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October 26th, 2022 19:00

DellBIOSProvider Error Importing Module on Latitude 7420

Latitude 7420

Latitude 7420

Hello, trying to get the DellBIOSProvider module up and running on our Latitude 7420s. It installs fine, but when launching I get the follow error:

 

Application: powershell.exe
Framework Version: v4.0.30319
Description: The process was terminated due to an unhandled exception.
Exception Info: System.AccessViolationException
   at Dll_CLI.BIOSWrapper.Initialize()
   at Dell.Smbios.PowerShell.Providers.DellBIOSProvider.NewDrive(System.Management.Automation.PSDriveInfo)
   at System.Management.Automation.SessionStateInternal.ValidateDriveWithProvider(System.Management.Automation.Provider.DriveCmdletProvider, System.Management.Automation.PSDriveInfo, System.Management.Automation.CmdletProviderContext, Boolean)
   at System.Management.Automation.SessionStateInternal.InitializeProvider(System.Management.Automation.Provider.CmdletProvider, System.Management.Automation.ProviderInfo, System.Management.Automation.CmdletProviderContext)
   at System.Management.Automation.SessionStateInternal.NewProvider(System.Management.Automation.ProviderInfo)
   at System.Management.Automation.SessionStateInternal.AddProvider(System.Type, System.String, System.String, System.Management.Automation.PSSnapInInfo, System.Management.Automation.PSModuleInfo)
   at System.Management.Automation.SessionStateInternal.AddSessionStateEntry(System.Management.Automation.Runspaces.SessionStateProviderEntry)
   at System.Management.Automation.Runspaces.InitialSessionState.Bind_LoadProviders(System.Management.Automation.SessionStateInternal)
   at System.Management.Automation.Runspaces.InitialSessionState.Bind(System.Management.Automation.ExecutionContext, Boolean, System.Management.Automation.PSModuleInfo, Boolean, Boolean)
   at Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.ModuleCmdletBase.LoadBinaryModule(System.Management.Automation.PSModuleInfo, Boolean, System.String, System.String, System.Reflection.Assembly, System.String, System.Management.Automation.SessionState, ImportModuleOptions, ManifestProcessingFlags, System.String, Boolean, Boolean, Boolean ByRef, System.String, Boolean)
   at Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.ModuleCmdletBase.LoadModule(System.Management.Automation.PSModuleInfo, System.String, System.String, System.String, System.Management.Automation.SessionState, System.Object, ImportModuleOptions ByRef, ManifestProcessingFlags, Boolean ByRef, Boolean ByRef)
   at Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.ModuleCmdletBase.LoadModuleNamedInManifest(System.Management.Automation.PSModuleInfo, Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.ModuleSpecification, System.String, Boolean, System.String, System.Management.Automation.SessionState, ImportModuleOptions, ManifestProcessingFlags, Boolean, Boolean, System.Object, Boolean ByRef, System.String, System.Nullable`1)
   at Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.ModuleCmdletBase.LoadModuleManifest(System.String, System.Management.Automation.ExternalScriptInfo, System.Collections.Hashtable, System.Collections.Hashtable, ManifestProcessingFlags, System.Version, System.Version, System.Version, System.Nullable`1, ImportModuleOptions ByRef, Boolean ByRef)
   at Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.ModuleCmdletBase.LoadModule(System.Management.Automation.PSModuleInfo, System.String, System.String, System.String, System.Management.Automation.SessionState, System.Object, ImportModuleOptions ByRef, ManifestProcessingFlags, Boolean ByRef, Boolean ByRef)
   at Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.ModuleCmdletBase.LoadUsingExtensions(System.Management.Automation.PSModuleInfo, System.String, System.String, System.String, System.String, System.String, System.Management.Automation.SessionState, ImportModuleOptions, ManifestProcessingFlags, Boolean ByRef, Boolean ByRef)
   at Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.ModuleCmdletBase.LoadUsingMultiVersionModuleBase(System.String, ImportModuleOptions, Boolean ByRef)
