059b:0042 Rev 70 GB

Iomega Corp.

Vendor ID
059b
Product ID
0042
Combined
059b:0042
Decimal
1435:66

What is this device?

This is the USB identifier for a Rev 70 GB manufactured by Iomega Corp.. The vendor ID 059b is registered to Iomega Corp. with the USB Implementers Forum, and 0042 is the product ID that Iomega Corp. assigned to this particular model. When you run lsusb on Linux, this device appears as 059b:0042 Iomega Corp. Rev 70 GB.

How to identify it on your system

Linux

$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 059b:0042 Iomega Corp. Rev 70 GB

You can filter directly with lsusb -d 059b:0042, or get the full descriptor dump with lsusb -v -d 059b:0042. Kernel messages from dmesg show the same pair as idVendor=059b, idProduct=0042.

Windows

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

USB\VID_059B&PID_0042
USB\VID_059B&PID_0042&REV_0100

From PowerShell: Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object InstanceId -match "VID_059B&PID_0042"

macOS

$ system_profiler SPUSBDataType
    Rev 70 GB:
      Product ID: 0x0042
      Vendor ID: 0x059b  (Iomega 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:

059b  Iomega Corp.
	0042  Rev 70 GB

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