0851:a168 — MXIC
Macronix International Co., Ltd
- Vendor ID
- 0851
- Product ID
- a168
- Combined
- 0851:a168
- Decimal
- 2129:41320
What is this device?
This is the USB identifier for a MXIC manufactured by Macronix International Co., Ltd. The vendor ID 0851 is registered to Macronix International Co., Ltd with the USB Implementers Forum, and a168 is the product ID that Macronix International Co., Ltd assigned to this particular model. When you run lsusb on Linux, this device appears as 0851:a168 Macronix International Co., Ltd MXIC.
How to identify it on your system
Linux
$ lsusb Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0851:a168 Macronix International Co., Ltd MXIC
You can filter directly with lsusb -d 0851:a168, or get the full descriptor dump with lsusb -v -d 0851:a168. Kernel messages from dmesg show the same pair as idVendor=0851, idProduct=a168.
Windows
In Device Manager, open the device, go to Details → Hardware Ids. This device reports:
USB\VID_0851&PID_A168 USB\VID_0851&PID_A168&REV_0100
From PowerShell: Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object InstanceId -match "VID_0851&PID_A168"
macOS
$ system_profiler SPUSBDataType
MXIC:
Product ID: 0xa168
Vendor ID: 0x0851 (Macronix International 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:
0851 Macronix International Co., Ltd a168 MXIC