1 Hardware Overview
1.4 Combo CD-RW/DVD-ROM
The Combo CD-RW/DVD-ROM drive accepts 12-cm (4.72-inch) and 8-cm (3.15-inch) discs.
At maximum, the drive can play back a DVD at 8x speed, read CD-ROM at 24x speed, and
write CD-R at 24x speed and HS CD-RW at 10x speed and US CD-RW at 24x speed and
CD-RW at 4x speed.
The Combo CD-RW/DVD-ROM drive is shown in Figure 1-6 and its specifications are listed
in Table 1-2.
Table 1-2 Combo CD-RW/DVD-ROM Drive Specifications
Item
Data transfer rate
(Mbytes/s)
Access time (ms)
Average random
access
Data buffer size
(Mbytes)
Formats supported
16
Satellite L300/L305/Satellite Pro L300/EQUIUM L300/SATEGO L300
Figure 1-6 Combo CD-RW/DVD-ROM Drive
DVD-ROM mode
33.3 (U-DMA transfer mode 2)
16.7 (PIO mode 4, Multiword DMA mode 2)
150 ms
2MB
DVD:
DVD-ROM,DVD-R,DVD-RAM
CD:
CD-DA, CD+(E)G, CD-MIDI, CD-TEXT, CD-ROM, CD-ROM XA, MIXED
MODE CD, CD-I, CD-I Bridge (Photo CD, Video CD), Multi-session CD
(Photo CD, CD-EXTRA, Portfolio, CD-R, CD-RW), CD-R, CD-RW
1.4 Combo CD-RW/DVD-ROM
CD-RW mode
130 ms
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