He hadn’t plugged in any new USB device. His mouse was connected via Bluetooth. His keyboard was wired. The only thing in the ports was a Lexar recovery drive he’d inserted four hours ago.
Event ID 2102: A device was started.
To understand the problem, one must first decode the identifier itself. When a USB device is plugged into a computer, it reports a Vendor ID (VID) and a Product ID (PID) to the host system. The VID 1f3a corresponds to , a Chinese semiconductor company known for producing system-on-chips (SoCs) widely used in budget Android tablets, single-board computers, and development boards. The PID efe8 specifically identifies a USB device operating in a special mode, often referred to as "FEL" or "ADB" mode. usb device-vid-1f3a-pid-efe8- windows 11
Windows 11 enforces (more strict than Win10). He hadn’t plugged in any new USB device
Reconnect to the PC. If it boots correctly, the "VID_1F3A" entry will disappear and be replaced by the standard device name (e.g., "Android Device" or "MTP Device"). The only thing in the ports was a
⚠️ Installing WinUSB removes the existing default driver. This is safe for logic analyzers but may break other software expecting a different driver.