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Operating Systems
Supported
Microsoft Windows® 2000, Windows XP Professional
Supplied software
Roxio Easy CD & DVD Creator: Create or copy CDs and DVDs, including music and
data CDs, and data DVDs
Dantz Retrospect Express: Back up systems to CD, DVD, or tape media.
48X Combo CD-RW/DVD-
ROM
Height
5.25-inch, half-height, tray-load
Mounting Orientation
Either horizontal or vertical
Interface Type
ATAPI/EIDE
Dimensions
(W x H x D)
5.77 x 1.71 x 7.87 [max] in (14.66 x 4.34 x 20.0 [max] cm) (external, excluding bezel)
Weight
(max)
2.6 lb (1.2 kg)
Read Only Disc
Parameters
Formats and Modes
Supported
CD-ROM-Mode 1; CD-ROM XA-Mode 2 (forms 1 and 2);
CD-Bridge; CD digital audio; CD Extra; CD-I-Mode 2
(forms 1 and 2) and CD-I-Ready; Photo CD (single and
multi-session); video CD; DVD (single- and double-
layer); DVD-R; DVD-RW; DVD-RW Multi-Border;
DVD+R; DVD+R Multisession , and DVD+RW
Capacity
180 MB (mode 2, 8 cm); 540 MB (mode 1, 12 cm); 650
MB (mode 2, 12 cm); 700 MB (Mode 2, 12 cm); 4.7 GB
(DVD-5); 8.54 GB (DVD-9); 9.4 GB (DVD-10)
CD-ROM, CD-R, CD-RW read
7200 KB/s (48X) Max
DVD ROM read
21,632 KB/s (16X ) Max
Writeable Disc Parameters
Disc Type
CD-R and CD-RW
Write Methods
Disc at Once, Track at Once, Session at Once,
Variable Packet, Fixed Packet
Format and Modes
Supported
CD-ROM (mode 1); CD-ROM XA (mode 2, forms 1 and
2); CD digital audio, CD-I (mode 2, forms 1 and 2);
video CD; CD-Bridge; Video CD
Capacity
180 MB (mode 2, 8 cm); 540 MB (mode 1, 12 cm); 650
MB (mode 2, 12 cm); 700 MB (mode 2, 12 cm)
CD-R write
7200 KB/s (48X) Max
CD-RW write
4800 KB/s (32X) Max
Access Times
(typical reads, including
settling)
Random DVD
< 140 ms (typical)
Random CD
< 125 ms, (typical)
Full Stroke DVD
< 250 ms (seek)
Full Stroke CD
< 210 ms (seek)
Startup Time (single)
< 7 seconds (typical)
Startup Time (multi-
session)
< 30 seconds (typical)
Stop Time
< 4 seconds
Cache Buffer
2 MB (minimum)
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
Mbytes/s (default)
QuickSpecs
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