1 Hardware Overview

1.7 CD-RW/DVD-ROM Drive

1.7CD-RW/DVD-ROM Drive

The CD-RW/DVD-ROM 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/RW at 8x speed.

The specifications of the CD-RW/DVD-ROM drive are listed in Table 1-5.

Table 1-5 CD-RW/DVD-ROM drive specifications

Item

DVD-ROM mode

CD-ROM mode

CD-R/CD-RW

 

 

 

(Write mode)

Data transfer rate (Mbytes/s)

33.3 (U-DMA transfer mode 2)

 

 

16.7 (PIO mode 4, Multiword DMA mode 2)

Access time (ms)

 

 

-

Average random access

110

90

 

Average full stroke access

250

200

-

Rotational speed (RPM)

4,594 Max

5,136 Max

2,297 Max

Data buffer size (Mbytes)

2

 

 

Formats supported

DVD:

 

CD-DA, CD+(E)G,

 

DVD-ROM (DVD-5, DVD-9, DVD-10,

CD-MIDI, CD-

 

TEXT, CD-ROM,

 

DVD-18), DVD-R (read)

 

CD-ROM XA,

 

 

 

 

CD:

 

MIXED MODE CD,

 

CD-DA, CD+(E)G, CD-MIDI, CD-TEXT,

CD-I, CD-I Bridge

 

(Photo-CD, Video-

 

CD-ROM, CD-ROM XA, MIXED MODE

 

CD), Multisession

 

CD, CD-I, CD-I Bridge (Photo-CD,

 

CD (Photo-CD,

 

Video-CD), Multisession CD (Photo-CD,

 

CD-EXTRA,

 

CD-EXTRA, Portfolio, CD-R, CD-RW),

 

Portfolio)

 

CD-R, CD-RW

 

 

 

 

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