04e8:5b04 — Memory Stick Reader/Writer
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
- Vendor ID
- 04e8
- Product ID
- 5b04
- Combined
- 04e8:5b04
- Decimal
- 1256:23300
What is this device?
This is the USB identifier for a Memory Stick Reader/Writer manufactured by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. The vendor ID 04e8 is registered to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd with the USB Implementers Forum, and 5b04 is the product ID that Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd assigned to this particular model. When you run lsusb on Linux, this device appears as 04e8:5b04 Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd Memory Stick Reader/Writer.
How to identify it on your system
Linux
$ lsusb Bus 001 Device 004: ID 04e8:5b04 Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd Memory Stick Reader/Writer
You can filter directly with lsusb -d 04e8:5b04, or get the full descriptor dump with lsusb -v -d 04e8:5b04. Kernel messages from dmesg show the same pair as idVendor=04e8, idProduct=5b04.
Windows
In Device Manager, open the device, go to Details → Hardware Ids. This device reports:
USB\VID_04E8&PID_5B04 USB\VID_04E8&PID_5B04&REV_0100
From PowerShell: Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object InstanceId -match "VID_04E8&PID_5B04"
macOS
$ system_profiler SPUSBDataType
Memory Stick Reader/Writer:
Product ID: 0x5b04
Vendor ID: 0x04e8 (Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd)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. Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd official support →
Raw usb.ids entry
The exact lines this page is generated from, in the upstream source file:
04e8 Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd 5b04 Memory Stick Reader/Writer