Mounting Orientation
Either horizontal or vertical
Interface Type
SATA/ATAPI
Dimensions
(WxHxD)
15.0 x 4.4 x 17.5 cm (5.9 x 1.7 x 8.0 in)
Disc Formats
DVD-RAM
DVD+R
DVD+RW
DVD+R DL
DVD-R DL
DVD-R
DVD-RW
CD-R
CD-RW
Disc Capacity
DVD-ROM
8.5 GB DL or 4.7 GB standard
Full Stroke DVD
< 240 ms (seek)
Full Stroke CD
< 200 ms (seek)
Maximum Data Transfer
Rates
CD ROM Read
CD-ROM, CD-R Up to 40X
CD-RW Up to 32X
DVD ROM Read
DVD-RAM
Up to 12X
DVD+RW
Up to 8X
DVD-RW
Up to 8X
DVD+R DL
Up to 12X
DVD-R DL
Up to 12X
DVD-ROM
Up to 16X
DVD-ROM DL
Up to 12X
DVD+R
Up to 16X
DVD-R
Up to 16X
Power
Source
SATA DC power receptacle
DC Power Requirements
5 VDC ± 5%-100 mV ripple p-p
12 VDC ± 5%-200 mV ripple p-p
DC Current
5 VDC -<1000 mA typical, <1600 mA maximum
12 VDC -<1200 mA typical, <2000 mA maximum
Operating Environmental
(all conditions non-
condensing)
Temperature
41° to 122° F (5° to 50° C)
Relative Humidity
10% to 90%
Maximum Wet Bulb
Temperature
86° F (30° C)
Operating Systems
Supported
Windows 8 32-bit and 64-bit, Windows 7
Professional 32-bit and 64-bit,
Windows Vista Business 64*, Windows Vista
Business 32*, Windows Vista Home Basic 32*,
Windows 2000, Windows XP Professional or
Windows XP Home 32*.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux(RHEL) WS4**, 5, 6
Desktop/Workstation
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 & 11
QuickSpecs
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