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Thread ID: 62926 2005-10-24 01:01:00 Power Calibration Error Dannz (1668) Press F1
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398686 2005-10-24 03:06:00 Ya, and I was talking to Speedy.



EDIT: Never Mind
Dannz (1668)
398687 2005-10-24 03:10:00 Yup, the burner is question, not only froze the programs I mentioned ( as well as Nero Startsmart).

It freezes the whole system. You cant do anything, until u reboot/reset.

You'll soon know if its this cd burner :D
Speedy Gonzales (78)
398688 2005-10-24 05:27:00 You could have a faulty XP installation.
I have used these Samsung units in machines I built for friends and they work quite well; however recently a machine running XP experienced burn outs on rewritable DVDs and errors on CR RW's irrespective of fitting replacement C D burners.
This all came right [3 hours later] with a complete re-install of the software on to the hard-drive.
PENTIUM (426)
398689 2005-10-24 23:38:00 As pointed out by Goddie, power calibration failures is usually a media (CD/DVD disc) compatibilty issue or more than likely cheap cruddy media or a bad batch of discs.

You're first option is to try different media. The Samsung webiste will have a list of recommended media for that particular model of burner, go there and buy a two or three different brands/types based on the list, then test them.

PS. Goddie, what's this "disk" thing you're talking about? ;)
Murray P (44)
398690 2005-10-25 00:05:00 PS. Goddie, what's this "disk" thing you're talking about? ;)

Pedant.

"The divergence in spelling is due in part to the way in which the words originated. Disc came into the English language in the mid-17th century, from the Latin discus, and like already-existing words like whisc or risc, it was spelled with c; disk arose some time later, and was based on the original Greek root diskus."

Source: Wikipedia
godfather (25)
398691 2005-10-25 00:28:00 Pedant.

"The divergence in spelling is due in part to the way in which the words originated. Disc came into the English language in the mid-17th century, from the Latin discus, and like already-existing words like whisc or risc, it was spelled with c; disk arose some time later, and was based on the original Greek root diskus."

Source: Wikipedia

Pedant, Moi! :eek:

I read something, some time ago (hold thy tongue), that explained common usage of disk and disc in computing terms. Disk is commonly used to describe a Hard Drive Disk or floppy disk and disc is used to describe removable media, CD Rom Disc. Something to do with who first coined the phrases to describe their products, a la European or US, IIRC.
Murray P (44)
398692 2005-10-25 01:13:00 what kind of software did you use for burning? dds (7234)
398693 2005-10-25 03:19:00 what kind of software did you use for burning?

Who, me?

I have Nero Burning Rom, but haven't used it for months. On Windows I use NTI CD/DVD Creator, it's simple to use and, on Linux K3B, which is very good.
Murray P (44)
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