Toshiba Satellite A40 Series - CD-RW;DVD-ROM Drive

1.6 CD-RW/DVD-ROM Drive 1 Hardware Overview
Table 1-5 CD-RW/DVD-ROM drive specifications (2/3)
Specifications
Item
HITACHI G8CC0001K810
For read
(CD-ROM)
3,600KB/sec. max
Transfer rate
For read
(DVD-ROM)
11.08Mbytes/s max
CD-ROM 110
Average access
time (ms)
DVD-ROM 120
Data buffer capacity 2MB
CD
CD-DA, CD-ROM Mode 1, CD-ROM XA , CD-Audio,
Mixed Mode CD-ROM (Audio and Date combined) Photo
CD (Single and Multi-session), CD-I, Video CD, CD-
Plus/CD-Extra, CD-TEXT
Supported
formats
DVD
DVD-ROM, DVD-R,(General, Authoring), DVD-RW, DVD-
RAM, DVD+R, DVD+RW
Specifications
Item
Panasonic G8CC0001C810
For read
(CD-ROM)
MAX 24×CAV(MAX 3600KB/s)
Transfer rate
For read
(DVD-ROM)
MAX 8× CAV(MAX 10800KB/s)
CD-ROM 130
Average access
time (ms)
DVD-ROM 180
Data buffer capacity 2MB
CD
CD-DA, CD-ROM XA, CD-R, CD-Extra(CD+), CD-RW,
Photo CD, Video CD, CD-text
Supported
formats
DVD
DVD-Video, DVD-ROM, DVD-R(3.9GB, 4.7GB), DVD-
RW, DVD-RAM(4.7GB)
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