1  Hardware Overview  1.7  DVD-ROM & CD-R/RW Drive   
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Table 1-9  DVD-ROM & CD-R/RW drive specifications (2/2) 
Specifications 
Items 
TSST 
(G8CC0002V220) 
Read(KB/s) 
CD-ROM; 24x (CAV) 
CD-RW; 24x (CAV) 
DVD-ROM MAX 8x CAV 
Write 
CD-R 24x (P-CAV) 
CD-RW 4x (CLV) 
High Speed CD-RW 10x (CLV)  
Ultra Speed CD-RW 24x (P-CAV) 
Transfer Speed  
Burst data 
transfer rate 
 (MB/s) 
PIO mode 16.6 MB/s (PIO Mode 4) 
DMA mode 16.6 MB/s (Multi-word DMA Mode 2) 
Ultra DMA mode 33.3 MB/s (Ultra DMA Mode 2) 
CD-ROM 130 (Random) 
Access Time 
(ms) 
DVD-ROM 150 (Random) 
Buffer Memory  2MB 
CD 
CD-ROM, CD-R, CD-RW, CD-Audio Disc,  
CD-DA, Video-CD  
Supported 
formats  
DVD 
DVD-R, DVD-RW, 
 DVD Video, DVD+R, DVD+RW,  
 DVD-RAM