174f:6a51 — 2.0MPixel Web Cam - Asus Z96J, Z96S, S96S

Syntek

Vendor ID: 174f
Product ID: 6a51
Combined: 174f:6a51
Decimal: 5967:27217

What is this device?

This is the USB identifier for a 2.0MPixel Web Cam - Asus Z96J, Z96S, S96S manufactured by Syntek. The vendor ID 174f is registered to Syntek with the USB Implementers Forum, and 6a51 is the product ID that Syntek assigned to this particular model. When you run lsusb on Linux, this device appears as 174f:6a51 Syntek 2.0MPixel Web Cam - Asus Z96J, Z96S, S96S.

How to identify it on your system

Linux

$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 174f:6a51 Syntek 2.0MPixel Web Cam - Asus Z96J, Z96S, S96S

You can filter directly with lsusb -d 174f:6a51, or get the full descriptor dump with lsusb -v -d 174f:6a51. Kernel messages from dmesg show the same pair as idVendor=174f, idProduct=6a51.

Windows

In Device Manager, open the device, go to Details → Hardware Ids. This device reports:

USB\VID_174F&PID_6A51
USB\VID_174F&PID_6A51&REV_0100

From PowerShell: Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object InstanceId -match "VID_174F&PID_6A51"

macOS

$ system_profiler SPUSBDataType
    2.0MPixel Web Cam - Asus Z96J, Z96S, S96S:
      Product ID: 0x6a51
      Vendor ID: 0x174f  (Syntek)

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:

174f  Syntek
	6a51  2.0MPixel Web Cam - Asus Z96J, Z96S, S96S

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