Specifications

Physical, Operating, and Performance Specifications 5-5
24X Max IDE CD-ROM Drive
Table 5-5
24X Max IDE CD-ROM Drive Specifications
Dimensions
Height 4.29 cm (1.69 inches)
Width 15.0 cm (5.75 inches)
Depth 20.8 cm (8.19 inches)
Weight 1200 g (2.66 lb)
Operating conditions
Temperature
5° to 45°C (41° to 113°F)
Humidity 10% to 80%
Applicable disk CD-ROM (mode 1 and 2), CD-DA, CD-XA (mode 2, form
1 and 2), photo CD (single-session and multi-session),
mixed mode (audio and data combined)
Capacity 550 MB (mode 1, 12 cm)
640 MB (mode 2, 12 cm)
Block size 2048, 1024 bytes (mode 1)
2340, 2336, 1024 bytes (mode 2)
2352 bytes (CD-DA)
2328 bytes (CD-XA)
Diameter 12 cm, 8 cm (4.7 inches, 3.15 inches)
Rotational speed 4200 rpm maximum
Center hole thickness 15 mm (0.6 inches)
Track pitch
1.6 µm
Data transfer rate
Sustained 150 KB/s (single)
Variable 1200-3600 KB/s (8X to 24X)
Data transfer method 32-bit bus master PCI
Access times (typical)
Full stroke 200 ms
Random 100 ms
Cache/buffer 128 KB
Startup time (typical)
> 7 s
Stop time
> 4 s
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