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1.4 CD-RW/DVD-ROM Drive
1 Hardware Overview
Satellite M200/M205/Satellite Pro M200 Maintenance Manual 15
1.4 CD-RW/DVD-ROM Drive
The CD-RW/DVD-ROM 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, HS CD-RW at 10x speed, US CD-RW at 24x speed and CD-RW at
4x speed.
The CD-RW/DVD-ROM drive is shown in Figure 1-6 and its specifications are listed in
Table 1-2.
Figure 1-6 CD-RW/DVD-ROM drive
Table 1-2 CD-RW/DVD-ROM Drive Specifications
Item DVD-ROM mode CD-RW 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
150 ms 130 ms
Data Buffer Size
(Mbytes)
2MB
DVD:
DVD-ROM, DVD-R, DVD-RAM.
Formats Supported
CD: