Identifying Components 3

Drives
Drive Description
Diskette drive 3.5-inch, 1.44 Mbyte.
DVD-ROM drive
DVD-ROM read: 8X (maximum performance).
*
CD-ROM read: 40X (maximum performance).
* Data on a DVD-ROM is read at a varia ble transfer rate, ranging from 3.3X at the innermost track to 8X at
the outermost track (the data transfer standar d 1X rate is 1385 kbytes/s). The average data tr ansfer rate is
5.6X (7634 kbytes/s). Data on a CD-ROM is read at a variable transfer rate, ranging from 17.2X at the
innermost track to 40X at the outermost track (the data transfer standard 1X rate is 150 kbytes/s). The
average data transfer rate is 28.6X (4293 kbytes/s).
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DVD-ROM
5.25" drive bay (open)
Diskette drive