4971:1004 — Hitachi LifeStudio Desk (3.5" HDD) [w/o flash key]
SimpleTech
- Vendor ID
- 4971
- Product ID
- 1004
- Combined
- 4971:1004
- Decimal
- 18801:4100
What is this device?
This is the USB identifier for a Hitachi LifeStudio Desk (3.5" HDD) [w/o flash key] manufactured by SimpleTech. The vendor ID 4971 is registered to SimpleTech with the USB Implementers Forum, and 1004 is the product ID that SimpleTech assigned to this particular model. When you run lsusb on Linux, this device appears as 4971:1004 SimpleTech Hitachi LifeStudio Desk (3.5" HDD) [w/o flash key].
How to identify it on your system
Linux
$ lsusb Bus 001 Device 004: ID 4971:1004 SimpleTech Hitachi LifeStudio Desk (3.5" HDD) [w/o flash key]
You can filter directly with lsusb -d 4971:1004, or get the full descriptor dump with lsusb -v -d 4971:1004. Kernel messages from dmesg show the same pair as idVendor=4971, idProduct=1004.
Windows
In Device Manager, open the device, go to Details → Hardware Ids. This device reports:
USB\VID_4971&PID_1004 USB\VID_4971&PID_1004&REV_0100
From PowerShell: Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object InstanceId -match "VID_4971&PID_1004"
macOS
$ system_profiler SPUSBDataType
Hitachi LifeStudio Desk (3.5" HDD) [w/o flash key]:
Product ID: 0x1004
Vendor ID: 0x4971 (SimpleTech)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:
4971 SimpleTech 1004 Hitachi LifeStudio Desk (3.5" HDD) [w/o flash key]