The drive ships in a Retail package.

The box contains:

• In-depth user's manual in English and Japanese;
• Installation manual in 11 languages;
• CD with software for disc recording: Nero Burning Rom 5.5.3.5, InCD 2.29 from Ahead Software
• One 24x CD-R and one High Speed CD-RW (4x-10x);
• 4 screws;
• Analog cable for connecting the drive to a sound card;
• IDE cable.

ATIP: 97m 15s 17f Disc Manufacturer: Ritek Co. Reflective layer: Dye (Short strategy; e.g. Phthalocyanine) Media type: CD-Recordable Recording Speeds: min. unknown - max. unknown nominal Capacity: 702.83 MBytes (79m 59s 74f / LBA: 359849)	ATIP: 97m 27s 10f Disc Manufacturer: Plasmon Data Systems, Ltd. Reflective layer: Phase change Media type: CD-ReWritable Recording Speeds: min. 4X - max. 8X nominal Capacity: 656.10 MBytes (74m 41s 00f / LBA: 335925)

The technical characteristics and the appearance of the CRW2410S are very close to the Sanyo BP-1500 recorder, on which the Asus's drive is based on. That is why it is not surprising that the firmware versions of both drives are identical.

Below you can see a chip from Sanyo (LC898098Y UF8 1FK3G).

Here is what the Nero says you about the drive:

The design is unsophisticated:

A traditional rectangular tray with roundish corners, a little recessed headphones jack, a mechanical volume control, a roundish tray button, two one-color LEDs and an emergency ejection hole. There is also a digital-out on the rear panel.

When recording at the highest speed the buffer lacks for stability, and jumps from 80 to 97% for the CRW2410S are normal.

The drive whistles a little during operation, though no noise or vibration can be noticed.

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