-- Cendyne 48X12X48 CDRW Drive
-- Price: ~$40.00 USD
-- 03.10.2003
-- By:
jingoku
-- Page: 1 2
3 Today we will be taking a
look at the Cendyne
48X12X48 CDRW. These drives are usually available at Staples and
Office Max with some kind of rebate offer. Will these drives
actually perform even with the low cost? Lets take a look...
The contents of the package are listed
below.
Internal 48x12x48 IDE CD-RW Drive For PC
CenDyne CD Mastering Software
One Piece Blank CD-R Media
Internal IDE Data Cable
Instruction Manual & Documentation
Black to Black Analog Audio Cable
Mounting Screws
The CDRW specifications are listed below.
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Type: |
Internal |
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Interface: |
Enhanced-IDE (ATAPI) |
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Data Buffer
Memory: |
1984KB |
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Maximum
Speed: |
Writing: 48x (7200KB/sec) |
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Re-Writing:
12x (1800KB/sec) |
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Reading: 48x (7200KB/sec) |
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Applicable
Formats: |
CD-DA, CD
ROM Mode-1,CD-ROM/XA Mode-2 Form-1 and Form-2,CD-I Ready,
Video-CD (MPEG-1),Karaoke CD, Photo-CD, Enhanced CD,CD extra,
I-Trax CD, UDF, and CD-TEXT. |
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Access
Time: |
95ms (1/3
Stroke) |
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Loading
Method: |
Power Tray |
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Installation: |
Horizontal/Vertical |
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Weight: |
2.2lbs |
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Dimensions
(WxHxD): |
5¾" x 15/8"
x7½" (w/out Faceplate)
14.5 x 4 x 19cm (w/out Faceplate) |
The CDRW requirements are listed below.
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Operating
System: |
Windows
98SE/Me/XP, 2000 Professional (No Server) or Windows NT 4.0
(Service Pack 4, No Server) |
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System: |
IBM
Compatible Pentium2 400Mhz MMX Processor or Higher |
|
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UDMA/DMA
Support on the Motherboard |
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32MB RAM
(64MB RAM or Higher Recommended) |
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HDD With
Access Time of 15ns or Less |
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75MB Free
Disk Space (For Recording Software)
(700MB Free Disk Space for Recording) |
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Available
5¼" (Inch) Mass Storage Bay |
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Available
On
Board E-IDE Port With UDMA Support |
The manual and documentation that comes
with the drive are simple and easy to understand. The CenDyne CD
Mastering Software that comes with the drive is Nero Burning ROM
version 5.5, from Ahead Software. The package includes an Integrated
Device Electronics (IDE) cable to connect the drive to the
motherboard. Screws to secure the drive to the case and audio cables
were also provided in the package. The drive was set on slave mode,
and was installed on the same IDE cable as the regular Compact Disk
Read Only Memory (CDROM).
The Personal Computer (PC) used for testing has an AMD XP1800+ CPU
on an EPOX 8K5A motherboard with 256 Megabytes of Double Data Rate (DDR)
PC2100 memory. The PC is equipped with two 80 gig Maxtor hard drives
(HD) operating on a Redundant Array of Individual Devices (RAID). The
operating system (OS) used was Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
with Service Pack 3 (SP3).
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