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March 17th, 2022 15:00
DellSMBIOS issue verifying current values
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
> $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
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December 28th, 2025 12:44
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.