04a5:0003 — API Generic K/B Mouse

This is the USB identifier for a API Generic K/B Mouse manufactured by Acer Peripherals Inc. (now BenQ Corp.). The vendor ID 04a5 is registered to Acer Peripherals Inc. (now BenQ Corp.) with the USB Implementers Forum, and 0003 is the product ID that Acer Peripherals Inc. (now BenQ Corp.) assigned to this particular model. When you run lsusb on Linux, this device appears as 04a5:0003 Acer Peripherals Inc. (now BenQ Corp.) API Generic K/B Mouse.

Linux

$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 04a5:0003 Acer Peripherals Inc. (now BenQ Corp.) API Generic K/B Mouse

You can filter directly with lsusb -d 04a5:0003, or get the full descriptor dump with lsusb -v -d 04a5:0003. Kernel messages from dmesg show the same pair as idVendor=04a5, idProduct=0003.

Windows

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

USB\VID_04A5&PID_0003
USB\VID_04A5&PID_0003&REV_0100

From PowerShell: Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object InstanceId -match "VID_04A5&PID_0003"

macOS

$ system_profiler SPUSBDataType
    API Generic K/B Mouse:
      Product ID: 0x0003
      Vendor ID: 0x04a5  (Acer Peripherals Inc. (now BenQ Corp.))

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.

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

04a5  Acer Peripherals Inc. (now BenQ Corp.)
	0003  API Generic K/B Mouse

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