0480:a100 — Canvio Alu 2TB 2.5" Black External Disk Model HDTH320EK3CA
Toshiba America Inc
- Vendor ID
- 0480
- Product ID
- a100
- Combined
- 0480:a100
- Decimal
- 1152:41216
What is this device?
This is the USB identifier for a Canvio Alu 2TB 2.5" Black External Disk Model HDTH320EK3CA manufactured by Toshiba America Inc. The vendor ID 0480 is registered to Toshiba America Inc with the USB Implementers Forum, and a100 is the product ID that Toshiba America Inc assigned to this particular model. When you run lsusb on Linux, this device appears as 0480:a100 Toshiba America Inc Canvio Alu 2TB 2.5" Black External Disk Model HDTH320EK3CA.
How to identify it on your system
Linux
$ lsusb Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0480:a100 Toshiba America Inc Canvio Alu 2TB 2.5" Black External Disk Model HDTH320EK3CA
You can filter directly with lsusb -d 0480:a100, or get the full descriptor dump with lsusb -v -d 0480:a100. Kernel messages from dmesg show the same pair as idVendor=0480, idProduct=a100.
Windows
In Device Manager, open the device, go to Details → Hardware Ids. This device reports:
USB\VID_0480&PID_A100 USB\VID_0480&PID_A100&REV_0100
From PowerShell: Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object InstanceId -match "VID_0480&PID_A100"
macOS
$ system_profiler SPUSBDataType
Canvio Alu 2TB 2.5" Black External Disk Model HDTH320EK3CA:
Product ID: 0xa100
Vendor ID: 0x0480 (Toshiba America 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:
0480 Toshiba America Inc a100 Canvio Alu 2TB 2.5" Black External Disk Model HDTH320EK3CA