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combo drive not writing disc

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Rajasekaran43 Original post #1
Jul 27, 2008 at 3:51 PM
I have a compaq presario M2000 with widows xp professional installed. When I try to wrie cd, it reports
"Device error: (226051) Could not write to Disc (LBA:-150 Length:26). Power Calibration Area Error.-0x037303"
What is the problem and how to solve it? please help
ilugd
ilugd #2
Jul 27, 2008 at 4:42 PM
try burning at a lower speed, use a different media (good quality blank cds)

i think you are using nero. try using some freeware like cd burner xp or ashampoo free version to confirm that your drive is not defective.