User Guide

1 Hardware Overview 1.8 DVD-R/-RW drive
1.8 DVD-R/-RW drive
The DVD-R/-RW drive accommodates either 12 cm (4.72-inch) or 8 cm (3.15-inch) CD,
CD-R/RW and DVD. It is a high-performance drive that reads DVD at maximum 8-speed,
writes DVD-R at 2-speed, and reads CD at maximum 24-speed (3,600 KB per second).
The DVD-R/-RW drive is shown in Figure 1-9. The specifications of the DVD-R/-RW drive
are described in Table 1-7.
Figure 1-9 DVD-R/-RW drive
Table 1-7 DVD-R/-RW drive specifications
Specifications
Toshiba G8CC0000ZH10(SDR61120AF)
Item
DVD-ROM CD-ROM DVD-RAM
Burst data transfer rate
(MB/s)
33.3 (Ultra DMA)
16.7 (PIO mode 4)
16.7 (Multi-word DMA Mode 2)
Average random access time (ms) 105 95 170
Average random seek time (ms) 95 90 120
Average full stroke access time
(ms)
180 170 350
Data buffer capacity 2MB
DVD (read) DVD-ROM (DVD-5/-9/-10/-18), DVD-R (Ver.1.0,
Ver.2.0), DVD-RW (Ver.1.0, Ver.1.1), DVD-RAM
Ver.2.1
Supported
formats
CD (read) CD-DA, CD+(E)G, CD-MIDI, CD-TEXT, CD-ROM, CD-
ROM XA, CD-I, CD-I Bridge (Photo-CD, Video-CD),
Multisession CD (Photo-CD, CD-EXTRA, CD-R, CD-
RW, Portfolio), CD-R, CD-RW
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