1 Hardware Overview 1.1 Features
USB FDD (BTO)
A 3.5-inch USB FDD accommodates 2HD (1.44MB) or 2DD (720KB) disks.
Slim Select Bay (BTO)
A DVD-ROM drive, CD-RW/DVD-ROM drive, DVD±R/±RW drive, DVD Multi drive,
2nd HDD or 2nd Battery can be installed in the Slim Select Bay.
DVD-ROM Drive (BTO)
A full-size and runs either 12cm (4.72-inch) or 8cm (3.15-inch) DVD/CDs without an
adaptor. It plays DVDs at maximum 8-speed and reads CDs at maximum 24-speed.
CD-RW/DVD Drive (BTO)
A full-size, CD-RW/DVD drive that contains an AT Attachment Packet Interface
(ATAPI) controller. This drive reads CD-R at maximum 24-speed and reads DVD-ROM
at maximum 8-speed.
DVD±R/±RW Drive (BTO)
This full size DVD±RW/±RW drive module lets you record data to rewritable CD/DVDs
as well as run either 12 cm (4.72-inch) or 8 cm (3.15-inch) CD/DVD without using an
adaptor. It is a high-performance drive that reads DVD at maximum 8-speed, writes
DVD-R/-RW at 2-speed, DVD+R/+RW at 2.4-speed and reads CD at maximum 24-speed
(3,600 KB per second).
DVD Multi Drive (BTO)
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. It plays DVDs
at maximum 8-speed, writes CD-R at maximum 8-speed, writes CD-RW at maximum 4-
speed, and reads CDs at maximum 24-speed.
Display (BTO)
The display comes in the following two types:
14.1” XGA-TFT color display, resolution 1,024×768, 16M colors •
• 14.1�� SXGA+-TFT color display, resolution 1,400×1,050, 16M colors
A video controller and a 32/64MB VRAM enables an external monitor to display 16M
colors at a resolution of 1,024×768 pixels or 1,400×1,050 pixels.
1-2 TECRA M2 Maintenance Manual (960-468)