041e:500f — Broadband Blaster 8012U-V
Creative Technology, Ltd
- Vendor ID
- 041e
- Product ID
- 500f
- Combined
- 041e:500f
- Decimal
- 1054:20495
What is this device?
This is the USB identifier for a Broadband Blaster 8012U-V manufactured by Creative Technology, Ltd. The vendor ID 041e is registered to Creative Technology, Ltd with the USB Implementers Forum, and 500f is the product ID that Creative Technology, Ltd assigned to this particular model. When you run lsusb on Linux, this device appears as 041e:500f Creative Technology, Ltd Broadband Blaster 8012U-V.
How to identify it on your system
Linux
$ lsusb Bus 001 Device 004: ID 041e:500f Creative Technology, Ltd Broadband Blaster 8012U-V
You can filter directly with lsusb -d 041e:500f, or get the full descriptor dump with lsusb -v -d 041e:500f. Kernel messages from dmesg show the same pair as idVendor=041e, idProduct=500f.
Windows
In Device Manager, open the device, go to Details → Hardware Ids. This device reports:
USB\VID_041E&PID_500F USB\VID_041E&PID_500F&REV_0100
From PowerShell: Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object InstanceId -match "VID_041E&PID_500F"
macOS
$ system_profiler SPUSBDataType
Broadband Blaster 8012U-V:
Product ID: 0x500f
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 500f Broadband Blaster 8012U-V