EggXpert

i just bought a samsung sh-s223b dvd drive,when i got it,its a  sh-s223bebe,also nowhere on the drive is samsung stamped,i found this odd,what kind of drive is this,they dont even list this model on samsung's website.i know its oem,but doesnt that mean origional equipment man.

They do exist.

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ei=4XHKStKHE47yMbCeoPMH&sa=X&oi=spell&resnum=0&ct=result&cd=1&q=sh-s223b+bebe&spell=1

 Results 1 - 10 of about 3,180,000 for sh-s223b bebe. (0.22 seconds) 

i'm glad you posted that,look in the middle of the drive,its stamped samsung,this drive has no samsung markings what so ever on the drive.why?if this drive was built by samsung,it would be marked samsung.

There is a big white sticker on it take a picture of it up close and load it to this site.

no way i can get a good enough picture to upload,the printing is so small i had to get a magnifying glass out to read it,but it says toshiba samsung storage,built in the philippines,so its either a toshiba,samsung,or half and half,lol,who knows.plus in device manager it says TSST corp,whatever that is,plus i emailed samsung,they havent replyed yet.

Wow making a mountain out of a mole hill now are we. See this is why there is such a thing as Google, Yahoo, Bing, , ect.... Wow what a concept to use this thing called a search engine.

 http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&source=hp&q=samsung+toshiba+storage&aq=3&oq=samsung+toshiba+&aqi=g5

http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=samsung+toshiba+storage&toggle=1&cop=mss&ei=UTF-8&fr=yfp-t-701

http://www.bing.com/search?q=samsung+toshiba+storage&go=&form=QBLH&qs=n

Toshiba Samsung Storage Technology Corporation

Samsung, Toshiba Join Forces To Manufacture Storage Devices ...

mountain out of a mole hill?i dont think so,if your gonna be this rude,i should have called.i'm sure they wouldnt have been this rude,also for your information they merged in 2003,the drives all over the internet are not blank,they are stamped samsung on the front,i have no idea whats going on here and now i really dont care,but i know one thing,i buy a lot of parts from newegg.this will be my last.and for your information i do know how to use the search engine's.

That is photo shopped in none of my Samsung drives have that stamp on the front either, and its not a big deal. All I have to look for is the white sticker on the top.

And yes that is making a mountain out of a mole hill by that statement not researching who the two companies are and panicking about it. and just by using three simple key works "Samsung" "Toshiba" and "Storage" it tell you they merged, it tells you that its TSST corp. everything.

bearman1:

no way i can get a good enough picture to upload,the printing is so small i had to get a magnifying glass out to read it,but it says toshiba samsung storage,built in the philippines,so its either a toshiba,samsung,or half and half,lol,who knows.plus in device manager it says TSST corp,whatever that is,plus i emailed samsung,they havent replyed yet.

ok man whatever,i'm sorry i even asked.

bearman1:

mountain out of a mole hill?i dont think so,if your gonna be this rude,i should have called.i'm sure they wouldnt have been this rude,also for your information they merged in 2003,the drives all over the internet are not blank,they are stamped samsung on the front

Wrong..  The reason OEM drives usually don't contain any markings on them is because it's the system builder's responsibility to provide technical support and drivers.. The fact that Samsung even talks to you on the phone is only because their customer service is exceptional.. But generally, they don't even need to give you the light of day.. OEM drives are for OEMs/ System Builders ONLY.. It is the responsibility of the OEM (system builder) to provide drivers and technical support to the user.. In the situation where the OEM and the user is the same person, it basically means that you're on your own technical support and need to solve your own problems..

A lot of the OEM drives aren't branded because it allows the system builder (HP, Dell, you) to put their own brands on it (like Dell and HP laser engrave their logo on it or ink it on there). That way when people have an issue with the drive they go to you instead of to the drive manuf. with their issue.. This is why the drives are cheaper from the manuf. because the customer service and such is now the system builder's responsibility and not the manuf.'s bill..

You buy an OEM drive for a computer, you are the support contact for that computer.

Retail Samsung drives have "Samsung" branded all over them as it's Samsung's responsibility to provide tech support and such.. If you buy OEM drives, then you take on the role of the OEM and can brand your drives with your own logos / company name and offer tech support to people who buy the computers you make with that drive..

thank you for that information on oem.from now on i will buy retail.