   at Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.ModuleCmdletBase.LoadUsingModulePath(System.Management.Automation.PSModuleInfo, Boolean, System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable`1, System.String, System.Management.Automation.SessionState, ImportModuleOptions, ManifestProcessingFlags, System.Management.Automation.PSModuleInfo ByRef)
   at Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.ImportModuleCommand.ImportModule_LocallyViaName(ImportModuleOptions, System.String)
   at Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.ImportModuleCommand.ProcessRecord()
   at System.Management.Automation.CommandProcessor.ProcessRecord()
   at System.Management.Automation.CommandProcessorBase.DoExecute()
   at System.Management.Automation.Internal.PipelineProcessor.SynchronousExecuteEnumerate(System.Object)
   at System.Management.Automation.PipelineOps.InvokePipeline(System.Object, Boolean, System.Management.Automation.CommandParameterInternal[][], System.Management.Automation.Language.CommandBaseAst[], System.Management.Automation.CommandRedirection[][], System.Management.Automation.Language.FunctionContext)
   at System.Management.Automation.Interpreter.ActionCallInstruction`6[[System.__Canon, mscorlib, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089],[System.Boolean, mscorlib, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089],[System.__Canon, mscorlib, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089],[System.__Canon, mscorlib, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089],[System.__Canon, mscorlib, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089],[System.__Canon, mscorlib, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089]].Run(System.Management.Automation.Interpreter.InterpretedFrame)
   at System.Management.Automation.Interpreter.EnterTryCatchFinallyInstruction.Run(System.Management.Automation.Interpreter.InterpretedFrame)
   at System.Management.Automation.Interpreter.EnterTryCatchFinallyInstruction.Run(System.Management.Automation.Interpreter.InterpretedFrame)
   at System.Management.Automation.Interpreter.Interpreter.Run(System.Management.Automation.Interpreter.InterpretedFrame)
   at System.Management.Automation.Interpreter.LightLambda.RunVoid1[[System.__Canon, mscorlib, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089]](System.__Canon)
   at System.Management.Automation.DlrScriptCommandProcessor.RunClause(System.Action`1, System.Object, System.Object)
   at System.Management.Automation.DlrScriptCommandProcessor.Complete()
   at System.Management.Automation.CommandProcessorBase.DoComplete()
   at System.Management.Automation.Internal.PipelineProcessor.DoCompleteCore(System.Management.Automation.CommandProcessorBase)
   at System.Management.Automation.Internal.PipelineProcessor.SynchronousExecuteEnumerate(System.Object)
   at System.Management.Automation.Runspaces.LocalPipeline.InvokeHelper()
   at System.Management.Automation.Runspaces.LocalPipeline.InvokeThreadProc()
   at System.Management.Automation.Runspaces.PipelineThread.WorkerProc()
   at System.Threading.ExecutionContext.RunInternal(System.Threading.ExecutionContext, System.Threading.ContextCallback, System.Object, Boolean)
   at System.Threading.ExecutionContext.Run(System.Threading.ExecutionContext, System.Threading.ContextCallback, System.Object, Boolean)
   at System.Threading.ExecutionContext.Run(System.Threading.ExecutionContext, System.Threading.ContextCallback, System.Object)
   at System.Threading.ThreadHelper.ThreadStart()
Faulting application name: powershell.exe, version: 10.0.19041.546, time stamp: 0x7eda4115
Faulting module name: BIOSIntf.dll, version: 3.5.0.0, time stamp: 0x6130b43d
Exception code: 0xc0000005
Fault offset: 0x0000000000036bbe
Faulting process id: 0x5630
Faulting application start time: 0x01d8e9a6ccabed39
Faulting application path: C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
Faulting module path: C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\DellBIOSProvider\2.6.0\BIOSIntf.dll
Report Id: 8eaf03df-3a3a-4cce-ba82-63f0f9452b91
Faulting package full name: 
Faulting package-relative application ID:

 

It looks like its having issues creating the DellSMBIOS PS-Drive.

