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1 Hardware Overview

1.3DVD Super Multi (+-R Double Layer)

The DVD Super Multi drive accepts 12-cm (4.72-inch) and 8-cm (3.15-inch) discs. At maximum, the drive can play back a DVD at 8x speed, read CD-ROM at 24x speed, and write CD-R at 24x speed, CD-RW at 4x speed, US CD-RW at 24x speed, High Speed CD-RW at 10x speed, DVD-R at 8x speed, DVD-RW at 6x speed, DVD+R at 8x speed, DVD+R (Double Layer) at 6x speed, DVD-R (Double Layer) at 6x speed, DVD+RW at 8x speed and DVD-RAM at 5x speed.

The DVD Super Multi drive is shown in Figure 1-3 and its specifications are listed in Table 1-2.

Figure 1-5 DVD Super Multi Drive

Table 1-2

DVD Super Multi Drive Specifications

 

 

 

Item

DVD-ROM Mode

CD-ROM Mode

 

 

 

Data Transfer Rate (Mbytes/s)

33.3 (U-DMA transfer mode 2)

 

 

16.6 (PIO mode 4, Multiword DMA mode 2)

Access Time (ms)

 

 

Average Random Access

180

130

 

 

 

Data Buffer Size (Mbytes)

2MB

 

 

 

 

 

DVD:

 

 

DVD-VIDEO, DVD-ROM, DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD-RAM, DVD+R,

Formats Supported

DVD+-R (Double Layer), DVD+RW.

CD:

 

 

 

 

CD-DA, CD-ROM, CD-R, CD-RW, CD-ROMXA, Photo CD

 

(Multi-Session), Video CD, CD-Extra (CD+), CD-Text.

 

 

 

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