help with cd burner

[88Nightmare]

I think my original cd burner in my 4 year old computer may be taking a shit. I've always burned with Nero, which worked flawlessly, till today, im suddenly getting "power calibration error". Anyone have any recommendations?

[wikked]

1. on Desktop click Start
2. select Control Panel
3. click on Administrative Tools
4. click on Services
5. browse your way down to IMAPI CD BURNING COM SERVICE
6. right click (on IMAPI) then select properties
7. in the middle of the window, it will say start up type. Click on the arrow to the right and select disabled.
8. make sure you click APPLY

[88Nightmare]

ok cool, just did that. what is the significance of that? how does it affect nero?

[wikked]

It's just something that automatically loads when Windows starts up.

It is supposed to speed up the burning process by being pre-loaded, but in some cases it actually does the opposite, and causes problems like the one you had.