1.5 Optical Drive (ODD)  1  Hardware Overview 
Satellite Pro S300, TECRA A10/S10/P10 Maintenance Manual (960-684) [CONFIDENTIAL] 1-19 
1.5.2  DVD-ROM & CD-R/RW Drive 
The DVD-ROM & CD-R/RW drive accommodates either 12 cm (4.72-inch) or 8 cm (3.15- 
inch) CD-ROM, DVD-ROM and CD-R/RW.  
The specifications of the DVD-ROM & CD-R/RW drive are described in Table 1-4. 
Table 1-4  DVD-ROM & CD-R/RW drive specifications  
 
Specifications 
Item 
TEAC DW-224S-VT4 (G8CC00046520) 
Width (mm)  128 (excluding projections) 
Height (mm)  12.7 (excluding projections) 
Depth (mm)  129.4 (excluding projections) 
Outline 
dimensions 
Mass (g)  178 or less 
Data transfer speed (Read) 
DVD-ROM 
CD-ROM 
 
Max. 8x CAV 
Max. 24x CAV  
Data transfer speed (Write) 
CD-R 
CD-RW 
High Speed CD-RW 
Ultra Speed CD-RW 
 
Max. 24x CAV 
Max. 4x CLV 
Max. 10x CLV 
Max. 24x CAV 
ATAPI Burst (MB/s) 
PIO Mode 
DMA Mode 
Ultra DMA Mode 
 
16.6 (PIO MODE4) 
16.6 (Multi Word Mode2) 
100 (Ultra DMA Mode5) 
Data Buffer Capacity  2MB 
Access time (ms) 
CD-ROM 
DVD-ROM 
 
90 typ.  
110 typ. 
Supported Disks  CD: CD-DA,CD-ROM (12cm, 8cm), CD-R, CD-
RW 
DVD: DVD-ROM, DVD-R, DVD-R DL,DVD-RW, 
DVD-RAM, DVD+R, DVD+R DL, DVD+RW 
Supported Formats  CD: CD-DA, CD-ROM, CD-ROM XA, PHOTO 
CD,  CD-i, Video-CD, CD-Extra(CD+), CD-
text 
DVD: DVD-ROM, DVD-Video, DVD-R, DVD-R 
DL, DVD-RW ,  DVD+R, DVD+R DL, 
DVD+RW, DVD-RAM (4.7GB)