059b:0053 CDRW55292EXT CD-RW External Drive

Iomega Corp.

Vendor ID
059b
Product ID
0053
Combined
059b:0053
Decimal
1435:83

What is this device?

This is the USB identifier for a CDRW55292EXT CD-RW External Drive manufactured by Iomega Corp.. The vendor ID 059b is registered to Iomega Corp. with the USB Implementers Forum, and 0053 is the product ID that Iomega Corp. assigned to this particular model. When you run lsusb on Linux, this device appears as 059b:0053 Iomega Corp. CDRW55292EXT CD-RW External Drive.

How to identify it on your system

Linux

$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 059b:0053 Iomega Corp. CDRW55292EXT CD-RW External Drive

You can filter directly with lsusb -d 059b:0053, or get the full descriptor dump with lsusb -v -d 059b:0053. Kernel messages from dmesg show the same pair as idVendor=059b, idProduct=0053.

Windows

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

USB\VID_059B&PID_0053
USB\VID_059B&PID_0053&REV_0100

From PowerShell: Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object InstanceId -match "VID_059B&PID_0053"

macOS

$ system_profiler SPUSBDataType
    CDRW55292EXT CD-RW External Drive:
      Product ID: 0x0053
      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.
	0053  CDRW55292EXT CD-RW External Drive

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