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Ok, thanks. Will try asap.

Thanks for the help. No, I haven't tried any other I/O, will do. But I get the same error in Nero, and it uses another one I think? But I will try. Yes, the IDE drivers...hmm I have no idea actually! Rebuilding is the next logical step, and it doesn't feel that bad so short after the other one (not that much installed etc).

@crockettman Thanks, I have supectable programs like iTunes, Daemon and Mediaplayer 10. @LIGHTNING UK! Well, yes. A week or so (before the re-installation of XP) I installed the Liggy/Dee fw. Worked fine with all burning apps until the re-install. Now, since these errors I have flashed back to the original fw just to check but it doesn't help. But they are not always Power Calibration Errors, as often they're "just" Write Errors (but all the same just after the Lead In).

First time caller, long time watcher. I recently bought a new drive; Nec 4551, which was working fine until just now. I (think/hope) the problems started when I did a clean installation of XP SP2. After that almost all of my burns are coasters. I have been getting the "Power Calibration" error, but also "Write Error". What happens is that, it most often fails to burn, just (or shortly) after the lead in. The speed is then very slow (like 0.4x), and then the error shows. I've tried different media (all Verbatim but different types and speeds - dvd+r/dvd-r/dvd-rw). I have tried other burning apps (Nero, Decrypter), but same failures. I have swiched the cable to the burner, installed/re-installed different firmwares etc. My power supply is a solid Antec, which I don't think is the problem. Attaching 2 log files, one from yesterday (ImgBurn_1) and one from today (ImgBurn_2) . So, I have no idea what to do, and hope someone here can be of help. ImgBurn_2.log [edit] The file ImgBurn_1 is not attached since it accidently became a duplicate of the other one [/edit]