Toshiba P30 manual Hardware Overview Removable Drives, DVD-R/-RW Drive

1 Hardware Overview 1.4 Removable Drives

1.4Removable Drives

The module compartments can accommodate the following removable modules:

•DVD-R/-RW drive

•DVD-ROM drive

•CD-RW/DVD-ROM drive

•DVD±R/±RW drive

•DVD Super Multi ddrive

1.4.1 DVD-R/-RW Drive

The DVD-R/-RW drive (Toshiba SD-R6112) accommodates either 12cm (4.72-inch) or 8cm (3.15-inch) CDs or DVDs.

Read speeds

DVD-ROM	Maximum 8 times faster rotational speed
DVD-RAM	Standard rotational speed
CD-ROM	Maximum 24 times faster rotational speed
Write speeds
CD-R	4,16 times faster rotational speed
CD-RW	4 times faster rotational speed
High-Speed CD-RW	4,10 times faster rotational speed
DVD-R	1, 2 times rotational speed
DVD-RW disc	1 times rotational speed
Access Speed
Average Random Access Time		DVD-ROM:	115 ms (3.3-8X)
		CD-ROM:	105 ms (10.3-24X)
		DVD-RAM:	170 ms (4.7GB 1X)
Average Random Seek Time		DVD-ROM:	105 ms (3.3-8X)
		CD-ROM:	100 ms (10.3-24X)
		DVD-RAM:	120 ms (4.7GB 1X)
Average Full Stroke Access Time		DVD-ROM:	195 ms (3.3-8X)
		CD-ROM:	180 ms (10.3-24X)
		DVD-RAM:	350 ms (4.7GB 1X)
Buffer capacity		2 Mbytes (Max)

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