MSI XA52P, a SATA DVD/CD-ROM

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MSI has a tasty litle gadget on the market. It's the first SATA DVD device supporting NCQ (Native Command Queuing), XA52P. Here are some of it's features:


52x CD-R, 24x CD-RW write, 52x CD-R, 16x DVD-ROM read
Serial ATA interface
PIO Mode 4, DMA Mode 2, UDMA Mode 2
2MB buffer
870 MB and 800 MB CD-R media supported
Mount Rainer
Vertical installation possible
Disc-at-Once, Track-at-Once, Session-at-Once, Multisession, Packet Writing, RAW Mode
Sized 145.8x41.4x170.8mm
Weighs 1.0kg
Other features include SoftBurn noise reduction, ABS (Anti-Bumping System), HyperGuard low-quality media protection. In a separate note the company stated that the model works only with Intel 875P / 865PE / 865G / 865GV / 865P / 848P chipsets and doesn't support PCI SATA controllers. The DVD-ROM is RPC-II (i.e. only 4 regional code changes accepted).

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