burner says "power calibration error"

[MrDudeMan]

i have never had this type of problem before, anyone know what that means? only 1 out of every 5 or so discs comes out correctly...any ideas would be appreciated...thanks!

 

[CraigRT]

I had that same error on my old Matshita CW-7586 so I called Panasonic and they told me to send it back..... something got f00bed...

I'm not sure what the problem is, but I had to RMA my drive after seeing that...

 

[MrDudeMan]

well thats not good....anyone know a remedy to this besides RMA? its old, probably too old to RMA 🙁 thanks for the input though, you at least got me started in the right direction 🙂

 

[MrDudeMan]

bump

 

[larciel]

more info plz.. burner model etc 😛

 

[RaynorWolfcastle]

I had that problem after I tried to get CloneCD to recalibrate the levels. Reflashing the ROM ended up fixing the problem

-Ice

 

[MrDudeMan]

its an hp burner, 2x2x8, i dont know the exact model number


alright ill try flashing the rom, but i looked around and cant find anywhere to do that....what do i need to download and where can i get it?


thanks

 

[Jerboy]

<< its an hp burner, 2x2x8, i dont know the exact model number


alright ill try flashing the rom, but i looked around and cant find anywhere to do that....what do i need to download and where can i get it?


thanks >>



two speed? Oh my my.. Isn't it a time for an upgrade anyway? It is possible that modern media are tuned to work best at 12x + speed and doesn't handle 2x too well.

 

[c8]

Power Calibration Error. Most likely SOL. Same as my old HP4020i. Its sitting there idle doing nothing now. Most likely your 2x2x8x is no more under warranty. I gave up on HP and now own a Plextor 4X12X (Ext SCSI). Still very old but extermly reliable. Its a good time for you to upgrade to a Lite-On or a Plextor 🙂

 

[Shmorq]

I would try icecool83's method but for a drive as old as your's, it usually means the end. Happened to my Ricoh which was about 5 years old. Tried upgrading the ROM and software, but then I learned from people that the only fix was to get a new drive.:frown:

 

[SonicTron]

I don't know if it was coincidence or what, but my old 2x2x24x HP started giving me that error after I installed Nero. It worked fine with the adaptec software, but nero just crapped on me with power calibration errors. I didn't even bother testing the adaptec stuff (this was after a reformat and reinstall of all my stuff, and I didn't feel like crapping my computer up with old software). I just bought a 24x CDRW and my power calibration error disappeared 😀