Dvd-R/-Rw Drive - Toshiba Satellite A40 Series Maintenance Manual

1.7 DVD-R/-RW Drive

1 Hardware Overview
1.7 DVD-R/-RW Drive
A full-size DVD-R/-RW drive module lets you record data to rewritable CD/DVD as well as
run either 12 cm (4.72-inch) or 8 cm (3.15-inch) CD/DVDs without using an adaptor. It is a
high-performance drive that reads DVD at maximum 8-speed, writes DVD-R/-RW at 1-
speed, and reads CD at maximum 24-speed (3,600 KB per second).
The DVD-R/-RW drive is shown in figure 1-8. Specifications are listed in Table 1-6.
Figure 1-8 DVD-R/-RW drive
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