>>My DVD burner is a M.a.t.s.h.i.t.a (I inserted the dots because without them it was considered a vulgar word) DVD-RAM UJ-841S ATA device
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>>The day before it worked all right and now I can't create DVDs with it.
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>>With the software I use I receive a "Power calibration error"
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>>I looked a bit with google about that problem and there does'nt seem to be much clear information about this.
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>>So now what should I do?
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>>Could this be in any way something related to Vista?
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>>I mean perhaps I did an update recently on Vista and that is the thanks I got for doing it <g>
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>Try cleaning the optical reader thiny on it with some alochol. I assume the thing reads CD's as well as DVD's. After you try cleaning it, if it still doesnt work try burning a CD. Generally the DVD and CD burning uses different laser beams - so its possible that one of the lasers is shot. I had this problem with a Toshiba laptop once and got it working again by cleaning it....so I'd surely give that a try.
Thanks Victor.
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