Toshiba A200 manual Hardware Overview Optical Drive, CD-RW/DVD-ROM Drive

1 Hardware Overview 1.4 Optical Drive

1.4Optical Drive

1.4.1 CD-RW/DVD-ROM Drive

This drive is a combination of DVD-ROM and CD-R/RW 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 and writes CD-R at maximum 24-speed, and writes CD-RW at 4-speed.

The specifications are listed in Table 1-2.

Table 1-2 CD-RW/DVD-ROM drive specifications

Parameter		Matsushita
		G8CC0001N710
Outline	Width (mm)	128
Dimensions	Height (mm)	9.5
	Depth (mm)	126
Date transfer speed	DVD-ROM	Max. 8X CAV
READ	CD-ROM	Max. 24x CAV
Write	CD-R	4X, 8x(CLV), Max. 24X(ZCLV)
	CD-RW	4X (CLV)
ATAPI interface	PIO mode	16.6MB/s (PIO Mode4)
	DMA mode	16.6 MB/s(Multiword Mode2)
	Ultra DMA mode	33.3MB (Mode2)
Buffer memory		2MB
Access time	DVD-ROM	170ms typ. (1/3 stroke)
	CD-ROM	150ms typ. (1/3 stroke)
CD supported		CD: CD-DA, CD-ROM, CD-ROM XA
		CD-R, CD-RW
		Photo CD, Video CD
		CD-Extra(CD+), CD text
		DVD: DVD-ROM DVD-R
		DVD-RW(Ver. 1.1)
		DVD-RAM(2.6GB/4.7GB)
		DVD+R, DVD+RW

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