Is Nero 5.5.2.4 buggy (or is it me)?

[GuyMannDude]

Hi all:

I recently upgraded from Nero 5.0 to 5.5.2.4. Ever since then I haven't been able to burn one single CD. Sometimes the OS (Win95) crashes but most often it does the 'test' okay but dies in the 'burn' phase. I've tried making CD-ROM (ISO) (without an image) and then I tried using the XVCD .nrg file from this site. Neither worked. I'm attaching a copy of the message log to the bottom of this post. You can see that the problems start with a "power calibration error" at message #25.

Now, I'm wondering if there is a problem with doing the upgrade. I never had a problem with Nero 5.0. I've had NOTHING BUT problems with Nero 5.5. HOWEVER, I am also experiencing some hardware problems. I've lost one hard drive and I'm worried I may lose the other. That's actually my motivation for trying to burn a CD-ROM of my files -- I'm afraid my main disk will crash soon. My CD-writer can still READ disks okay but I'm wondering if it might be damaged as well. I'm asking for help in figuring out whether my inability to burn a disk is due to Nero 5.5 or a hardware problem.

One idea I had was to remove Nero 5.5 and reinstall 5.0. I've sent an email to ahead.de asking them for my registration code. Since they haven't responded, I went in the registry and looked up the number written there. Do you think this 6x4 (6 sets of 4 digits) code is good for both v5.0 and v5.5? I'd hate to remove Nero, try to reinstall it only to find out the code I wrote down from the reigstry doesn't work for Nero 5.0!

Thanks for any help,
-Guy Mann Dude

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CD-Image
15.7.2001

12:29:23 PM #1 Text 0 File Reader.cpp, Line 133
Reader running

12:29:23 PM #2 Text 0 File Writer.cpp, Line 125
Writer PCRW404 running

12:29:23 PM #3 IMAGEGEN -10 File ImageGen.cpp, Line 354
Image was written as TAO.


12:29:23 PM #4 Text 0 File ThreadedTransferInterface.cpp, Line 665
Setup items (original item values)
0: TRM_DATA_MODE2_2336 (ISO9660 Mode2/XA)
2 indices, index0 (150) not provided
original CD pos #0 + 1101 (1101) = #1101/0:14.51
not relocatable, CD pos for caching/writing not required/not required, no patch infos
1: TRM_DATA_MODE2_2336 (CD-ROM Mode2/XA)
2 indices, index0 (150) not provided
original CD pos #1101 + 4553 (4553) = #5654/1:15.29
relocatable, CD pos for caching/writing not required/not required, patch infos
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12:30:09 PM #5 Text 0 File Burncd.cpp, Line 1509
Recorder: PHILIPS PCRW404;
CDR code: 00 97 24 01; OSJ entry from: Taiyo Yuden Company Limited
ATIP Data:
Special Info [hex] 1: C0 00 98, 2: 61 18 01 (LI 97:24.01), 3: 4F 3B 4A (LO 79:59.74)
Additional Info [hex] 1: 00 00 00 (invalid), 2: 00 00 00 (invalid), 3: 00 00 00 (invalid)

12:30:09 PM #6 Text 0 File ThreadedTransferInterface.cpp, Line 800
Prepare recorder PCRW404 for write in TAO
DAO infos:
==========
MCN:
TOCTYPE: 0x20 Close CD
Tracks 1 to 2:
TRM_DATA_MODE2_2332, 2332/0x0, ISRC "", FilePos 0 349800 2917332
TRM_DATA_MODE2_2332, 2332/0x0, ISRC "", FilePos 2917332 3267132 13884728

12:30:09 PM #7 Text 0 File ThreadedTransferInterface.cpp, Line 828
Removed 2 run-out blocks from end of track 1.

12:30:09 PM #8 Text 0 File ThreadedTransferInterface.cpp, Line 828
Removed 2 run-out blocks from end of track 2.

12:30:09 PM #9 Text 0 File ThreadedTransferInterface.cpp, Line 665
Setup items (after recorder preparation)
0: TRM_DATA_MODE2_2336 (ISO9660 Mode2/XA)
2 indices, index0 (150) not provided
original CD pos #0 + 1101 (1101) = #1101/0:14.51
not relocatable, CD pos for caching/writing not required/not required, no patch infos
-> TRM_DATA_MODE2_2332, 2332, config 0, wanted index0 0 blocks, length 1099 blocks [PCRW404 ]
1: TRM_DATA_MODE2_2336 (CD-ROM Mode2/XA)
2 indices, index0 (150) not provided
original CD pos #1101 + 4553 (4553) = #5654/1:15.29
relocatable, CD pos for caching/writing not required/not required, patch infos
-> TRM_DATA_MODE2_2332, 2332, config 0, wanted index0 0 blocks, length 4551 blocks [PCRW404 ]
--------------------------------------------------------------

