040d:6205 — USB 2.0 Card Reader
VIA Technologies, Inc.
- Vendor ID
- 040d
- Product ID
- 6205
- Combined
- 040d:6205
- Decimal
- 1037:25093
What is this device?
This is the USB identifier for a USB 2.0 Card Reader manufactured by VIA Technologies, Inc.. The vendor ID 040d is registered to VIA Technologies, Inc. with the USB Implementers Forum, and 6205 is the product ID that VIA Technologies, Inc. assigned to this particular model. When you run lsusb on Linux, this device appears as 040d:6205 VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 Card Reader.
How to identify it on your system
Linux
$ lsusb Bus 001 Device 004: ID 040d:6205 VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 Card Reader
You can filter directly with lsusb -d 040d:6205, or get the full descriptor dump with lsusb -v -d 040d:6205. Kernel messages from dmesg show the same pair as idVendor=040d, idProduct=6205.
Windows
In Device Manager, open the device, go to Details → Hardware Ids. This device reports:
USB\VID_040D&PID_6205 USB\VID_040D&PID_6205&REV_0100
From PowerShell: Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object InstanceId -match "VID_040D&PID_6205"
macOS
$ system_profiler SPUSBDataType
USB 2.0 Card Reader:
Product ID: 0x6205
Vendor ID: 0x040d (VIA Technologies, Inc.)Driver help
Having driver issues with this device? Most USB devices are handled by a generic class driver; if yours shows up as an unknown device, confirm the ID above first, then check the manufacturer's downloads page.
Raw usb.ids entry
The exact lines this page is generated from, in the upstream source file:
040d VIA Technologies, Inc. 6205 USB 2.0 Card Reader