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Q: Burner - device failed to calibrate the laser power level for this media.

The burn to the MATSHITA DVD-R UJ-845E drive failed. The device failed to calibrate the laser power level for this media.

Huh?? Have no idea what this means, after a forum search am more confused... I don't think I've installed any software that has effected it (suggested in other discussions) The only other one that might have been useful was archived and I couldn't work out how to read all the threads so if anyone can help with this error message that would be awesome.

G4 12 inch powerbook, Mac OS X (10.4.11)

Posted on Oct 15, 2008 4:47 PM

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Q: Burner - device failed to calibrate the laser power level for this media.

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  • by MacEs,

    MacEs MacEs Jan 1, 2014 12:41 PM in response to Arbor Friend
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    Jan 1, 2014 12:41 PM in response to Arbor Friend

    Hi Arbor Friend.

    My equipment has more or less the same configuration as yours (Mine is a MacBookPro5,3 with processor speed 2,93 GHz, MATSHITA DVD-R UJ-868 shows 0KB cache, the rest is the same). The laptop is not region protected.

    In june 2012 I ran into this burning problem with the superdrive as well. I use to burn Sony DVD-R discs. I tried all suggested solutions like the language thing (no luck), bought a bottle of compressed air and a cleansing cd and after several times running this cd and blowing some air into the drive, I eventually got the superdrive burning. Now, one year and a half later, I stumbled again upon this annoying problem. The finder doesn't even recognise inserted blanc dvd's, it just spits them out. I don't have the cleansing cd at hand nor the compressed air. I tried to burn a mp4 file without inserting a dvd previously, and finally the finder's burner dialogue window popped up. I filled in the disc name omitting spaces as read in one of the previous posts, and choosing the lowest burn speed. (2x, other options are 4x and 8x, both no luck). Now the superdrive is burning, and the cd finally has been ended succesfully! Hope my experience helps you.

  • by MRTokyo,

    MRTokyo MRTokyo Jan 3, 2014 10:13 PM in response to itspaz
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    Jan 3, 2014 10:13 PM in response to itspaz

    I gave up on my mac book pro, but what i did do was "Save as Disc image" in iDVD and then copied that to my Windows laptop and then burned the image to the same disk i was trying to from my mac. No issues there. Really annoying to have to consider to resort to compressed air to fix this, might try it later, i had a similar problem on an older mac too.

  • by Luigiview,

    Luigiview Luigiview Apr 24, 2014 11:55 AM in response to itspaz
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    Apr 24, 2014 11:55 AM in response to itspaz

    In my case, the CD I was using somehow had some incompatibility. The solution for me was use another CD.

  • by Justin811,

    Justin811 Justin811 May 10, 2014 11:47 AM in response to itspaz
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    May 10, 2014 11:47 AM in response to itspaz

    Using mid-2009 MBP, thought maybe the burner went out, but compressed air worked!  Thanks!

  • by muthannafromCO,

    muthannafromCO muthannafromCO Nov 30, 2014 1:58 PM in response to itspaz
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    Nov 30, 2014 1:58 PM in response to itspaz

    I opened the macbook and cleaned the DVD Laser reader/ writer with ear cotton cleaning tips soaked with simple perfume (contains spirit). and it worked well.

  • by sykosammi,

    sykosammi sykosammi Feb 29, 2016 5:33 PM in response to dlt1th
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    Feb 29, 2016 5:33 PM in response to dlt1th

    yes compressed air is the ticket... wow that was the easiest fix ever!

  • by OpalXIII,

    OpalXIII OpalXIII May 19, 2016 7:26 PM in response to parkerpress
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    May 19, 2016 7:26 PM in response to parkerpress

    2016 now - and the 2 second burst of compressed air worked for me!  Thanks!

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