054c:016b — Mobile HDD
Sony Corp.
- Vendor ID
- 054c
- Product ID
- 016b
- Combined
- 054c:016b
- Decimal
- 1356:363
What is this device?
This is the USB identifier for a Mobile HDD manufactured by Sony Corp.. The vendor ID 054c is registered to Sony Corp. with the USB Implementers Forum, and 016b is the product ID that Sony Corp. assigned to this particular model. When you run lsusb on Linux, this device appears as 054c:016b Sony Corp. Mobile HDD.
How to identify it on your system
Linux
$ lsusb Bus 001 Device 004: ID 054c:016b Sony Corp. Mobile HDD
You can filter directly with lsusb -d 054c:016b, or get the full descriptor dump with lsusb -v -d 054c:016b. Kernel messages from dmesg show the same pair as idVendor=054c, idProduct=016b.
Windows
In Device Manager, open the device, go to Details → Hardware Ids. This device reports:
USB\VID_054C&PID_016B USB\VID_054C&PID_016B&REV_0100
From PowerShell: Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object InstanceId -match "VID_054C&PID_016B"
macOS
$ system_profiler SPUSBDataType
Mobile HDD:
Product ID: 0x016b
Vendor ID: 0x054c (Sony 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.
Raw usb.ids entry
The exact lines this page is generated from, in the upstream source file:
054c Sony Corp. 016b Mobile HDD