Qosmio F30-112 - DVD drive can't read and burn some DVD's

Hey everybody!
Here is the problem: My DVD-ROM won't read some DVD's it won't burn. In Nero when it start burn error pop up and the message is: Power calibration error
I've alerady tried with all testers for burner and reader and they all didn't found any problem. They said that burner and reader are working correctly. I even reinstalled Windows Vista couple of times end it still show me that error and it won't burn or read some DVD's (which I tried to read another computer and there was no problem). I tried to clean it with cleaners and nothing.
I think that problem started since I updated firmwire F103, but I'm not sure...
Help please.

Hi!
Was the firmware update made for your CD/DVD drive or do you have anohter one? In my opinion the drive could be faulty due a wrong firmware
But before you exchange the drive you should try to remove the upper and lower filters in Windows registry:
1) Start Regedit (Start -> Run -> Regedit)
2) Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Contro l\Class{4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}
3) In the right pane, delete the "UpperFilters" key, and delete the "LowerFilters" key.
4) Reboot.
Bye

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