Toshiba Satellite U500 - DVD Super Multi Drive; Figure 1-6 DVD Super Multi Drive

1 Hardware Overview
1.4 DVD Super Multi Drive
This drive is a combination of DVD-ROM and DVD±R/±RW/-RAM Drive. It is full-size and
runs either 12cm (4.72-inch) or 8cm (3.15-inch) DVD/CDs without an adaptor. It reads
DVDs at maximum 8x speed and CDs at maximum 24x speed. It also writes CD-R at
maximum 24x speed, CD-RW at maximum 24x speed, DVD±R at maximum 8x speed,
DVD-RW at maximum 6x speed, DVD+RW at maximum 8x speed, DVD±R DL at
maximum 6x speed and DVD-RAM at maximum 3-5x speed.
The DVD is shown in figure 1-6.
Figure 1-6 DVD Super Multi drive
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