059b:0178 — Hi-Speed USB-to-IDE Bridge Controller
Iomega Corp.
- Vendor ID
- 059b
- Product ID
- 0178
- Combined
- 059b:0178
- Decimal
- 1435:376
What is this device?
This is the USB identifier for a Hi-Speed USB-to-IDE Bridge Controller manufactured by Iomega Corp.. The vendor ID 059b is registered to Iomega Corp. with the USB Implementers Forum, and 0178 is the product ID that Iomega Corp. assigned to this particular model. When you run lsusb on Linux, this device appears as 059b:0178 Iomega Corp. Hi-Speed USB-to-IDE Bridge Controller.
How to identify it on your system
Linux
$ lsusb Bus 001 Device 004: ID 059b:0178 Iomega Corp. Hi-Speed USB-to-IDE Bridge Controller
You can filter directly with lsusb -d 059b:0178, or get the full descriptor dump with lsusb -v -d 059b:0178. Kernel messages from dmesg show the same pair as idVendor=059b, idProduct=0178.
Windows
In Device Manager, open the device, go to Details → Hardware Ids. This device reports:
USB\VID_059B&PID_0178 USB\VID_059B&PID_0178&REV_0100
From PowerShell: Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object InstanceId -match "VID_059B&PID_0178"
macOS
$ system_profiler SPUSBDataType
Hi-Speed USB-to-IDE Bridge Controller:
Product ID: 0x0178
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. 0178 Hi-Speed USB-to-IDE Bridge Controller