13fd:2040 — Samsung Writemaster external DVD writer
Initio Corporation
- Vendor ID
- 13fd
- Product ID
- 2040
- Combined
- 13fd:2040
- Decimal
- 5117:8256
What is this device?
This is the USB identifier for a Samsung Writemaster external DVD writer manufactured by Initio Corporation. The vendor ID 13fd is registered to Initio Corporation with the USB Implementers Forum, and 2040 is the product ID that Initio Corporation assigned to this particular model. When you run lsusb on Linux, this device appears as 13fd:2040 Initio Corporation Samsung Writemaster external DVD writer.
How to identify it on your system
Linux
$ lsusb Bus 001 Device 004: ID 13fd:2040 Initio Corporation Samsung Writemaster external DVD writer
You can filter directly with lsusb -d 13fd:2040, or get the full descriptor dump with lsusb -v -d 13fd:2040. Kernel messages from dmesg show the same pair as idVendor=13fd, idProduct=2040.
Windows
In Device Manager, open the device, go to Details → Hardware Ids. This device reports:
USB\VID_13FD&PID_2040 USB\VID_13FD&PID_2040&REV_0100
From PowerShell: Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object InstanceId -match "VID_13FD&PID_2040"
macOS
$ system_profiler SPUSBDataType
Samsung Writemaster external DVD writer:
Product ID: 0x2040
Vendor ID: 0x13fd (Initio Corporation)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:
13fd Initio Corporation 2040 Samsung Writemaster external DVD writer