burn error

joejon wrote on 9/22/2005, 10:37 AM

I haven't burned a DVD for a while and not since I've upgraded my computer. I don't think I've changed any settings in Vegas, so that would be the same. When burning I get the error message-"The drive couldn't determine the correct power for writing the disc. To solve this you need to use a different writing speed or a different brand of media." The details say "A power calibration area error has occurred." I'm using the same dvd's I've always used and I chose the lowest writing speed (2.0) that it lets me. I've always used that speed. I don't know what has changed or what to look at to fix it. Also, what do you recommend setting the dynamic RAM preview to (the default is 16MB)?

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johnmeyer wrote on 9/22/2005, 10:49 AM

This sounds like something far more likely (unfortunately) to be hardware related than a problem caused by software.

Do you have any other software (like something that came with the DVD burner) that you could use to burn a disk in order to see if the problem is with your hardware? You could use the "simulate" function found in many software programs so you wouldn't even have to sacrifice a disk.

joejon wrote on 9/24/2005, 1:56 PM

I emailed HP and their initial suggestion was the same as yours. I tried different brands of media, all of which I've used successfully for 1 and a half years before now. The next reply back HP gave me instructions to uninstall the burning programs, then download a program to do a registry cleaning, then I deleted a registry entry in the lower filters,then uninstall the drivers, then reinstall the drivers. Well, after all that I was able to successfully burn a dvd on the media I was originally using. HP tech support hasn't been that helpful before, but this time they were.