045e:0736 Sidewinder X5 Mouse

Microsoft Corp.

Vendor ID
045e
Product ID
0736
Combined
045e:0736
Decimal
1118:1846

What is this device?

This is the USB identifier for a Sidewinder X5 Mouse manufactured by Microsoft Corp.. The vendor ID 045e is registered to Microsoft Corp. with the USB Implementers Forum, and 0736 is the product ID that Microsoft Corp. assigned to this particular model. When you run lsusb on Linux, this device appears as 045e:0736 Microsoft Corp. Sidewinder X5 Mouse.

How to identify it on your system

Linux

$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 045e:0736 Microsoft Corp. Sidewinder X5 Mouse

You can filter directly with lsusb -d 045e:0736, or get the full descriptor dump with lsusb -v -d 045e:0736. Kernel messages from dmesg show the same pair as idVendor=045e, idProduct=0736.

Windows

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

USB\VID_045E&PID_0736
USB\VID_045E&PID_0736&REV_0100

From PowerShell: Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object InstanceId -match "VID_045E&PID_0736"

macOS

$ system_profiler SPUSBDataType
    Sidewinder X5 Mouse:
      Product ID: 0x0736
      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.
	0736  Sidewinder X5 Mouse

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