Toshiba PSLEBX User Manual

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1 Hardware Overview 
3B1.4 Combo CD-RW/DVD-ROMombo CD-RW/DVD-ROM 
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Satellite L350D/Satellite Pro L350D/EQUIUM L350D/SATEGO L350D     Maintenance Manual 
1.5 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, CD-RW at 4x speed, US CD-RW at 24x speed, High Speed CD-
RW at 10x speed, DVD-R at 8x speed, DVD-RW at 6x speed, DVD+R at 8x speed, DVD+R 
(Double Layer) at 4x speed, DVD-R (Double Layer) at 4x speed, DVD+RW at 8x speed and 
DVD-RAM at 5x speed.  The DVD Super Multi drive interface conforms to Serial ATA. 
The specifications of the DVD Super Multi drive are listed in Table 1-3. 
 
Table 1-3 DVD Super Multi Drive Specifications
Item 
DVD-ROM Mode 
CD-ROM Mode 
33.3 (U-DMA Transfer Mode 2) 
Data Transfer Rate 
(Mbytes/s)  
16.7 (PIO Mode 4, Multiword DMA Mode 2) 
Access Time (ms) 
 
 
 
 
Average Random 
Access 
130 ms 
130 ms 
Data Buffer Size 
(Mbytes) 
2MB 
DVD: 
DVD-VIDEO, DVD-ROM, DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD-RAM, 
DVD+R, DVD+-R (Double Layer), DVD+RW. 
CD: 
Formats Supported 
CD-DA, CD-ROM, CD-R, CD-RW, Mixed-CD, HS CD-RW, US CD-RW, 
Photo CD (Multi-Session), Video CD, CD-Extra (CD+), CD-Text..