045e:0280 Xbox Memory Unit (8MB)

Microsoft Corp.

Vendor ID
045e
Product ID
0280
Combined
045e:0280
Decimal
1118:640

What is this device?

This is the USB identifier for a Xbox Memory Unit (8MB) manufactured by Microsoft Corp.. The vendor ID 045e is registered to Microsoft Corp. with the USB Implementers Forum, and 0280 is the product ID that Microsoft Corp. assigned to this particular model. When you run lsusb on Linux, this device appears as 045e:0280 Microsoft Corp. Xbox Memory Unit (8MB).

How to identify it on your system

Linux

$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 045e:0280 Microsoft Corp. Xbox Memory Unit (8MB)

You can filter directly with lsusb -d 045e:0280, or get the full descriptor dump with lsusb -v -d 045e:0280. Kernel messages from dmesg show the same pair as idVendor=045e, idProduct=0280.

Windows

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

USB\VID_045E&PID_0280
USB\VID_045E&PID_0280&REV_0100

From PowerShell: Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object InstanceId -match "VID_045E&PID_0280"

macOS

$ system_profiler SPUSBDataType
    Xbox Memory Unit (8MB):
      Product ID: 0x0280
      Vendor ID: 0x045e  (Microsoft Corp.)

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. Microsoft Corp. official support →

Raw usb.ids entry

The exact lines this page is generated from, in the upstream source file:

045e  Microsoft Corp.
	0280  Xbox Memory Unit (8MB)

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