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ztrhgf

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November 14th, 2022 01:00

Solution is to use newest module version

Bigrich2012

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May 23rd, 2024 13:19

This didn't work for me, I tried to uninstall and reinstall the Dell Bios provider and received the same error. 

Unhandled Exception: System.AccessViolationException: Attempted to read or write protected memory. This is often an indication that other memory is corrupt.
   at Dll_CLI.BIOSWrapper.Initialize()
   at Dell.Smbios.PowerShell.Providers.DellBIOSProvider.NewDrive(PSDriveInfo drive)
   at System.Management.Automation.SessionStateInternal.ValidateDriveWithProvider(DriveCmdletProvider driveProvider, PSDriveInfo drive, CmdletProviderContext context, Boolean resolvePathIfPossible)
   at System.Management.Automation.SessionStateInternal.InitializeProvider(CmdletProvider providerInstance, ProviderInfo provider, CmdletProviderContext context)
   at System.Management.Automation.SessionStateInternal.NewProvider(ProviderInfo provider)
   at System.Management.Automation.SessionStateInternal.AddProvider(Type implementingType, String name, String helpFileName, PSSnapInInfo psSnapIn, PSModuleInfo module)
   at System.Management.Automation.SessionStateInternal.AddSessionStateEntry(SessionStateProviderEntry providerEntry)
   at System.Management.Automation.Runspaces.InitialSessionState.Bind_LoadProviders(SessionStateInternal ss)
   at System.Management.Automation.Runspaces.InitialSessionState.Bind(ExecutionContext context, Boolean updateOnly, PSModuleInfo module, Boolean noClobber, Boolean local)
   at Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.ModuleCmdletBase.LoadBinaryModule(PSModuleInfo parentModule, Boolean trySnapInName, String moduleName, String fileName, Assembly assemblyToLoad, String moduleBase, SessionState ss, ImportModuleOptions options, ManifestProcessingFlags manifestProcessingFlags, String prefix, Boolean loadTypes, Boolean loadFormats, Boolean& found, String shortModuleName, Boolean disableFormatUpdates)
   at Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.ModuleCmdletBase.LoadModule(PSModuleInfo parentModule, String fileName, String moduleBase, String prefix, SessionState ss, Object privateData, ImportModuleOptions& options, ManifestProcessingFlags manifestProcessingFlags, Boolean& found, Boolean& moduleFileFound)
   at Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.ModuleCmdletBase.LoadModuleNamedInManifest(PSModuleInfo parentModule, ModuleSpecification moduleSpecification, String moduleBase, Boolean searchModulePath, String prefix, SessionState ss, ImportModuleOptions options, ManifestProcessingFlags manifestProcessingFlags, Boolean loadTypesFiles, Boolean loadFormatFiles, Object privateData, Boolean& found, String shortModuleName, Nullable`1 manifestLanguageMode)
   at Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.ModuleCmdletBase.LoadModuleManifest(String moduleManifestPath, ExternalScriptInfo manifestScriptInfo, Hashtable data, Hashtable localizedData, ManifestProcessingFlags manifestProcessingFlags, Version minimumVersion, Version maximumVersion, Version requiredVersion, Nullable`1 requiredModuleGuid, ImportModuleOptions& options, Boolean& containedErrors)
   at Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.ModuleCmdletBase.LoadModule(PSModuleInfo parentModule, String fileName, String moduleBase, String prefix, SessionState ss, Object privateData, ImportModuleOptions& options, ManifestProcessingFlags manifestProcessingFlags, Boolean& found, Boolean& moduleFileFound)
   at Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.ModuleCmdletBase.LoadUsingExtensions(PSModuleInfo parentModule, String moduleName, String fileBaseName, String extension, String moduleBase, String prefix, SessionState ss, ImportModuleOptions options, ManifestProcessingFlags manifestProcessingFlags, Boolean& found, Boolean& moduleFileFound)
