Toshiba Satellite Pro A500D series, Maintenance Manual

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1.3 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 6x speed, CD-RW at 16x speed, DVD-R at 8x speed, DVD-RW at 8x speed,
DVD+R at 8x speed, DVD+R (Double Layer) at 8x speed, DVD-R (Dual Layer) at 8x speed,
DVD+RW at 8x speed and DVD-RAM at 5x speed.
The DVD Super Multi drive is shown in Figure 1-3 and its specifications are listed in Table 1-2.
Figure 1-3 DVD Super Multi Drive
Table 1-2 DVD Super Multi Drive Specifications
Item DVD-ROM Mode CD-ROM Mode
33.3 (U-DMA transfer mode 2)
Data Transfer Rate (Mbytes/s)
16.6 (PIO mode 4, Multiword DMA mode 2)
Access Time (ms)
Average Random Access 130 130
Data Buffer Size (Mbytes) 2MB
DVD:
DVD-VIDEO, DVD-ROM, DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD-RAM, DVD+R,
DVD+-R (Double Layer), DVD+RW.
CD:
Formats Supported
CD-DA, CD-ROM, CD-R, CD-RW, CD-ROMXA, Photo CD
(Multi-Session), Video CD, CD-Extra (CD+), CD-Text.
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