PowerShell script for CPU information, incl. CPUID

ddelo · 04 Mar 2020

IronZorg89 said:

Sorry for being late. Just want to be part of the discussion and I think the latest version (CPU-Info Version 2.5) is working fine. Here is my result:

Attachment 269237

No problem bud.
It's sure working just fine. And the UEFI microcode version seems to be correct now. Remember, it was 0x27. Now how this was changed, I really have no clue. Maybe an update fixed it. Who knows.

IronZorg89 · 04 Mar 2020

ddelo said:

No problem bud.
It's sure working just fine. And the UEFI microcode version seems to be correct now. Remember, it was 0x27. Now how this was changed, I really have no clue. Maybe an update fixed it. Who knows.

It has to be an update from MS, for I have not gotten any BIOS/UEFI update from the manufacturer in a long time. As a matter of fact, I will go and check right after this post.

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No luck as evidenced in the screenshot below. Note that it shows Windows 8.1 (64-bit) because that is the version with which the machine came when I first bought it in 2015. Since then, it has been upgraded to Windows 10 (64-bit). And my ROM Family SSID is the one in red square (2AF7):

PowerShell script for CPU information, incl. CPUID-recent-bios-uefi-update-unavailable.png

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@ddelo,

Your PM has been answered.

Cheers!

Iocalhost · 23 May 2020

Hey, I like your script. Out of curiosity, is there any reason to avoid something like:

Code:

Get-ComputerInfo |ConvertTo-JSON >C:\ComputerInfo.json

ddelo · 23 May 2020

Iocalhost said:

Hey, I like your script. Out of curiosity, is there any reason to avoid something like:

Code:

Get-ComputerInfo |ConvertTo-JSON >C:\ComputerInfo.json

Thanks and welcome to TenForums.

No reason I can think of, although I haven't tried it.

blueskyler · 27 May 2020

hi

i used the script to check my system but for some reason report legacy boot even if they are in uefi.

IronZorg89 · 27 May 2020

blueskyler said:

hi

i used the script to check my system but for some reason report legacy boot even if they are in uefi.

Maybe you have to enter the BIOS Settings and make sure UEFI mode is on. The way to enter the BIOS settings varies from one manufacturer to another. You will have to check the manual that came with your machine or maybe you know how to do that already.

ddelo · 27 May 2020

blueskyler said:

hi

i used the script to check my system but for some reason report legacy boot even if they are in uefi.

You're the second one who reports such a problem.
The script uses bcdedit to determine the FirmwareType, which is supposed to be the best and flawless way to decide the type of firmware.

This command currently used in the script, in PowerShell is

Code:

$bcdeditOutput = & "$env:windir\System32\bcdedit.exe"
if ($bcdeditOutput -like "*winload.efi") { $FirmwareType = "UEFI" }
else { $FirmwareType = "Legacy BIOS" }
$FirmwareType

Another way of finding the firmware type is the following:

Code:

if ($env:Firmware_Type -eq "UEFI") { $FirmwareType = "UEFI" }
else { $FirmwareType = "Legacy BIOS" }
$FirmwareType

You can run both of them in an elevated PowerShell console and see what you get.

Berton · 27 May 2020

Tried both of them and both failed on the word else.

Try3 · 27 May 2020

Berton said:

Tried both of them and both failed on the word else.

It's the line return before Else in both. It should be on the same line as the rest of the If statement.

Denis

haz3 · 27 May 2020

My pc is so ancient (fast nontheless)

that it's not supported anymore....i guess

Checked with InSpectre seems the meltdown vulnerability is protected. Anyways, runned for the fun, and it shows as a x64 system. To my knowledge it's a x86 system. Getting a x64 iso just to test it

Thx for stuff like this, always good to check the details.

Code:

Computer Model               : System Product Name
Computer Name                : HAZ3-PC
Processor Type               : Central Processor
Manufacturer                 : GenuineIntel
CPU Family                   : Other
CPU Architecture             : x64
Name                         : Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU     E7400  @ 2.80GHz
Description                  : x64 Family 6 Model 23 Stepping 10
Number of Cores              : 2
Number of Logical Processors : 2
Current Clock Speed          : 2793
Socket Designation           : Socket 775
Upgrade Method               : Socket LGA775
CPUID                        : 0001067A
Display Family               : 06H
Display Model                : 17H
Processor Signature          : 06-17-A

Running microcode revision   : 0x (loaded by Microsoft Windows7 Ultimate-6.1.7601-SP1 Final Build )
BIOS CPU microcode revision* : 0x

Boot Mode                    : Legacy BIOS
Legacy BIOS Version          : BIOS Date: 03/11/09 15:37:33 Ver: 08.00.12
Legacy BIOS Manufacturer     : American Megatrends Inc.
Legacy BIOS Serial Number    : System Serial Number
Legacy BIOS Release Date     : 3/11/2009 (4095 days ago)