DellSMBIOS issue verifying current values

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Hello,In the Users Guide, it specifically states:'Verify the current state of the attribute by running the following command: Get-Item -Path . [See Format of the path.] The command displays the Current Value, Possible Values and Description of the attribute you want to configure.'It also states to use the following code under the section I am interested in:'Example: To retrieve the current mode of the PrimaryBattChargeCfg attribute.Get-ChildItem -Path DellSmbios:\PowerManagement\PrimaryBattChargeCfg' But this does not return what I expected... The exact code I am using: $Setting = get-ChildItem -Path DellSMBIOS:\PowerManagement\PrimaryBattChargeCfg ...and the result I am getting??  $Setting Dell.Smbios.PowerShell.Providers.SmbiosAttribute I was expecting 'Custom' or 'Auto' or any one of the available options... any ideas what I may be missing?I am using v2.6.0 of DellSMBIOS, with Powershell v5.1, on a Dell Precision 7510, Windows 10 20H2, with all the latest updates from SupportAssist installed.

ashleyharvey19 · Answer

DellSMBIOS gave me headaches before, especially with values lookin correct in BIOS but wrong via tools. I spent hours thinkin scripts were broken. Turned out firmware and driver versions were slightly out of sync. After a BIOS update and reinstall of Dell utilities, numbers finally matched. I learned pretty fast DellSMBIOS depends a lot on version harmony, not just config.

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