How can I identify a specific USB hub in Device Manager?


  1. Posts : 184
    Windows 11 Pro
       #1

    How can I identify a specific USB hub in Device Manager?


    I have a laptop to which I connected two USB hubs. Each hub has provision for seven USB devices to be connected to it. I would like to identify which hub is which in Device Manager, but the information shown is confusing for me. As you can see there are many entries with the same description. I'm looking for a way to identify the specific USB hub to which I have a particular external drive attached. The other hub has seven other devices connected to it.

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    My laptop is an Inspiron 5482 2-in-1 and I'm running Windows 10 pro v.2004 OS build 19041.264.
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  2. Posts : 41,412
    windows 10 professional version 1607 build 14393.969 64 bit
       #2

    See if you can find identifying and differing results with these steps:
    1) right click on each row > click properties > view location
    2) right click on each row > click properties > click details tab > under property scroll to Hardware Ids
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  3. Posts : 1,463
    Windows 10 Pro 22H2 64 bit
       #3

    I use usbtreeview and get the zip download from this link.

    USB Device Tree Viewer

    How can I identify a specific USB hub in Device Manager?-screenshot-558-.png


    Jim
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  4. Posts : 184
    Windows 11 Pro
    Thread Starter
       #4

    zbook said:
    See if you can find identifying and differing results with these steps:
    1) right click on each row > click properties > view location
    2) right click on each row > click properties > click details tab > under property scroll to Hardware Ids
    Thank you for the suggestion. I tried it, but it didn't help me identify the USB hub that I'm looking for.

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    Thank you Jim. That program helped me find the USB hub that I was looking for. However, I'm curious about the following matters.
    The tree is:

    Code:
    Intel(R) USB 3.1 eXtensible Host Controller - 1.10 (Microsoft)
    \---USB Root Hub (USB 3.0)
        |---[1-1]: Generic USB 2.1 Hub
        |   |HS-[1-1-1]
        |   |HS-[1-1-2]
        |   |HS-[1-1-3]
        |   \---[1-1-4]: Generic USB 2.1 Hub
        |       |HS-[1-1-4-1]
        |       |HS-[1-1-4-2]
        |       |HS-[1-1-4-3]
        |       \HS-[1-1-4-4]
        |---[1-2]: Generic USB 2.1 Hub
        |   |---[1-2-1]: Generic USB 2.1 Hub
        |   |   |FS-[1-2-1-1]: USB Input Device - 2× HID, Mouse
        |   |   |FS-[1-2-1-2]: USB Composite Device - 2× HID, Keyboard
        |   |   |HS-[1-2-1-3]: USB Composite Device - Image, HP Officejet 4500 G510g-m Class Driver
        |   |   \HS-[1-2-1-4]
        |   |HS-[1-2-2]
        |   |HS-[1-2-3]
        |   \HS-[1-2-4]
        |HS-[1-3]: ASIX AX88179 USB 3.0 to Gigabit Ethernet Adapter #2
        |HS-[1-4]
        |FS-[1-5]: Goodix fingerprint
        |HS-[1-6]: USB Composite Device - Integrated Webcam
        |HS-[1-7]
        |HS-[1-8]
        |HS-[1-9]
        |FS-[1-10]: Intel(R) Wireless Bluetooth(R)
        |HS-[1-11]
        |HS-[1-12]
        |---[1-13]: Generic SuperSpeed USB Hub
        |   |HS-[1-13-1]: USB Mass Storage Device - D:\
        |   |SS-[1-13-2]
        |   |SS-[1-13-3]
        |   \---[1-13-4]: Generic SuperSpeed USB Hub
        |       |SS-[1-13-4-1]
        |       |SS-[1-13-4-2]
        |       |SS-[1-13-4-3]
        |       \SS-[1-13-4-4]
        |---[1-14]: Generic SuperSpeed USB Hub
        |   |---[1-14-1]: Generic SuperSpeed USB Hub
        |   |   |SS-[1-14-1-1]
        |   |   |SS-[1-14-1-2]
        |   |   |SS-[1-14-1-3]
        |   |   \HS-[1-14-1-4]: USB Attached SCSI (UAS) Mass Storage Device - E:\
        |   |HS-[1-14-2]: USB Mass Storage Device - M:\
        |   |HS-[1-14-3]: USB Attached SCSI (UAS) Mass Storage Device - G:\
        |   \HS-[1-14-4]: USB Attached SCSI (UAS) Mass Storage Device - N:\
        |SS-[1-15]
        |SS-[1-16]
        |SS-[1-17]
        \SS-[1-18]
    I'm assuming that the hub that I'm looking for is 1-13 because under that is drive D which is what I have connected to it. Is it correct that the 7 ports that this hub has are the ones listed under the 1-13 branch? That is, 3 plus 4 ports?

    Also the other USB hub that I have connected is supposed to be a "USB 3.0" hub and I believe it's the one under 1-14 because I see my other external drives connected to it. I also have my keyboard and mouse connected to this hub, but why do they appear elsewhere in the tree?
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  5. Posts : 1,463
    Windows 10 Pro 22H2 64 bit
       #5

    USB 3.0 ports have both USB 2 and USB 3 connectors and it depends on what you plug into a port. It looks like your Mouse, Keyboard and Printer are USB 2 so they appear in 1-2-1-1, 1-2-1-2, 1-2-1-3 which is a USB 2 hub and you notice that 1-14-1-1,1-14-1-2 and 1-14-1-3 is vacant as they are USB 3 ports. They are the same physical ports but the soft splits them into USB 3 or USB 2 ports.

    Your 2 hubs show as 1-1 and 1-2 for USB 2 and 1-13 and 1-14 for USB 3

    Jim
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