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Combo Drive

Some configurations of the 12-inch PowerBook G4 have a slot-loading, Combo drive that can read DVD media and read and write CD media, as shown in Table 3-6.

Table 3-6  Types of media read and written by the Combo drive

Media type

Reading speed

Writing speed

DVD-ROM

8x (CAV)

–

CD-R

24x (CAV)

24x (ZCLV)

CD-RW

24x (CAV)

10x (CLV) 16x (ZCLV)

CD or CD-ROM

24x (CAV)

–

Important: The Combo drive supports only 12 cm disc media. It does not support 8 cm discs or noncircular media.

Digital audio signals from the Combo drive can be played through the sound outputs under the control of the Sound Manager.

The Combo drive is an ATAPI drive and is device-selected as master in an ATA device configuration.



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Last updated: 2005-02-04

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