   at Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.ModuleCmdletBase.LoadUsingMultiVersionModuleBase(String moduleBase, ImportModuleOptions importModuleOptions, Boolean& found)
   at Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.ModuleCmdletBase.LoadUsingModulePath(PSModuleInfo parentModule, Boolean found, IEnumerable`1 modulePath, String name, SessionState ss, ImportModuleOptions options, ManifestProcessingFlags manifestProcessingFlags, PSModuleInfo& module)
   at Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.ImportModuleCommand.ImportModule_LocallyViaName(ImportModuleOptions importModuleOptions, String name)
   at Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.ImportModuleCommand.ProcessRecord()
   at System.Management.Automation.CommandProcessor.ProcessRecord()
   at System.Management.Automation.CommandProcessorBase.DoExecute()
   at System.Management.Automation.Internal.PipelineProcessor.SynchronousExecuteEnumerate(Object input)
   at System.Management.Automation.PipelineOps.InvokePipeline(Object input, Boolean ignoreInput, CommandParameterInternal[][] pipeElements, CommandBaseAst[] pipeElementAsts, CommandRedirection[][] commandRedirections, FunctionContext funcContext)
   at System.Management.Automation.Interpreter.ActionCallInstruction`6.Run(InterpretedFrame frame)
   at System.Management.Automation.Interpreter.EnterTryCatchFinallyInstruction.Run(InterpretedFrame frame)
   at System.Management.Automation.Interpreter.EnterTryCatchFinallyInstruction.Run(InterpretedFrame frame)
   at System.Management.Automation.Interpreter.EnterTryCatchFinallyInstruction.Run(InterpretedFrame frame)
   at System.Management.Automation.Interpreter.EnterTryCatchFinallyInstruction.Run(InterpretedFrame frame)
   at System.Management.Automation.Interpreter.Interpreter.Run(InterpretedFrame frame)
   at System.Management.Automation.Interpreter.LightLambda.RunVoid1[T0](T0 arg0)
   at System.Management.Automation.DlrScriptCommandProcessor.RunClause(Action`1 clause, Object dollarUnderbar, Object inputToProcess)
   at System.Management.Automation.DlrScriptCommandProcessor.Complete()
   at System.Management.Automation.CommandProcessorBase.DoComplete()
   at System.Management.Automation.Internal.PipelineProcessor.DoCompleteCore(CommandProcessorBase commandRequestingUpstreamCommandsToStop)
   at System.Management.Automation.Internal.PipelineProcessor.SynchronousExecuteEnumerate(Object input)
   at System.Management.Automation.Runspaces.LocalPipeline.InvokeHelper()
   at System.Management.Automation.Runspaces.LocalPipeline.InvokeThreadProc()
   at System.Management.Automation.Runspaces.PipelineThread.WorkerProc()
   at System.Threading.ExecutionContext.RunInternal(ExecutionContext executionContext, ContextCallback callback, Object state, Boolean preserveSyncCtx)
   at System.Threading.ExecutionContext.Run(ExecutionContext executionContext, ContextCallback callback, Object state, Boolean preserveSyncCtx)
   at System.Threading.ExecutionContext.Run(ExecutionContext executionContext, ContextCallback callback, Object state)
   at System.Threading.ThreadHelper.ThreadStart()

SMAR-VS

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June 26th, 2024 22:19

Have you found any solutions? I'm seeing this on numerous 7420s.

This occurs on any dellbiosprovider module greater that 7.2.0 included the latest

Error in event view when ps crashes

Faulting application name: powershell.exe, version: 10.0.22621.3085, time stamp: 0x089a8e62 Faulting module name: BIOSIntf.dll, version: 3.8.0.0, time stamp: 0x6620cbe3 Exception code: 0xc0000005 Fault offset: 0x0000000000037331 Faulting process id: 0x0x1E48 Faulting application start time: 0x0x1DAC815BD7233A3 Faulting application path: C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe Faulting module path: C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\DellBIOSProvider\2.8.0\BIOSIntf.dll Report Id: 22b0580c-703e-4a06-b238-cd07ecbe5f05 Faulting package full name: Faulting package-relative application ID:

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