12:30:09 PM #10 Phase 28 File dlgbrnst.cpp, Line 1353
Speed measurement started

12:30:09 PM #11 Text 0 File ThreadedTransferInterface.cpp, Line 1836
Verifying CD position of item 0 (not relocatable, no CD pos, no patch infos, orig at #0): write at #0

12:30:10 PM #12 Text 0 File ThreadedTransfer.cpp, Line 218
all writers idle, stopping conversion

12:30:10 PM #13 Text 0 File ThreadedTransferInterface.cpp, Line 1836
Verifying CD position of item 1 (relocatable, no CD pos, patch infos, orig at #1101): write at #0

12:30:14 PM #14 Text 0 File ThreadedTransfer.cpp, Line 218
all writers idle, stopping conversion

12:30:14 PM #15 Phase 29 File dlgbrnst.cpp, Line 1353
Speed measurement completed: 55x (8308 KB/s)

12:30:14 PM #16 Phase 32 File dlgbrnst.cpp, Line 1353
Simulation started at 4x (600 KB/s)

12:30:14 PM #17 Text 0 File ThreadedTransferInterface.cpp, Line 1836
Verifying CD position of item 0 (not relocatable, no CD pos, no patch infos, orig at #0): write at #0

12:30:20 PM #18 Text 0 File ThreadedTransfer.cpp, Line 218
all writers idle, stopping conversion

12:30:25 PM #19 Text 0 File ThreadedTransferInterface.cpp, Line 1836
Verifying CD position of item 1 (relocatable, no CD pos, patch infos, orig at #1101): write at #1251

12:30:43 PM #20 Text 0 File ThreadedTransfer.cpp, Line 218
all writers idle, stopping conversion

12:30:51 PM #21 Phase 33 File dlgbrnst.cpp, Line 1353
Simulation completed successfully at 4x (600 KB/s)

12:30:51 PM #22 Phase 36 File dlgbrnst.cpp, Line 1353
Burn process started at 4x (600 KB/s)

12:30:51 PM #23 Text 0 File ThreadedTransferInterface.cpp, Line 1836
Verifying CD position of item 0 (not relocatable, no CD pos, no patch infos, orig at #0): write at #0

12:31:31 PM #24 SCSI -1106 File Cdrdrv.cpp, Line 1353
SCSI Exec, HA 0, TA 1, LUN 0, buffer 0x0310F184
Status: 0x04 (0x01, SCSI_ERR)
HA-Status 0x00 (0x00, OK)
TA-Status 0x02 (0x01, SCSI_TASTATUS_CHKCOND)
Sense Key: 0x03 (KEY_MEDIUM_ERROR)
Sense Code: 0x73
Sense Qual: 0x03
CDB Data: 0x2A 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x02 0xF2 0x00 0x00 0x1A 0x00 0x00 0x00
Sense Data: 0x70 0x00 0x03 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x13
0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x73 0x03

12:31:31 PM #25 mmc -1106 File Writer.cpp, Line 311
Power calibration error

12:31:31 PM #26 Text 0 File ThreadedTransfer.cpp, Line 218
all writers idle, stopping conversion

12:31:31 PM #27 CDR -201 File WriterStatus.cpp, Line 162
Invalid writestate

12:31:31 PM #28 TRANSFER -18 File WriterStatus.cpp, Line 162
Could not perform EndTrack

12:31:31 PM #29 Phase 38 File dlgbrnst.cpp, Line 1353
Burn process failed at 4x (600 KB/s)

12:31:31 PM #30 Text 0 File Scsicmd.cpp, Line 371
SCSI not using temporary buffers
20 out of 20 temporary buffers allocated


Existing drivers:
File 'IoSubSys\SCSI1HLP.VXD': Ver=4.00.1111, size=19182 bytes, created 8/24/96 11:11:10 AM
File 'IoSubsys\NEROCD95.VXD': Ver=4, 0, 0, 16, size=33451 bytes, created 7/7/01 2:38:48 PM
File 'IoSubsys\C2REC.VXD': Ver=3.00.044, size=28335 bytes, created 1/6/99 6:44:36 PM
File 'IoSubsys\C2APIX.VXD': Ver=Version 1.01.026, size=10469 bytes, created 11/16/98 2:45:44 PM
File 'IoSubsys\CDFS.VXD': Ver=4.00.1111, size=59129 bytes, created 8/24/96 11:11:10 AM
File 'IoSubsys\ESDI_506.PDR': Ver=4.00.1111, size=24390 bytes, created 8/24/96 11:11:10 AM
File '..\System\Vmm32\Ios.vxd': Ver=4.00.1111, size=68938 bytes, created 8/24/96 11:11:10 AM
File 'IoSubsys\Disktsd.vxd': Ver=4.00.1111, size=18785 bytes, created 8/24/96 11:11:10 AM

[Vejita-sama]

Hmm? I use Nero 5.5.2.4 without any problems, I can even make VCDs with menus I've used it under win98 and winME. So I think it might be something with your setup.

However, a LOT of people have report various problems with 5.5.2.4 and have gone back to using 5.5.2.3 (mostly menu problems). Not sure if this helps any...