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HP Compaq dx2250 Microtower Business PC
Technical Specifications - Optical Storage
DA – 12605 EMEA • Version 1 • March 14, 2007 Page 25
Height
5.25-inch, half-height, tray-load
Orientation
Either horizontal or vertical
Interface type
SATA/ATAPI
Disc capacity
Single layer: Up to 4.7 GB (6 times capacity of CD-ROM)
Double layer: Up to 8.5 GB (12 times capacity of CD-ROM)
Dimensions (W x H x
D)
5.9 x 1.7 x 8.0 in (15.0 x 4.4 x 20.3 cm)
Weight (max)
2.6 lb (1.2 kg)
DVD+R/-R/+RW/
-RW/+R DL /-R DL
Up to 8X
DVD-ROM
Up to 16X
DVD-RAM
Up to 4X
Read speeds
CD-ROM, CD-R
Up to 48X
CD-RW
Up to 32X
Media Read Write
CD-ROM
Yes No
CD-R
Yes No
CD-RW
Yes No
DVD-ROM
Yes No
DVD-ROM DL
Yes No
DVD-RAM
Yes No
DVD+R
Yes No
Removable Storage
– Media
Compatibility – DVD-
ROM
DVD+R DL
Yes No
DVD+RW
Yes No
DVD-R
Yes No
DVD-RW
Yes No
DVD-R DL
Yes No
Random
DVD: < 140 ms (typical), CD: < 125 ms
(typical)
Full Stroke
DVD: < 250 ms (seek), CD: < 210 ms (seek)
Cache Buffer
2 MB (minimum)
SATA DVD-ROM
Drive
Access times
(typical reads, including
setting)
Data Transfer Modes
ATA PIO mode 4 (16.7 MB/s); ATA Multi-
word DMA mode 2 (16.7 MB/s); ATA
UltraDMA Mode 3 (44.4 MB/s -default)