Toshiba A20-S259 Maintenance Manual - Page 33

1.5 DVD-R/-RW Drive 1 Hardware Overview 1.5 DVD-R/-RW Drive A full-size DVD-R/-RW drive module lets you record data to rewritable CD/DVDs as well as run either 12 cm (4.72") or 8 cm (3.15") CD/DVDs without using an adaptor. It reads DVD-ROMs at maximum 8 speed and CD-ROMs at maximum 24 speed. It writes CD-R at up to 16 speed, CD-RW at up to 10 speed, DVD-R and DVD-RW at single speed. The DVDR/-RW drive is shown in figure 1-6. Specifications for the DVD-R/-RW drive are described in table 1-3. Figure 1-6 DVD-R/-RW drive Table 1-3 DVD-R/-RW drive specifications Item Transfer rate (Kbytes/s) Access time (ms) Average Random Access Average Full Stroke Access Average Full Stroke Access Data Buffer Capacity (Mbytes) Supported Formats Spe cifications TOSHIBA G8CC0000ZD10 DVD-ROM CD-ROM DVD-RAM (Write) 33.3 (Ultra DMA) 16.7 (PIO mode 4, Multiple word DMA transfer mode 2) 100 95 160 DVD-ROM, DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD-RAM 95 90 160 2 CD-DA, CD+ (E)G, CD-MIDI, CD-TEXT, CD-ROM, CD-ROM XA, CD-I, CD-I Bridge, Multi session CD, CD-R, CD-RW 170 120 350 DVD-ROM DVD-RW (Ver.1.1) Satellite A20 Maintenance Manual (960-444) 1-19