hotpants Posted September 17, 2011 Share Posted September 17, 2011 (edited) I bought a new spindle of double layer Verbatim DVD+Rs that were made in Singapore. I burned an image using AWS with a disc from this spindle and it worked perfectly. Then I tried to burn a different image and got the Power Calibration Error. Thereafter, every burn attempt resulted in the Power Calibration Area error--even if I used a disc from the bottom of the spindle or tried slower burning speeds. Other media (non-double-layer) burns fine. Could it be all the discs in this spindle except for the top one are bad? Here's my log: I 17:43:45 ImgBurn Version 2.5.5.0 started! I 17:43:45 Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate x64 Edition (6.1, Build 7601 : Service Pack 1) I 17:43:45 Total Physical Memory: 2,096,248 KB - Available: 1,234,204 KB I 17:43:45 Initialising SPTI... I 17:43:45 Searching for SCSI / ATAPI devices... I 17:43:46 -> Drive 1 - Info: PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-215D 1.22 (F:) (ATA) I 17:43:46 Found 1 DVD±RW! I 17:44:10 Operation Started! I 17:44:10 Source File: D:\xxxxx.iso I 17:44:10 Source File Sectors: 3,732,928 (MODE1/2048) I 17:44:10 Source File Size: 7,645,036,544 bytes I 17:44:10 Source File Volume Identifier: xxxxx I 17:44:10 Source File Volume Set Identifier: D070E41C_TOASTUDF I 17:44:10 Source File Application Identifier: TOAST ISO 9660 BUILDER COPYRIGHT (C) 1997-2005 SONIC SOLUTIONS - HAVE A NICE DAY I 17:44:10 Source File Implementation Identifier: Roxio Toast I 17:44:10 Source File File System(s): ISO9660, Joliet, UDF (1.02) I 17:44:10 Destination Device: [1:1:0] PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-215D 1.22 (F:) (ATA) I 17:44:10 Destination Media Type: DVD+R DL (Disc ID: MKM-003-00) (Speeds: 2.4x, 4x, 6x, 8x, 10x) I 17:44:10 Destination Media Sectors: 4,173,824 I 17:44:10 Write Mode: DVD I 17:44:10 Write Type: DAO I 17:44:10 Write Speed: MAX I 17:44:10 Link Size: Auto I 17:44:10 Lock Volume: Yes I 17:44:10 Test Mode: No I 17:44:10 OPC: No I 17:44:10 BURN-Proof: Enabled I 17:44:10 Write Speed Successfully Set! - Effective: 13,850 KB/s (10x) I 17:44:10 Advanced Settings - Optimal Writing Speed: No I 17:44:11 Optimal L0 Data Zone Capacity: 1,866,464 I 17:44:11 Optimal L0 Data Zone Method: ECC Block Boundary E 17:44:49 Set L0 Data Zone Capacity Failed! - Reason: Power Calibration Area Error E 17:44:50 Operation Failed! - Duration: 00:00:39 I 17:44:50 Average Write Rate: N/A - Maximum Write Rate: N/A Thanks! Edited September 17, 2011 by hotpants Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LIGHTNING UK! Posted September 17, 2011 Share Posted September 17, 2011 AWS doesn't mean anything unless you actually configure the 'Automatic Write Speed' feature. As such, your discs are burning at max speed - 10x in your case. Try at the other supported speeds... start with 4x and then try the remaining ones. Your drive is a few years old now, it might benefit from being cleaned with a cleaning disc or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotpants Posted September 17, 2011 Author Share Posted September 17, 2011 (edited) Edit: I made the post below before seeing the response above. I just discovered the old logs, so here's the log of the one burn that did work. It looks like there are errors according to the log, but the disc (a movie) plays just fine in my DVD player. Why did this burn, while the others won't? Should I just go ahead and get a new drive? I 15:04:12 ImgBurn Version 2.5.5.0 started! I 15:04:12 Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate x64 Edition (6.1, Build 7601 : Service Pack 1) I 15:04:12 Total Physical Memory: 2,096,248 KB - Available: 823,020 KB I 15:04:12 Initialising SPTI... I 15:04:12 Searching for SCSI / ATAPI devices... I 15:04:12 -> Drive 1 - Info: PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-215D 1.22 (F:) (ATA) I 15:04:12 Found 1 DVD±RW! I 15:04:21 Operation Started! I 15:04:21 Source File: D:\OUTWEST_D1.iso I 15:04:21 Source File Sectors: 4,099,856 (MODE1/2048) I 15:04:21 Source File Size: 8,396,505,088 bytes I 15:04:21 Source File Volume Identifier: OUTWEST_D1 I 15:04:21 Source File Volume Set Identifier: 3D7C76D1________OUTWEST_D1 I 15:04:21 Source File Implementation Identifier: VsoSoftware I 15:04:21 Source File File System(s): ISO9660, UDF (1.02) I 15:04:21 Destination Device: [1:1:0] PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-215D 1.22 (F:) (ATA) I 15:04:21 Destination Media Type: DVD+R DL (Disc ID: MKM-003-00) (Speeds: 2.4x, 4x, 6x, 8x, 10x) I 15:04:21 Destination Media Sectors: 4,173,824 I 15:04:21 Write Mode: DVD I 15:04:21 Write Type: DAO I 15:04:21 Write Speed: MAX I 15:04:21 Link Size: Auto I 15:04:21 Lock Volume: Yes I 15:04:21 Test Mode: No I 15:04:21 OPC: No I 15:04:21 BURN-Proof: Enabled I 15:04:21 Write Speed Successfully Set! - Effective: 13,850 KB/s (10x) I 15:04:21 Advanced Settings - Optimal Writing Speed: No W 15:04:24 Optimal L1 Data Zone Start LBA: None Found! (VTS_03) I 15:04:25 Optimal L0 Data Zone Capacity: 2,051,936 I 15:04:25 Optimal L0 Data Zone Method: ECC Block Boundary, VOBU Boundary I 15:04:56 Set L0 Data Zone Capacity Succeeded! I 15:04:57 Filling Buffer... (40 MB) I 15:04:59 Writing LeadIn... I 15:05:12 Writing Session 1 of 1... (1 Track, LBA: 0 - 4099855) I 15:05:12 Writing Track 1 of 1... (MODE1/2048, LBA: 0 - 4099855) I 15:05:12 Writing Layer 0... (LBA: 0 - 2051935) I 15:13:45 Writing Layer 1... (LBA: 2051936 - 4099855) I 15:24:07 Synchronising Cache... I 15:24:08 Closing Track... I 15:24:17 Finalising Disc... I 15:25:18 Exporting Graph Data... I 15:25:18 Graph Data File: C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Roaming\ImgBurn\Graph Data Files\PIONEER_DVD-RW_DVR-215D_1.22_FRIDAY-SEPTEMBER-16-2011_3-04_PM_MKM-003-00_MAX.ibg I 15:25:18 Export Successfully Completed! I 15:25:18 Operation Successfully Completed! - Duration: 00:20:57 I 15:25:18 Average Write Rate: 7,230 KB/s (5.2x) - Maximum Write Rate: 11,224 KB/s (8.1x) I 15:25:18 Cycling Tray before Verify... W 15:26:01 Waiting for device to become ready... W 15:26:02 Device Not Ready - Unable to Recover TOC W 15:26:02 Retrying (1 of 3)... I 15:26:02 Cycling Tray before Verify... I 15:26:36 Device Ready! E 15:26:41 CompareImageFileLayouts Failed! - Session Count Not Equal (1/0) E 15:26:41 Verify Failed! - Reason: Layouts do not match. Edited September 17, 2011 by hotpants Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotpants Posted September 17, 2011 Author Share Posted September 17, 2011 I already tried burning at different speeds, but I tried again and got the same error. I'm just going to get a new drive. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LIGHTNING UK! Posted September 17, 2011 Share Posted September 17, 2011 It may have appeared to burn ok but the disc still failed verification - probably due to it still appearing blank - meaning the drive did a bad job of burning it. You could go either route now really... try a few more burns at different speeds and see if any come out ok OR, get yourself a new drive (research before buying!). edit: ok, you've already tried the other speeds - new drive it is then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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