Tech Support. The self-diagnostic must be performed with a disc from your drive's recommended media list. Please check your Users Manual (or download the manual) for the correct procedure.

Media List, http://www.plextor.com/english/support/media%5F716.htm
Manual, http://www.plextor.com/english/support/manuals/manuals.html

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