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Power Calibration Error ... again ? I've tried everything...
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RedAnt
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19. July 2004 @ 06:07 |
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I hate to say that it sounds like your drive is about to bite the big one. we all had that happen to us at one time or an other. As far as replacements I have had success with Pioneer 8X DVD+RW/-RW Drive, Model DVR-107D,OEM $84.00 and NEC 8X DVD+RW/-RW Drive, Model ND-2500A, OEM Bulk $66.00 (both can be found at Newegg.com)both are good units and should work well for you.
Artificial intelligence is no match for natural stupidity.
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Gmoney713
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19. July 2004 @ 11:31 |
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I hate this burner and can't believe this happened. I'm very upset, it cost $275 when I bought it. Wish I had some kind of warranty or legal action I could take advantage of. :Sigh:
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DooMUK
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19. July 2004 @ 11:51 |
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Unfortunatly RedAnt was correct.
I put my A05 into a mates PC and it didnt work in there either - same prob occured.
More fortunatly the same mate has stacks of spare kit knocking about and he very kindy gave me another A05 for free.
I put it into my PC and guess what............ it work 100% no probs.
So chaps RedAnt was correct - the manufacture date was Dec02 and it stopped working correctley some 4 months ago which means that my Pioneer A05 lasted little more than 12 months.
Thats abserloutley appauling if you ask me, I dont burn THAT many disks before anyone starts thinking I hammer it.
Ah well all is well for me now but makes you wonder if people should stear clear of these drives though....
Thanks All
DooM
Until the next time........
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Gmoney713
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19. July 2004 @ 18:19 |
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Yeah, mine lasted just about a year and a half. Should I steer clear of all Pioneer DVD Burners now? Any advice anyone?
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Gmoney713
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29. July 2004 @ 16:40 |
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bought a new one, here we go again.
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aab203
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2. August 2004 @ 07:51 |
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Phew.... After 2hours on the phone to Dell... I have a new DVD writer. Yay!!! :)
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cinemay
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2. September 2004 @ 18:04 |
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I have a Pioneed AO7. I am now getting the same error with no sign it is going to get better.
I was burning a dvd today and suddenly I get a burn error. I then check the DVD and there is a major scratch on the Dvd right at the point where you see it stopped burning. Now i get power calibration errors everytime I burn.
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Gmoney713
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3. September 2004 @ 14:57 |
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yea, i won't buy another pioneer dvd burner... they suck ass cause of that error, bought an nec 8x dual layer and loving life with it.
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cinemay
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3. September 2004 @ 20:58 |
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I upgraded the firmware on the drive and now it magically works again. WTF - that is just too wierd.
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sumsaris
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4. September 2004 @ 08:04 |
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My experience with the power calibration error occurred somewhere after I tried my first erase over a CDRW. Coincidence? At any rate, my experience is the reverse of 'stress' higher up this thread. I presently manage to get only one CD burn in four to 'stick', yet have absolutely no problem with DVDs of which I've burnt well over a l00 in the year and a half I've had the recorder, a Pioneer DVR103. I'm convinced that the DVD burn speed (I use 1x) compared to that of the CD recording (4x) has something to do with the problem, even if indirectly. Similarly, dust must play a role as well. I've got an old Kenwood CD player which refused to play half of my CDs until I opened her up and Q-tipped the lens. It seems we're all just playing with half answers in the dark. It sure would be nice to know from those who claim the phenomenom is a sign of the burner's death throes, what it actually means for the machine to start to die. Does the lens wear down like the heel of shoe? Does the machine become unaligned? Or is this the work of Pioneer and/or God? Any answers would be appreciated and I apolgize for my overly burning curiousity. Er, pun intended.
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kayosnxs
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12. September 2004 @ 16:33 |
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JUMPV
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20. September 2004 @ 04:52 |
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I have had these calibration problems for months on my new Sony DVD DRU 530A. I basically tried every combination of fixes(reinstall PC, reinstall software, other softare, other PC...). I was about to buy a newer DVD when a friend suggested to try "region free" firmware.
As I also had problems reading DVDs burned on other DVD drives I searched like a maniac and found this wonderful page that solved all my problems. I hope it can help you:
http://tdb.rpc1.org
PS. Sony support was of course useless!
This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 20. September 2004 @ 04:54
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Slayer912
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5. October 2004 @ 02:38 |
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Well, for my 2 cents worth...
I have a Pioneer DVD burner and I have only ever had problems with ONE brand of cheap media. That being Datatek "professional" data disks. I keep getting the "power calibration error" when using them. Like 25% of them work. I have had ZERO problems using TDK DVD-r disks. I have burned over 100 dvd's with TDK, not one coaster. I even used 2 other kind of cheap DVD-r media, not ONE single coaster of the lot. So in my experience STAY AWAY FROM DataTEK, they sorta REALLY REALLY suck.
This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 6. October 2004 @ 01:25
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paul68
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17. October 2004 @ 13:17 |
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i have found the answer!!!!! i buy comp usa dvd-r 4x 15 for like 6 bucks,these work great on my panasonic lf-d521 but not on my pioneer ao5.now i use memorex 8x on my pioneer and it works great.yesterday i made a mistake and tried to burn a comp usa dvd on my pioneer and i got the error again so i put in a memorex and there was the error again!!! comp usa dvd's do something to the drive that i can't explain but after a few memorex's the drive "found itself" again!!! memorex 8x only cost $19 for 25 so i would suggest paying the little bit of extra cash to make your burner happy...
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17. October 2004 @ 18:12 |
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I have used my PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-106D for 10 months, burning with Nero 6 many different types of DVD & CD media without any problem.
Then I couldn't burn DVDs at full speed ("Power calibration error"), so I changed it to 2x and it went ok.
Some days later I received a new error:
(quote from Nero log:
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Burn process completed successfully at 2x (2.760 KB/s)
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Data verification started
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Recorder needs eject between burn and verify. Auto reload.
(Medium in drive: Unknown. Medium required by compilation: DVD.)
Recorder does not support required medium type.
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unquote)
Points:
1. the recorder was not able to read the burnt DVD,
2. this DVD could be read in another DVD drive,
3. the recorder was not able to read NO ONE of all the DVDs previously recorded by it,
4. the recorder was still able to burn & read the CDs
But the Pioneer warranty was still valid :-) !!
I brought the recorder for testing/ replacement at the vendor's shop, where they found a failure of the DVD laser system, impossible to be repaired.
And, since the old model was no more produced by Pioneer, my recorder was replaced by the new (better) model DVD-RW DVR-107D. :))
So my suggestion is: don't wait until the warranty period is exhausted, test your recorder at vendor's laboratory!
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