Problem with DVD writer

I wasn’t using my DVD writer for few months. I shifted my house recently. When I need to use it, it is not working.

It is SONY DVD RW (original). It doesn’t give any trouble for reading CD or DVD. When it comes to matter of writing, the problem starts.

Funny thing is that I could write CD but not DVD. When I try to write DVD, I get a message box saying power calibration error.

I searched about this error in google and I got some good answers. There were few methods which might rectify this error.

These are the methods which I followed but the problem still remains.

1) I try to write with minimum speed “2x” using Nero.

2) I reinstalled Nero.

3) I removed Nero using uninstaller which cleared even the registry of it.

4) I used different version of Nero.

5) I tried CD burner XP pro despite Nero.

6) I disabled the IMAPI service. It is found under Control panel->Administrative tools->Services. Now I have put that in manual.

7) I used DVD cleaning lens.

8) I reinserted IDE & power cable of DVD drive.

9) I removed the DVD drive completely and cleaned the lens manually with soft cloth.

10) ‘I checked my DVD drive in another computer. It worked fine. Even I could write DVD.’

11) I reinserted the drive in my computer and restarted.

12) BIOS didn’t detect the drive. I tried several times.

13) I reinserted the IDE cable from the motherboard.

14) BIOS detected the drive but it is not shown in windows explorer.

The removable storages are those for workstations.

• I scanned the hardware from device manager. Even it didn’t detect.
• I downloaded doug knox software which is used fix registry of cd/dvd.
• Doug knox function is to remove the upper and lower filters completely from the registry .
• I double clicked that program and it asked me to restart the system to apply changes. Problem still exists.
• So finally I tried manually the function of doug knox.

There are two filters upper and lower filters in registry which would make disappear of the cd/dvd drive.

Run->regedit->HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE->System->Current control set->class->{4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}

But those upper and lower filters were not present already in the right pane.

I gonna try one more time reinserting the ide cables and power cables of DVD drive and the cables connected to the motherboard.

Now I have changed the jumper. My hard disk was in master and DVD drive was in slave. After changing DVD drive to master, it is visible in windows explorer.

A new problem arose. When I double click the drive, it says incorrect function. Then I rectified it by enabling the check box “Enable CD recording on this drive.”

I have checked by changing SMPS also.I tried to write DVD but still power calibration error exists.

3rd semester

              

                   My 3rd semester exams were finished  by November 23rd. I got 2 weeks holidays. College reopens on December 9.

                   I spent my entire semester gleefully. Myself and my friends went to movie and celebrated Aravindh’s birthday http://snipurl.com/tk1ep in beach which was an unforgettable day.

                                 I didn’t work hard for my exams. Actually, I was keep on changing my study patterns. Nothing suited me. Even if some methods suited me, it doesn’t help me even for a month.

                                 I like to spend more time with computer.  It doesn’t mean that I watch only movies and play games. Besides watching movies, I read articles based on   education “http://www.studyhacks.com”, personality development “http://www.stevepavlina.com, http://www.scotthyoung.com” and some novels.

                                  I read some articles on “time management”. I came across an article “The Notebook Method”, by Calnewport http://snipurl.com/tk1dl. He said that “writing is one of the best methods for preparing examinations. Writing makes you remember”. This sounds a silly method. It sounded a common method but I have never tried that.

                                   By the time my semester exams started. There are large portions that I have to accomplish in a short period of time. I started studying the corresponding subjects just the previous day of the exams. This time I used “Notebook method” even though I knew, it was too late.

                                   Better be late than never. I worked 6 hours to the maximum for each exam. That was not sufficient. But I covered a lot of portions. I worked on important sums on maths. And other subjects I understood the concepts and I wrote the points in my notebook. Some concepts I even practiced twice by writing.

                                   Some subjects I found it easy. Other subjects were really hard. There were unexpected questions and problems in the question paper. The last minute preparation didn’t help much.

                                    I don’t care about my GPA in this semester. But I found my method of learning. I realized that “writing once is always better than reading twice”. There is a wise saying

                      “When you hear – you forget,

                      When you see – you remember,

                          When you do – you know.”

I came to know the worth of this method only after I have implemented.