Dvd-R/-Rw Drive; Figure 1-6 Dvd-R/-Rw Drive; Table 1-3 Dvd-R/-Rw Drive Specifications - Toshiba A20-S259 - Satellite - Pentium 4 2.66 GHz Maintenance Manual

1.5 DVD-R/-RW Drive

1.5 DVD-R/-RW Drive
A full-size DVD-R/-RW drive module lets you record data to rewritable CD/DVDs as well
as run either 12 cm (4.72") or 8 cm (3.15") CD/DVDs without using an adaptor. It reads
DVD-ROMs at maximum 8 speed and CD-ROMs at maximum 24 speed. It writes CD-R at
up to 16 speed, CD-RW at up to 10 speed, DVD-R and DVD-RW at single speed. The DVD-
R/-RW drive is shown in figure 1-6. Specifications for the DVD-R/-RW drive are described
in table 1-3.
Item
Transfer rate (Kbytes/s)
Access time (ms)
Average Random Access
Average Full Stroke Access
Average Full Stroke Access
Data Buffer Capacity (Mbytes)
Supported Formats
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Figure 1-6 DVD-R/-RW drive

Table 1-3 DVD-R/-RW drive specifications

DVD-ROM
16.7 (PIO mode 4, Multiple word DMA transfer mode 2)
100
95
160
DVD-ROM,
DVD-R,
DVD-RW,
DVD-RAM
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CD-ROM
33.3 (Ultra DMA)
95
90
160
2
CD-DA, CD+ (E)G,
CD-MIDI,
CD-TEXT,
CD-ROM,
CD-ROM XA,
CD-I, CD-I Bridge,
Multi session CD,
CD-R, CD-RW
DVD-RAM (Write)
170
120
350
DVD-ROM
DVD-RW (Ver.1.1)
1-19