4 Mass Storage Devices

4X IDE CD-Writer Plus Drive

Some models1 have a CD-RW (ReWritable) drive supplied in a 5.25-inch front-access shelf ATAPI, supporting ATAPI commands and with audio playback capability. It can play any standard CD-Audio disks, in addition to CD-ROM disks, and can record both write-once (CD-R) and CD-RW optical media. It conforms to optical and mechanical standards as specified in the Red, Yellow, Orange and Green Books.

 

Description

 

 

Data capacity

650 MB or up to 74 minutes of audio per disc

 

547MB in CD-UDF data format

 

 

Performance

Typical: 110 ms (random, 1/3 access including latency)

 

Maximum: 130 ms (random, 1/3 access including latency)

 

 

 

Data transfer rate:

 

Read: Up to 32X (1X=150 KB/s)

 

Write: 8X (CD-R); 4X (CD-RW)

 

 

Burst transfer rate

16.67 Mbytes/sec.

 

 

Spin-up time

3.2 seconds (disk stop to high speed)

 

 

Spin-down time

2.5 seconds (disk high speed to stop)

Corrected error rate

ECC On (max. 32X): 1 block/1012 bits

 

ECC Off (max. 32X): 1 block/109 bits

Data Buffer Capacity

2 MB

 

 

Write methods

- Track at once

 

- Session at once

 

- Disc at once

 

- Variable packet writing

 

- Fixed packet writing

 

- Multisession

 

 

Format and EEC standard

Red, Yellow, Orange, Green books

 

 

MTBF

120,000 POH

 

 

Interface

E-IDE and ATAPI

 

 

1.Refer to the HP Kayak PC Workstations Service Handbook to find out which models are installed with the HP CD-RW drive.

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