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  • inddoc
    Junior Member
    Junior Member
    • Feb 2006
    • 27

    Power Calibration Error

    Hi,

    I have read in this forum that Power Calibration Error occurs usually when the DVD writer does not recognize the particular brand of DVD disc and even after trying to write in the small rewritable area it can not find the optimal burning setting. Then how come my Matsheta DVD writer which was burning OK these Ritek DVD+R discs, started giving this error with the remaining discs of the same batch?

    The corresponding ImgBurn log is attached for kind pursual--

    I 23:20:01 ImgBurn Version 1.3.0.0 started!
    I 23:20:01 Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition (5.1, Build 2600 : Service Pack 2)
    I 23:20:01 Initialising SPTI...
    I 23:20:01 Searching for SCSI / ATAPI devices...
    I 23:20:01 Found 1 DVD-ROM and 1 DVD±RW/RAM!
    I 23:20:51 Operation Started!
    I 23:20:51 Source File: C:\DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS\DESKTOP\DVD RIPS\PARASPLFEATURES.MDS
    I 23:20:51 Source File Sectors: 1,870,992 (MODE1/2048)
    I 23:20:51 Source File Size: 3,831,791,616 bytes
    I 23:20:51 Source File Volume Identifier: PARASPLFEATURES
    I 23:20:51 Source File Implementation Identifier: Spruce Technologies
    I 23:20:52 Source File UDF Revision: 1.02
    I 23:20:52 Destination Device: [1:0:0] MAT****A DVD-RAM UJ-841S 1.00 (D (ATA)
    I 23:20:52 Destination Media Type: DVD+R (Disc ID: RITEK-R03-02) (Speeds: 2.4x, 4x, 6x)
    I 23:20:52 Destination Media Sectors: 2,295,104
    I 23:20:52 Write Mode: DVD
    I 23:20:52 Write Type: DAO
    I 23:20:52 Write Speed: 2.4x
    I 23:20:52 Link Size: Auto
    I 23:20:52 Test Mode: No
    I 23:20:52 BURN-Proof: Enabled
    I 23:20:52 Filling Buffer...
    I 23:20:52 Writing LeadIn...
    W 23:21:24 Failed to Write Sectors 768 - 799 - Unrecovered Read Error
    W 23:21:24 Retrying (1 of 20)...
    W 23:21:24 Retry Failed - Power Calibration Area Error
    W 23:21:24 Retrying (2 of 20)...
    W 23:21:24 Retry Failed - Power Calibration Area Error
    W 23:21:24 Retrying (3 of 20)...
    W 23:21:24 Retry Failed - Power Calibration Area Error
    W 23:21:24 Retrying (4 of 20)...
    W 23:21:24 Retry Failed - Power Calibration Area Error
    W 23:21:24 Retrying (5 of 20)...
    W 23:21:24 Retry Failed - Power Calibration Area Error
    W 23:21:24 Retrying (6 of 20)...
    W 23:21:24 Retry Failed - Power Calibration Area Error
    W 23:21:24 Retrying (7 of 20)...
    W 23:21:24 Retry Failed - Power Calibration Area Error
    W 23:21:24 Retrying (8 of 20)...
    W 23:21:24 Retry Failed - Power Calibration Area Error
    W 23:21:24 Retrying (9 of 20)...
    W 23:21:24 Retry Failed - Power Calibration Area Error
    W 23:21:24 Retrying (10 of 20)...
    W 23:21:24 Retry Failed - Power Calibration Area Error
    W 23:21:24 Retrying (11 of 20)...
    W 23:21:24 Retry Failed - Power Calibration Area Error
    W 23:21:24 Retrying (12 of 20)...
    W 23:21:24 Retry Failed - Power Calibration Area Error
    W 23:21:24 Retrying (13 of 20)...
    W 23:21:24 Retry Failed - Power Calibration Area Error
    W 23:21:24 Retrying (14 of 20)...
    W 23:21:24 Retry Failed - Power Calibration Area Error
    W 23:21:24 Retrying (15 of 20)...
    W 23:21:24 Retry Failed - Power Calibration Area Error
    W 23:21:24 Retrying (16 of 20)...
    W 23:21:24 Retry Failed - Power Calibration Area Error
    W 23:21:24 Retrying (17 of 20)...
    W 23:21:24 Retry Failed - Power Calibration Area Error
    W 23:21:24 Retrying (18 of 20)...
    W 23:21:24 Retry Failed - Power Calibration Area Error
    W 23:21:24 Retrying (19 of 20)...
    W 23:21:24 Retry Failed - Power Calibration Area Error
    W 23:21:24 Retrying (20 of 20)...
    W 23:21:24 Retry Failed - Power Calibration Area Error
    E 23:21:27 Failed to Write Sectors 768 - 799 - Unrecovered Read Error
    I 23:21:27 Synchronising Cache...
    I 23:21:28 Closing Track...
    E 23:21:30 Close Track Failed! - Reason: Power Calibration Area Error
    I 23:21:30 Finalising Disc...
    E 23:21:31 Finalise Disc Failed! - Reason: Power Calibration Area Error
    E 23:21:31 Failed to Write Image!
    E 23:21:31 Operation Failed! - Duration: 00:00:39
    I 23:21:31 Average Write Rate: 0 KB/s (0.0x) - Maximum Write Rate: 0 KB/s (0.0x)
    I 23:21:49 Close Request Acknowledged
    I 23:21:49 Closing Down...
    I 23:21:50 Shutting down SPTI...
    I 23:21:50 ImgBurn closed!

