Can't burn a SVCD

[albion87]

When I try to burn a SCVD ( using ulead Moviefactory ) I get the message "Failed to record data to the CD" , I also get problems when using Nero 6 + VCD easy - sometimes getting the message "Power calibration failed" ( or some message very like it ). Windows reports the CD-writer as operating OK. I can find nothing wrong - can anyone give me some ideas as to what is wrong please ? .

Setup:- Athlon XP2600 , 512mb pc2700 memory, DFI Lanparty NFII ultra m/board, writer = Sony CRX225E, running Win XP SP1.

Additional info , have also tried an LG GCE8320B cd-writer and the problem was still there. I had no problems before a recent upgrade to the m/board, memory and processor listed above.

Any help appreciated - TIA

[RabidDog]

Have you burned anything at all with this writer?? Have you burned anything at all, with any writer, with your new setup?? Will win/xp burn anything to this drive?? have you tried CDrw?? have you tried alternative media??
eg is it your computer or the drive or the comination of your computer with this drive??

[albion87]

Thanks for your reply.

Yes , initially it worked OK , the problem seems to have grown as I've added other cd-writing programs to my PC. ( ie Nero 6 ).
I can write to cd-r and cd-rw using the basic tools provided by WIN XP but not reliably ( ie sometimes it works - sometimes it don't! ) - it is also difficult to get windows to erase the cd-rw.
Tried cd-rw and different media? - yes and I still get the problem. I don't believe the drive is faulty as I had the same problem with an LG writer I tried. The problem has arisen only since I up-graded ( new m/board , processor and memory as listed in my initial post.

[Gazorgan]

Roxio and Nero aren't compatible.

Did you install ASPI drivers (Nero Requires)?

[albion87]

Thanks for the reply Gazorgan.

Yes I did install ASPI drivers. After I started having the trouble I un-installed Nero but the problem remains. I can't un-install Roxio part ( as far as I know anyway ) because it is part of the Win XP install as far as I can see.