041e:3040 — SoundBlaster Live! 24-bit External SB0490

Creative Technology, Ltd

Vendor ID: 041e
Product ID: 3040
Combined: 041e:3040
Decimal: 1054:12352

What is this device?

This is the USB identifier for a SoundBlaster Live! 24-bit External SB0490 manufactured by Creative Technology, Ltd. The vendor ID 041e is registered to Creative Technology, Ltd with the USB Implementers Forum, and 3040 is the product ID that Creative Technology, Ltd assigned to this particular model. When you run lsusb on Linux, this device appears as 041e:3040 Creative Technology, Ltd SoundBlaster Live! 24-bit External SB0490.

How to identify it on your system

Linux

$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 041e:3040 Creative Technology, Ltd SoundBlaster Live! 24-bit External SB0490

You can filter directly with lsusb -d 041e:3040, or get the full descriptor dump with lsusb -v -d 041e:3040. Kernel messages from dmesg show the same pair as idVendor=041e, idProduct=3040.

Windows

In Device Manager, open the device, go to Details → Hardware Ids. This device reports:

USB\VID_041E&PID_3040
USB\VID_041E&PID_3040&REV_0100

From PowerShell: Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object InstanceId -match "VID_041E&PID_3040"

macOS

$ system_profiler SPUSBDataType
    SoundBlaster Live! 24-bit External SB0490:
      Product ID: 0x3040
      Vendor ID: 0x041e  (Creative Technology, Ltd)

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:

041e  Creative Technology, Ltd
	3040  SoundBlaster Live! 24-bit External SB0490

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