    THANKS FOR THE HELP!
    Last edited by inddoc; 17 May 2006, 01:31 PM.
  • blutach
    Not a god of digital video
    • Oct 2004
    • 24627

    #2
    Update your firmware - http://forum.rpc1.org/dl_firmware.php?download_id=2244

    Read and implement the Golden Rules of Burning.

    Regards
    Les

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    Explore the sites and the programs - there's a gold mine of information in them

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    • inddoc
      Junior Member
      Junior Member
      • Feb 2006
      • 27

      #3
      Thanks Blutach (and others) for all your time and helping hand to newbies like me.

      I had searched for an updated firmware before putting this thread up and had reached the same page as you recommended but (1) clicking on the link on the page gets you back to the same page, no file gets downloaded (am I doing something wrong?); (2) the firmware is for drives in Sony laptops not those in Toshiba laptops.

      Also, if a drive has worked fine with the same batch disc before, how come it is giving an error now?

      Before I started copying DVDs, I had read and followed your golden rules ---- Thanks for them too.

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      • Chewy
        Super Moderator
        • Nov 2003
        • 18971

        #4


        this one worked for me

        click on the 1.11
        Last edited by Chewy; 17 May 2006, 05:37 AM.

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        • inddoc
          Junior Member
          Junior Member
          • Feb 2006
          • 27

          #5
          Got it Chewy - THANKS.

          But is it OK to flash a Toshiba laptop drive with what they say is released for Sony laptop oem drives?

          Wasted another Verbatim DL +R disc though I have used more than 40 discs with no trouble so far until recently. The ImgBurn log is as under. Any ideas??? BADLY NEED HELP. THANKS.

