1.6 DVD-Multi (CD-R/RW+DVD-RAM/R/RW) Drive

1 Hardware Overview

1.6DVD-Multi (CD-R/RW+DVD-RAM/R/RW) Drive

This drive is a combination of CD-R/RW, DVD-R/RW and DVD-RAM Drive. It is full-size and runs either 12cm (4.72- inch) or 8cm (3.15-inch) DVD/CDs without an adaptor. This drive reads CD-ROM at maximum 24-speed, reads DVD-ROM at maximum 8-speed writes CD-R at maximum 16-speed, writes CD-RW at maximum 4-speed, writes DVD-R at maximum 2-speed, writes DVD-RW at maximum 1-speed,and writes DVD-RAM at maximum 2-speed.

The specifications for the DVD multi drive are described in table 1-7.

Table 1-7 DVD-ROM drive specifications

Item

 

 

Specifications

 

 

ATAPI Burst (MB/sec)

33.3 (Ultra DMA mode 2)

 

16.6 (PIO Mode 0 to 4, Multi word DMA mode 0 to 2)

 

 

 

 

Average access time (ms)

CD-ROM

 

150

 

DVD-ROM

180

 

 

 

 

Data buffer (MB)

2

 

 

 

 

 

Speed (Read)r

CD-ROM

24x CAV

 

DVD-ROM

8x CAV

 

 

Speed (Write)

CD-R 16x max. (ZCLV)

 

CD-RW

4x (CLV)

 

DVD-R

1x, 2x

 

DVD-RW 1x (CLV)

 

DVD-RAM 2x (ZCLV)

 

 

Supported Format

CD: CD-DA

 

CD-ROM, CD-ROMXA

 

CD-R/W

 

CD-R

 

CD-I Ready

 

Photo-CD

 

Video CD

 

Cd-Extra(CD+)

 

CD-TEXT

 

DVD :DVD-ROM

 

DVD-R (3.9GB, 4.7GB)

 

DVD-Video

 

DVD-RW (Ver. 1.1)

 

DVD-RAM(4.7G, 2.6G, 9,4GB))

 

 

 

 

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A100 specifications

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