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

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