Toshiba Tecra A2-S316 Maintenance Manual - Page 34

1 Hardware Overview 1.8 DVD-R/-RW drive 1.8 DVD-R/-RW drive The DVD-R/-RW drive accommodates either 12 cm (4.72-inch) or 8 cm (3.15- inch) CD, CD-R/RW and DVD. It is a high-performance drive that reads DVD at maximum 8-speed, writes DVD-R at 2-speed, and reads CD at maximum 24-speed (3,600 KB per second). The DVD-R/-RW drive is shown in Figure 1-9. The specifications of the DVD-R/-RW drive are described in Table 1-7. Figure 1-9 DVD-R/-RW drive Table 1-7 DVD-R/-RW drive specifications Item Burst data transfer rate (MB/s) Specifications Toshiba G8CC0000ZH10(SDR61120AF) DVD-ROM CD -R O M DVD-RAM 33.3 (Ultra DMA) 16.7 (PIO mode 4) 16.7 (Multi-word DMA Mode 2) Average random access time (ms) 105 95 170 Average random seek time (ms) 95 90 120 Average full stroke access time (ms) 180 170 350 Data buffer capacity 2MB Supported formats DVD (read) CD (read) DVD-ROM (DVD-5/-9/-10/ -18), DVD-R (Ver.1.0, Ver.2.0), DVD-RW (Ver.1.0, Ver.1.1), DVD-RAM Ver.2.1 CD-DA, CD+(E)G, CD-MIDI, CD-TEXT, CD-ROM, CDROM XA, CD -I, CD-I Bridge (Photo-CD, Video-CD), Multisession CD (Photo-CD, CD-EXTRA, CD -R, CDRW, Portfolio), CD-R, CD-RW 1-20 Satellite A50/TECRA A2 Maintenance Manual (960-478)