Toshiba satellite a200 Instruction De Maintenance
1.4 Optical Disc Device
1 Hardware Overview
Minnesota 10M/10MG Series Maintenance Manual
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1.4.2 DVD Super Multi 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 and CD-RW at 10x and DVD-R at 8x speed and DVD-RW at 4x speed
and DVD+R at 8x speed and DVD+RW at 4x speed and DVD-RAM at 5x speed and DVD+R
DL at 2.4x speed and DVD-R DL at 2x speed.
The specifications of the DVD Super Multi Double Layer drive are listed in Table 1-3.
maximum, the drive can play back a DVD at 8x speed, read CD-ROM at 24x speed, and write
CD-R at 24x speed and CD-RW at 10x and DVD-R at 8x speed and DVD-RW at 4x speed
and DVD+R at 8x speed and DVD+RW at 4x speed and DVD-RAM at 5x speed and DVD+R
DL at 2.4x speed and DVD-R DL at 2x speed.
The specifications of the DVD Super Multi Double Layer drive are listed in Table 1-3.
Item
DVD-ROM mode
CD-ROM mode
Data transfer rate
(Mbytes/s)
33.3 (U-DMA transfer mode 2)
16.6 (PIO mode 4, Multiword DMA mode 2)
16.6 (PIO mode 4, Multiword DMA mode 2)
Access time (ms)
Average random access
130 130
Data buffer size (Mbytes)
2MB
Formats supported
DVD:
DVD-VIDEO, DVD-ROM, DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD-RAM, DVD+R,
DVD+RW, DVD+R DL, DVD-R DL
DVD-VIDEO, DVD-ROM, DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD-RAM, DVD+R,
DVD+RW, DVD+R DL, DVD-R DL
CD:
CD-DA, CD-ROM, CD-R, CD-RW, CD-ROMXA,
PhotoCD (single/multi-session), CD-EXTRA, CD-Text
CD-DA, CD-ROM, CD-R, CD-RW, CD-ROMXA,
PhotoCD (single/multi-session), CD-EXTRA, CD-Text
Table 1-3
DVD Super Multi Double Layer drive specifications