[NUC] Using PowerShell or WMIC with ​ NUC

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[NUC] Using PowerShell or WMIC with ​ NUC

Windows tools such as Powershell and WMIC can be used to get SMBIOS information from an NUC without having to enter the BIOS Setup.

SMBIOS section	Displays:
System Information	Information about the entire NUC unit, including: Manufacturer Product name Version Serial number
Board Information	Information about the motherboard inside the NUC, including: Manufacturer Product name Version Serial number
BIOS Information	Information about the BIOS, including BIOS version BIOS release date

Note	The PowerShell and WMI commands listed below might not work with legacy NUCs and older BIOS versions. In these instances, the command will return characters like ÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿ or nothing at all.

 

 

 

Using PowerShell

Open Windows PowerShell:

1. Press the Windows key.
2. Type PowerShell and select Windows PowerShell.

To get this information	Enter this Powershell command
General System Information	Get-ComputerInfo | Format-List *
System > Manufacturer	Get-WmiObject Win32_ComputerSystem Manufacturer
System > Product name	Get-WmiObject Win32_ComputerSystem Model
System > Version	Get-ItemProperty "HKLM:\HARDWARE\Description\System\BIOS" -Name SystemVersion
System > Serial number	Get-WmiObject Win32_BIOS SerialNumber
Board > Manufacturer	Get-WmiObject Win32_BaseBoard Manufacturer
Board > Product name	Get-WmiObject Win32_BaseBoard Product
Board > Version (SA#)	Get-WmiObject Win32_BaseBoard Version
Board > Serial number	Get-WmiObject Win32_BaseBoard SerialNumber
BIOS version	Get-WmiObject Win32_BIOS SMBIOSBIOSVersion
BIOS release date	Get-ItemProperty "HKLM:\HARDWARE\Description\System\BIOS" -Name BIOSReleaseDate

Using Command Prompt

Open a command prompt:

1. Press the Windows key.
2. Type cmd.
3. Select Command Prompt.

To get this information	Enter this WMI command
System > Manufacturer	wmic computersystem get manufacturer
System > Product name	Not available with WMIC
System > Version	Not available with WMIC
System > Serial number	wmic bios get serialnumber Note: this command doesn't return valid results on some NUCs.
Board > Manufacturer	wmic baseboard get manufacturer
Board > Product name	wmic baseboard get product
Board > Version (AA#)	wmic baseboard get version
Board > Serial number	wmic baseboard get serialnumber
BIOS version	wmic bios get smbiosbiosversion
BIOS release date	wmic bios get releasedate

You can get multiple results with one WMIC command, such as: 
wmic baseboard get manufacturer,product,serialnumber,version

To view all available WMI command line switches, enter:

• wmic computersystem get /?
• wmic baseboard get /?
• wmic bios get /?

Related topics

Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI)

Connecting to WMI Remotely with PowerShell