Aright, I read everything on the other threads about this, but they didn't work for me, hmm I use TDK Disks, I own an Atapi 52x24x52x CD-RW drive, never had any problems, I haven't burned a cd for a while, I just bought a 50 pack of TDK disks, and at 7%, I'd get the "Burn Process Failed" message, and the "Power calibration error" error. I can't get a firmware for my drive, only ones i found on the Iomega site were for lower speed cd-rw drives.. I tried burning at the lowest speed, It automatically switched to the 2nd lowest speed, and the burning went through, then i tried it at 48x and 52x.. didn't work, I'm just wondering, what this means? Does this simplify my problem a bit? Am I going to have to stick with that slow speed? or is there a way to fix this problem to be burning at 52x once again? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks -Arsen

What happens if you use different brands of CD's? Some brands are better than others, though TDK should be fairly reliable. An obvious check is that the CD's are rated for the speeds you want.

One thing you can do is increment the burning speed slowly (4x, 12x, 24x, etc.) and see when you start getting errors. At a minimum it will tell you the fastest you can go for future burns.

Are you making a test burn prior to the actual burn? That might cut down on bad discs being created. Some burning s/w also has a CD-ROM calibration feature that will automatically check your setup so you don't have problems; Nero has this feature.

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Hmm, I just noticed i've been using Memorex for the past couple of months, and I just bought some 52x TDK disks, I tried to burn at 40-52x and I would just get the error, so I tried to burn at the lowest speed, I think 4x, and it automatically increased it to 12x or 1,200kbps or whatever it is. I think I'll try to use Memorex Cd's again and see if that works.

note: i have used TDK disks in the past with no problems.