043e:70f5 — External HDD
LG Electronics USA, Inc.
- Vendor ID
- 043e
- Product ID
- 70f5
- Combined
- 043e:70f5
- Decimal
- 1086:28917
What is this device?
This is the USB identifier for a External HDD manufactured by LG Electronics USA, Inc.. The vendor ID 043e is registered to LG Electronics USA, Inc. with the USB Implementers Forum, and 70f5 is the product ID that LG Electronics USA, Inc. assigned to this particular model. When you run lsusb on Linux, this device appears as 043e:70f5 LG Electronics USA, Inc. External HDD.
How to identify it on your system
Linux
$ lsusb Bus 001 Device 004: ID 043e:70f5 LG Electronics USA, Inc. External HDD
You can filter directly with lsusb -d 043e:70f5, or get the full descriptor dump with lsusb -v -d 043e:70f5. Kernel messages from dmesg show the same pair as idVendor=043e, idProduct=70f5.
Windows
In Device Manager, open the device, go to Details → Hardware Ids. This device reports:
USB\VID_043E&PID_70F5 USB\VID_043E&PID_70F5&REV_0100
From PowerShell: Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object InstanceId -match "VID_043E&PID_70F5"
macOS
$ system_profiler SPUSBDataType
External HDD:
Product ID: 0x70f5
Vendor ID: 0x043e (LG Electronics USA, 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:
043e LG Electronics USA, Inc. 70f5 External HDD