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1.4 Optical Drive 1 Hardware Overview
PORTEGE A200 Maintenance Manual (960-499) 1-13
1.4.2 DVD-multi Drive
This drive is a combination of CD-R/RW, DVD-R/RW and DVD-RAM Drive. It is full-size
and runs either 12cm (4.72-inch) or 8cm (3.15-inch) DVD/CDs without an adapter. This
drive reads CD-ROM at maximum 24-speed, reads DVD-ROM at maximum 8-speed, writes
CD-R at maximum 16-speed, writes CD-RW at maximum 4-speed, writes DVD-R at
maximum 2-speed, writes DVD-RW at maximum 2-speed and writes DVD-RAM at
maximum 2-speed.
Specifications for the DVD multi drive are described in table 1-3.
Table 1-3 DVD-Multi drive specifications
Item
Matsushita
G8CC0001P710
ATAPI Burst (MB/sec) 33.3 (Ultra DMA MODE2)
16.6 (PIO MODE4, Multi word MODE2)
Average access time (ms) CD-ROM 150 (typ.)
DVD-ROM 180 (typ.)
Data buffer (MB) 2
Speed (Read)r CD-ROM 24x max. (CAV)
DVD-ROM 8x max (CAV)
Speed (Write) CD-R 16x max. (ZCLV)
CD-RW 4x (CLV)
HSRW 4x, 8x (CLV)
DVD-R 1x, 2x (CLV)
DVD-RW 1x, 2x (CLV)
DVD-RAM 2x (ZCLV)
Supported Format CD: CD-DA, CD-ROM, CD-R, CD-RW
CD-ROMXA
Photo CD, Video CD
CD-Extra(CD+), CD-text
DVD :DVD-VIDO, DVD-ROM
DVD-R (3.9GB, 4.7GB)
DVD-RW (Ver.1.1)
DVD-RAM (2.6GB, 4.7GB, 9.4GB)
DVD+R, DVD+RW