I agree. It's an OEM. You're probably also missing the audio cable for the drive so if you're listening to music off of a CD, don't be surprised it there's no sound. The LG drive is really good so you got a nice pick. I'm getting the LG DVD writer mulitformat as well but getting it retail from Newegg. Software that comes with it helps, but you can probably go to the LG website and download their drivers. You can always use Media Player to burn stuff.