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1.6 DVD Super Multi (+-R Double Layer) 1 Hardware Overview

1.6 DVD 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 and CD-RW at 4x speed and US CD-RW at 16x speed and High speed CD-RW at 10x speed and DVD-R at 8x speed and DVD-RW at 6x speed and DVD+R at 8x speed and DVD+R (Double Layer) at 4x speed and DVD-R (Double Layer) at 4x speed and DVD+RW at 8x speed and DVD-RAM at 5x speed.

The specifications of the DVD Super Multi (+-R Double Layer) drive are listed in Table 1-4.

Table 1- 4 DVD Super Multi drive (+-R Double Layer) specifications

Item	DVD-ROM mode	CD-ROM mode
Data transfer rate	33.3 (U-DMA transfer mode 2)
(Mbytes/s)	16.6 (PIO mode 4, Multiword DMA mode 2)
Access time (ms)
Average random	130	130
access
Data buffer size	2MB
(Mbytes)
Formats supported	DVD:
	DVD-VIDEO,DVD-ROM,DVD-R,DVD-RW,DVD-RAM,
	DVD+R,DVD+-R(Double Layer),DVD+RW.
	CD:
	CD-DA,CD-ROM, CD-R,CD-RW,CD-ROMXA,
	PhotoCD(muitiSession),Video CD,CD-Extra(CD+),CD-Text

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