Environmental requirements

Specification Operational Nonoperational
Temperature
(noncondensing) +5° C to +50° C
(+41° F to +122° F)
-20° C to +60° C
(-4° F to +140° F)
Relative humidity
(noncondensing) 10% to 80% 5% to 90%

Read speeds

Media Read Speed
DVD-ROM (single layer) 8X Max.
DVD-ROM (dual layer) 6X Max.
DVD-R (4.7 GB) 8X Max.
DVD-RW (4.7 GB) 8X Max.
DVD-RAM (4.7/9.4 GB) 2XMax.
DVD-RAM (2.6 GB) 1X
CD-ROM 24X Max.
CD-R 24X Max.
CD-RW 12X Max.
CD-DA (DAE) 20X Max.

Write speeds

Media Write speeds
DVD-R (for general, 650 nm) 1X
DVD-RW (Version1.1) 1X
DVD-RAM (Version2.1, 4.7/9.4 GB) 2X Max.
CD-R 16X Max.
CD-RW 4X
High Speed CD-RW 8X Max.
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