174f:a311 — 1.3MPixel Web Cam - Asus A3A, A6J, A6K, A6M, A6R, A6T, A6V, A7T, A7sv, A7U
Syntek
- Vendor ID
- 174f
- Product ID
- a311
- Combined
- 174f:a311
- Decimal
- 5967:41745
What is this device?
This is the USB identifier for a 1.3MPixel Web Cam - Asus A3A, A6J, A6K, A6M, A6R, A6T, A6V, A7T, A7sv, A7U manufactured by Syntek. The vendor ID 174f is registered to Syntek with the USB Implementers Forum, and a311 is the product ID that Syntek assigned to this particular model. When you run lsusb on Linux, this device appears as 174f:a311 Syntek 1.3MPixel Web Cam - Asus A3A, A6J, A6K, A6M, A6R, A6T, A6V, A7T, A7sv, A7U.
How to identify it on your system
Linux
$ lsusb Bus 001 Device 004: ID 174f:a311 Syntek 1.3MPixel Web Cam - Asus A3A, A6J, A6K, A6M, A6R, A6T, A6V, A7T, A7sv, A7U
You can filter directly with lsusb -d 174f:a311, or get the full descriptor dump with lsusb -v -d 174f:a311. Kernel messages from dmesg show the same pair as idVendor=174f, idProduct=a311.
Windows
In Device Manager, open the device, go to Details → Hardware Ids. This device reports:
USB\VID_174F&PID_A311 USB\VID_174F&PID_A311&REV_0100
From PowerShell: Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object InstanceId -match "VID_174F&PID_A311"
macOS
$ system_profiler SPUSBDataType
1.3MPixel Web Cam - Asus A3A, A6J, A6K, A6M, A6R, A6T, A6V, A7T, A7sv, A7U:
Product ID: 0xa311
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 a311 1.3MPixel Web Cam - Asus A3A, A6J, A6K, A6M, A6R, A6T, A6V, A7T, A7sv, A7U