          I 23:07:58 ImgBurn Version 1.3.0.0 started!
          I 23:07:58 Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition (5.1, Build 2600 : Service Pack 2)
          I 23:07:58 Initialising SPTI...
          I 23:07:58 Searching for SCSI / ATAPI devices...
          I 23:07:58 Found 1 DVD-ROM and 1 DVD±RW/RAM!
          I 23:14:30 Operation Started!
          I 23:14:30 Source File: C:\DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS\DESKTOP\DVD RIPS\INN_DVD.MDS
          I 23:14:30 Source File Sectors: 3,940,528 (MODE1/2048)
          I 23:14:30 Source File Size: 8,070,201,344 bytes
          I 23:14:30 Source File Volume Identifier: INN_DVD
          I 23:14:30 Source File Application Identifier: DVD Studio Pro:3.0.2, DSPInterface:306, DVDAuthoring:287, DVDBase:294(Encoder: 361), Oxygene:252
          I 23:14:30 Source File Implementation Identifier: Apple Computer, Inc.
          I 23:14:30 Source File UDF Revision: 1.02
          I 23:14:30 Destination Device: [1:0:0] MAT****A DVD-RAM UJ-841S 1.00 (D: ) (ATA)
          I 23:14:30 Destination Media Type: DVD+R DL (Disc ID: MKM-001-00) (Speeds: 2.4x)
          I 23:14:30 Destination Media Sectors: 4,173,824
          I 23:14:30 Write Mode: DVD
          I 23:14:30 Write Type: DAO
          I 23:14:30 Write Speed: 2.4x
          I 23:14:30 Link Size: Auto
          I 23:14:30 Test Mode: No
          I 23:14:30 BURN-Proof: Enabled
          I 23:14:30 Optimal L0 Data Zone Capacity: 1,989,056
          I 23:14:30 Optimal L0 Data Zone Method: Copied From Original Disc
          I 23:14:45 Filling Buffer...
          I 23:14:46 Writing LeadIn...
          I 23:14:47 Writing Image...
          I 23:14:47 Writing Layer 0... (LBA: 0 - 1989055)
          I 23:35:32 Writing Layer 1... (LBA: 1989056 - 3940527)
          W 23:35:43 Failed to Write Sectors 1990912 - 1990943 - Peripheral Device Write Fault
          W 23:35:43 Retrying (1 of 20)...
          W 23:35:43 Retry Failed - Illegal Mode For This Track
          W 23:35:43 Retrying (2 of 20)...
          W 23:35:43 Retry Failed - Illegal Mode For This Track
          W 23:35:43 Retrying (3 of 20)...
          W 23:35:43 Retry Failed - Illegal Mode For This Track
          W 23:35:43 Retrying (4 of 20)...
          W 23:35:43 Retry Failed - Illegal Mode For This Track
          W 23:35:43 Retrying (5 of 20)...
          W 23:35:43 Retry Failed - Illegal Mode For This Track
          W 23:35:43 Retrying (6 of 20)...
          W 23:35:43 Retry Failed - Illegal Mode For This Track
          W 23:35:43 Retrying (7 of 20)...
          W 23:35:43 Retry Failed - Illegal Mode For This Track
          W 23:35:43 Retrying (8 of 20)...
          W 23:35:43 Retry Failed - Illegal Mode For This Track
          W 23:35:43 Retrying (9 of 20)...
          W 23:35:43 Retry Failed - Illegal Mode For This Track
          W 23:35:43 Retrying (10 of 20)...
          W 23:35:43 Retry Failed - Illegal Mode For This Track
          W 23:35:43 Retrying (11 of 20)...
          W 23:35:43 Retry Failed - Illegal Mode For This Track
          W 23:35:43 Retrying (12 of 20)...
          W 23:35:43 Retry Failed - Illegal Mode For This Track
          E 23:53:23 Failed to Write Sectors 1990912 - 1990943 - Peripheral Device Write Fault
          I 23:53:23 Synchronising Cache...
          I 23:53:24 Closing Track...
          I 23:53:29 Finalising Disc...
          W 23:54:06 Potential 'WaitImmediateIO' Deferred Error - Peripheral Device Write Fault
          E 23:54:09 Finalise Disc Failed! - Reason: No Additional Sense Information
          E 23:54:09 Failed to Write Image!
          E 23:54:09 Operation Failed! - Duration: 00:39:39
          I 23:54:09 Average Write Rate: 1,720 KB/s (1.2x) - Maximum Write Rate: 3,460 KB/s (2.5x)
          I 23:54:20 Close Request Acknowledged
          I 23:54:20 Closing Down...
          I 23:54:39 Shutting down SPTI...
          I 23:54:39 ImgBurn closed!
          Last edited by inddoc; 19 May 2006, 09:34 AM.

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          • Chewy
            Super Moderator
            • Nov 2003
            • 18971

            #6
            I would go for it tosh, sony or whatever, the matsh1ta is a poor drive, many have returned on warranty, the way you're going thru blanks.

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            • inddoc
              Junior Member
              Junior Member
              • Feb 2006
              • 27

              #7
              What has gone wrong?

              I tried the Sony firmware for the matsh1ta drive on my Toshiba laptop. I did not work as it said wrong drive.

              So from 100% success with Verbatim DL media, I am down to 50% though I have made no change to my laptop. What could have gone wrong and where? Any thoughts from you gurus out there???

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              • Chewy
                Super Moderator
                • Nov 2003
                • 18971

                #8
                From what I have googled those matsh!ta drives are lemons, few work right
                when new, those that do don't hold up well, very poor support from toshiba also. RMA if on warranty, otherwise save it for a reader and get a good external burner.

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                • inddoc
                  Junior Member
                  Junior Member
                  • Feb 2006
                  • 27

                  #9
                  Thanks Chewy.

                  The laptop is still within the 6 month return policy of Sam's club, so that's where it is going back to.

                  In the meantime, I am planning to buy a NEC 3550 for my desktop. Seems highly recommended by many.

                  Thanks again!

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