Toshiba Satellite L300 - DVD Super Multi (+-R Double Layer); Table 1-3 DVD Super Multi Drive Specifications

1.5DVDSuperMulti(+-RDoubleLayer)yer) 1HardwareOverview
SatelliteL300D/L305D/SatelliteProL300D/EQUIUML300D/SATEGOL300DMaintenanceManual 19
1.5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,CD-RWat4xspeed,USCD-RWat24xspeed,HighSpeedCD-
RWat10xspeed,DVD-Rat8xspeed,DVD-RWat6xspeed,DVD+Rat8xspeed,DVD+R
(DoubleLayer)at4xspeed,DVD-R(DoubleLayer)at4xspeed,DVD+RWat8xspeedand
DVD-RAMat5xspeed.TheDVDSuperMultidriveinterfaceconformstoSerialATA.
ThespecificationsoftheDVDSuperMultidrivearelistedinTable1-3.
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Table1-3DVDSuperMultiDriveSpecifications
Item DVD-ROM Mode CD-ROM Mode
Data
T
ransfer
R
ate
(Mbytes/s)
33.3 (U-DMA Transfer Mode 2)
16.7 (PIO Mode 4, Multiword DMA Mode 2)
Access
T
ime (ms)
Average
R
andom
Access
130 ms 130 ms
Data
B
uffer
S
ize
(Mbytes)
2MB
Formats
S
upported
DVD:
DVD-VIDEO, DVD-ROM, DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD-RAM,
DVD+R, DVD+-R (Double Layer), DVD+RW.
CD:
CD-DA, CD-ROM, CD-R, CD-RW, Mixed-CD, HS CD-RW, US CD-RW,
Photo CD (Multi-Session), Video CD, CD-Extra (CD+), CD-Text..