It's on a Sony Vaio VGN-FS660 laptop, about a year old. When bought the DVD-+RW would write/read/burn/everything just fine at max speed. However a few months ago, things started to go awry. The drive would read only certain CDs and not others (I couldn't find a pattern), and it would never successfully burn/copy CDs. The image-making half would go through fine, but when it reached the burning half of the process, it would reach at most 11% and say that Burning has failed. I have been using Nero for this. If it can read a CD once it always can read the CD, just that it just won't read some CDs. This has been pretty annoying and if anyone could help me, it'd be great. I don't even know if the problem is software or hardware related.
I have a sony vgnfs675ph with the same drive (Matshita 840-D) and have the exact same problem. I also suspect it is hardware related, but don't really know. I contact Sony's parts center and they want $299 + tax for the drive. ROFL. First I would like to say that that is horribly overpriced for a dvd rw, and second -- they should give me the damn thing because it is obviously a problem from the manufacturer. Anyway, anyone with more info please post.
hi, i have an advent laptop bought about 6 months ago, n im having exactly the same problem, right down to the 11% copy before the error. have u had ne luck in solving the problem?
hi.
you guys can look in the link below if there is a firmware update for that drive.
http://forum.rpc1.org/dl_all.php sometimes firmware fixes the things.
Unfortunately that site only provides firmware for the UJ-840S model. I've tried this firmware and it doesn't help... I'm not sure if it does anything. And I have not found anything on this matter yet
Try going here. http://www.gidforums.com/t-1805.html I was experiencing the same problem before, but changing one setting fixed it. Hopefully you have as much luck as I did
I am assuming you are using Nero. If so, check the 'Simulation' box. I'm not sure why, but before I did this, Nero wouldn't give me any useful error messages. After Nero runs the Simulation, it will attempt to burn the disc (and will probably fail again). When it does fail, hopefully it will give you some more information than before. I received a "Power Calibration" error. Have you looked at the Nero log at all?
Actually I've noticed that it says Power Calibration Error for me, too. However I have tried the default Windows XP drag & drop burning thing, and it screws up there too, so I don't think it's just Nero.
Agreed, it is not just a Nero problem. Do a search on power calibration error. I read some posts saying to try better cd-r's (which I think is b.s. but o well) and also to try cleaning the eye on the cd drive. Incidentally, it was in one of these posts that I read about the setting in administrative tools. I am still confused as to why that worked for me... Good luck, let us know how you made out.
my toshiba laptop with a similar matshita drive started giving me problems after a year also. first I realized the max speed availale was less and now it'll burn but theres errors although it completes the burn and says there was no errors and that's on the slowest speed. made it difficult to burn drivers and such to cd hen I just setup my new desktop
I have the same problem with my Sony VGN-FS640/W. Of course when I contacted sony, they told me to just make sure my cd's were clean haha. Anyways, I was looking to replace the drive. Does anyone know of any good brands/models that are compatible with my computer? Any help would be great!
Here is the Firmware update for your drive. I found it in Sony's Support Drivers/Software page. I looked up your model (VGN-FS660) and this was the latest firmware update they had for your drive model.
