Yes I also get the same message occasionally from my HP4020i Drive. When
I open up the drive and clean the lens & the laser component the drive
usually starts working again.

INIGO

> This is a follow-up on my HP CDR problems. Recording to CDRW media works
> fine. Trying to write a CDR disk, however, results in a 'Power calibration
> area is full" error message and the recording stops. The CDR disks are not
> actually damaged by this since I can then use them on another machine to
> perform recording. HP has not responded to my queries - I assumed that the
> drive went bad and needed to know where to send it for repair. HP does not
> even provide information on how to get it repaired.
>
> Has anyone else had this "power calibration area..." message?

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