Danno
13-02-2006, 09:22 AM
Question
What is Power Calibration error.
Summary
A power calibration error is caused by the inability of a DVD-RW drive to use a DVD-R or DVD-RW disk.
Answer
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.
For fault finding purposes we recommend the use of a disk of a known high quality, we recommend disks from:
* Pioneer Video Corporation
* TDK Corporation
* Hitachi Maxell
* Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation (Verbatim)
* Taiyo-Yuden Co. LTD
* Matsushita Electric
* Industrial Co.,LTD (Panasonic)
* Sony Corporation
Information taken from http://www.pioneeraus.com.au/computer/faqs/faq_22.html
A possible fix for the problem is updating the firmware of your DVD burner. Firmware updates are designed to fix any known issues with the drive, they will also improve the drives compatibility with blank media. Firmware can be downloaded from the drive manufacturers website. Many updates can also be found using the below link.
http://www.americal.com/pg/dvd-burner-compat.html
***Firmware updates are done entirely at your own risk, if anything goes wrong when updating the firmware Novatech will not be held responsible. If the wrong firmware is used or if the firmware is updated incorrectly this could leave the drive un-useable***
What is Power Calibration error.
Summary
A power calibration error is caused by the inability of a DVD-RW drive to use a DVD-R or DVD-RW disk.
Answer
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.
For fault finding purposes we recommend the use of a disk of a known high quality, we recommend disks from:
* Pioneer Video Corporation
* TDK Corporation
* Hitachi Maxell
* Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation (Verbatim)
* Taiyo-Yuden Co. LTD
* Matsushita Electric
* Industrial Co.,LTD (Panasonic)
* Sony Corporation
Information taken from http://www.pioneeraus.com.au/computer/faqs/faq_22.html
A possible fix for the problem is updating the firmware of your DVD burner. Firmware updates are designed to fix any known issues with the drive, they will also improve the drives compatibility with blank media. Firmware can be downloaded from the drive manufacturers website. Many updates can also be found using the below link.
http://www.americal.com/pg/dvd-burner-compat.html
***Firmware updates are done entirely at your own risk, if anything goes wrong when updating the firmware Novatech will not be held responsible. If the wrong firmware is used or if the firmware is updated incorrectly this could leave the drive un-useable***