0b0e:a50a — Alienware Wireless Gaming Headset AW988
GN Netcom
- Vendor ID
- 0b0e
- Product ID
- a50a
- Combined
- 0b0e:a50a
- Decimal
- 2830:42250
What is this device?
This is the USB identifier for a Alienware Wireless Gaming Headset AW988 manufactured by GN Netcom. The vendor ID 0b0e is registered to GN Netcom with the USB Implementers Forum, and a50a is the product ID that GN Netcom assigned to this particular model. When you run lsusb on Linux, this device appears as 0b0e:a50a GN Netcom Alienware Wireless Gaming Headset AW988.
How to identify it on your system
Linux
$ lsusb Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0b0e:a50a GN Netcom Alienware Wireless Gaming Headset AW988
You can filter directly with lsusb -d 0b0e:a50a, or get the full descriptor dump with lsusb -v -d 0b0e:a50a. Kernel messages from dmesg show the same pair as idVendor=0b0e, idProduct=a50a.
Windows
In Device Manager, open the device, go to Details → Hardware Ids. This device reports:
USB\VID_0B0E&PID_A50A USB\VID_0B0E&PID_A50A&REV_0100
From PowerShell: Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object InstanceId -match "VID_0B0E&PID_A50A"
macOS
$ system_profiler SPUSBDataType
Alienware Wireless Gaming Headset AW988:
Product ID: 0xa50a
Vendor ID: 0x0b0e (GN Netcom)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:
0b0e GN Netcom a50a Alienware Wireless Gaming Headset AW988