Toshiba Satellite A100 - DVD Super Multi (+-R Double Layer); Table 1- 4 DVD Super Multi Drive (+-R Double Layer) Specifications

1.6 DVD Super Multi (+-R Double Layer) 1 Hardware Overview
Satellite A100/A105 / TECRA A7 Maintenance Manual 18
1.6 DVD Super Multi (+-R 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 4x speed and US CD-RW at 16x speed and High
speed CD-RW at 10x speed and DVD-R at 8x speed and DVD-RW at 6x speed and DVD+R
at 8x speed and DVD+R (Double Layer) at 4x speed and DVD-R (Double Layer) at 4x speed
and DVD+RW at 8x speed and DVD-RAM at 5x speed.
The specifications of the DVD Super Multi (+-R Double Layer) drive are listed in Table 1-4.
Table 1- 4 DVD Super Multi drive (+-R Double Layer) specifications
Item DVD-ROM mode CD-ROM mode
33.3 (U-DMA transfer mode 2) Data transfer rate
(Mbytes/s)
16.6 (PIO mode 4, Multiword DMA mode 2)
Access time (ms)
Average random
access
130 130
Data buffer size
(Mbytes)
2MB
DVD:
DVD-VIDEO,DVD-ROM,DVD-R,DVD-RW,DVD-RAM,
DVD+R,DVD+-R(Double Layer),DVD+RW.
CD:
Formats supported
CD-DA,CD-ROM, CD-R,CD-RW,CD-ROMXA,
PhotoCD(muitiSession),Video CD,CD-Extra(CD+),CD-Text