CD Burning Question.

[Rory Manton]

My CD burner will no longer burn CD's as it says the laser is not calibrated and this warning shows up.

"The attempt to burn a disc failed. The device failed to calibrate the laser power level for this media"

I had the motherboard changed about 4 months ago and this is the first time since that I have tried to burn anything could this be linked or is it something else?

Can I do anything about it or is it going to cost me my other arm and leg?

Thanks all.

 

[Jethryn Freyman]

Could be a dirty laser lens. Try running a CD lens cleaner disc in the drive.

Also, googling the error message brings up quite a few results.

 

[ewilson6]

try a different brand of cd's. yours has to much silver coating on them. this is standard eror on mac when the laser has to much reflection.

--Eric

 

[agentphish]

Can be a combination of the two things listed. But more likely media issues.

 

[Consultant]

Try different media.

Try boot up from a clean OS install to see if that would help.

If neither works, then time for warranty repair.