0db0:a970 — Bluetooth dongle
Micro Star International
- Vendor ID
- 0db0
- Product ID
- a970
- Combined
- 0db0:a970
- Decimal
- 3504:43376
What is this device?
This is the USB identifier for a Bluetooth dongle manufactured by Micro Star International. The vendor ID 0db0 is registered to Micro Star International with the USB Implementers Forum, and a970 is the product ID that Micro Star International assigned to this particular model. When you run lsusb on Linux, this device appears as 0db0:a970 Micro Star International Bluetooth dongle.
How to identify it on your system
Linux
$ lsusb Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0db0:a970 Micro Star International Bluetooth dongle
You can filter directly with lsusb -d 0db0:a970, or get the full descriptor dump with lsusb -v -d 0db0:a970. Kernel messages from dmesg show the same pair as idVendor=0db0, idProduct=a970.
Windows
In Device Manager, open the device, go to Details → Hardware Ids. This device reports:
USB\VID_0DB0&PID_A970 USB\VID_0DB0&PID_A970&REV_0100
From PowerShell: Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object InstanceId -match "VID_0DB0&PID_A970"
macOS
$ system_profiler SPUSBDataType
Bluetooth dongle:
Product ID: 0xa970
Vendor ID: 0x0db0 (Micro Star International)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:
0db0 Micro Star International a970 Bluetooth dongle