Hey guys I use Nero 6 ...I was able to burn cd's before but now I keep getting a "power calibration error" and a "calibration area full"....what is this....I did TEST & BURN ...the TEST went fine...but the BURN part failed...my CD Burner is a Philips CDD4801 CD-R/RW
it burns at 8x...also it can read CD's just fine so I doubt its the IDE cables...please if you know how to fix this reply ot email me or AIM me or something! here is my log....when i try to burn a CD....

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Hi and welcome to the forum, a quick search found this piece of advice:

POWER CALIBRATION ERRORS ARE CAUSED MOSTLY BY POOR MEDIA. (CHEAP BRANDED CD'S IE. PROMEDIA) - TRY USING A DIFFERENT BRAND (COMPUSA, TDK'S, MEMOREX, SONY) ARE THE BEST BET; DON'T WASTE YOUR MONEY ON CHEAP DISKS - YOULL JUST WASTE THEM.

If everything is to no avail, then maybe a firmware upgrade will do the trick. Have a look at http://www.cdfreaks.com/drive/firmware/574

However, have a look at the last post here before you start messing about with firmware
: http://forum.firmware-flash.com/viewtopic.php?t=8833

Hope this helps.

Rob

mmmm
could be one of these faults..

1.Power Calibration Error is because you burner lens is not clean or you use a bad quality blaco cd so try clean your lens with an air cleaner or buy better cds.

2.try using a dfrnt software besides Nero

Hope that helps

Ok thx for the advice I will try this out I hope it works....

Okay....I tried using FUJIFILM 700MB CD-Rs...and Memorex CD-Rs....and also CD-RWs.....none of these worked but when I do a simulation (test burn) it always goes fine....but when the actual burning starts it always gives me that error....maybe my CD burner is fried...ill have to get a new one...

Have you tried cleaning it like we suggested?

Rob

I took out my CD Burner but I couldn't take it apart I have to get some tools small enough to unscrew the small screws

dfrnt software...nero always gives problems

Ive tried EASY CD Creator 5 and RealOnePlayer ...none of these work...

I too have the same recorder (CDD4801), using Nero 5.9.something, tried different software and media (using a brand of media i used for years with very few coasters, about 3 in every 100 pack), suddenly i started experiencing the dreaded "power calibration error", usually occuring at the same place on the CD's (getting to 4% write then failing). Now i'm lucky if i can get the drive to even be recognised at all be the PC, 9 times out of 10 the PC won't find it.

I was reading up about similar errors and with Philips' earlier CDD2000 and CDD2600 drives they were often of inferior quality due to operating parts failing inside, giving the same symptoms we're having (Philips are currently facing a law-suit for it), perhaps a similar problem in the cases of these drives? Aparently Philips only stopped producing the faulty drives a year ago, and mine is two years old, maybe this explains the problems you've been having, it certainly makes me wonder!