User Guide

1.8 DVD-Multi Drive 1 Hardware Overview
1.8 DVD-Multi Drive
The DVD-Multi drive accepts 12-cm (4.72-inch) and 8-cm (3.15-inch) discs.
The specifications of the DVD-Multi drive are listed in Table 1-6.
Table 1-6 DVD-Multi drive specifications
Item DVD-Multi mode
Data transfer rate (Mbytes/s) PIO Mode 4(16.6MB/sec)
Ultra DMA Mode 2(33.3MB/sec)
Average seek time DVD-ROM: 170ms
CD-ROM: 130ms
DVD-S: 130ms
DVD-R/DVD-RW: 150ms
Data buffer size (Mbytes) 2MB
Formats supported DVD-RAM, DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD-ROM, DVD-Video, CD-R,
CD-RW, CD-DA, CD-ROM/XA, CD-ROM, Video-CD, CD-I,
Photo CD, CD-Extra, CD-TEXT
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