077c:0005 — NEC Keyboard
Forward Electronics Co., Ltd
- Vendor ID
- 077c
- Product ID
- 0005
- Combined
- 077c:0005
- Decimal
- 1916:5
What is this device?
This is the USB identifier for a NEC Keyboard manufactured by Forward Electronics Co., Ltd. The vendor ID 077c is registered to Forward Electronics Co., Ltd with the USB Implementers Forum, and 0005 is the product ID that Forward Electronics Co., Ltd assigned to this particular model. When you run lsusb on Linux, this device appears as 077c:0005 Forward Electronics Co., Ltd NEC Keyboard.
How to identify it on your system
Linux
$ lsusb Bus 001 Device 004: ID 077c:0005 Forward Electronics Co., Ltd NEC Keyboard
You can filter directly with lsusb -d 077c:0005, or get the full descriptor dump with lsusb -v -d 077c:0005. Kernel messages from dmesg show the same pair as idVendor=077c, idProduct=0005.
Windows
In Device Manager, open the device, go to Details → Hardware Ids. This device reports:
USB\VID_077C&PID_0005 USB\VID_077C&PID_0005&REV_0100
From PowerShell: Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object InstanceId -match "VID_077C&PID_0005"
macOS
$ system_profiler SPUSBDataType
NEC Keyboard:
Product ID: 0x0005
Vendor ID: 0x077c (Forward 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.
Raw usb.ids entry
The exact lines this page is generated from, in the upstream source file:
077c Forward Electronics Co., Ltd 0005 NEC Keyboard