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Custom built pc - not displaying manufacturer and model info

Brian Knoll

June 03, 2021 18:21

Fairly new to the PDQ system and setup the trial at my company to test things out. We have a batch of 20ish custom built pcs on the network and when they show up in Inventory, under the Computer Details, the Manufacturer and Model show System manufacturer and System Product Name. I've check the System Information on one of the pc's and for both of those fields that is the data shown. But below that in the list is the BaseBoard info and that info is correct. How can I scan those systems and pull the BaseBoard info and add or replace the "System Manufacturer" & "System Product Name"? Assuming this would be either a PowerShell script or something else. I'm a newbie to PS stuff.

Thanks

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Colby Bouma
June 04, 2021 04:00

You can create a WMI Scanner or PowerShell Scanner to query Win32_BaseBoard. That's where System Information is pulling that data from.

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Brian Knoll
June 04, 2021 13:19

Thanks, but looking for more details on how to create that PS scanner code. Assuming I would need to create a couple of Custom Fields to drop this new data for computers?

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Colby Bouma
June 04, 2021 13:40
No, Custom Fields are for manually entering data. Click "New Scanner" in the toolbar, then "PowerShell". Paste the code below into the Script field, or save it to a .ps1 file and point the File field to it.
```
Get-CimInstance Win32_BaseBoard | Select-Object Manufacturer, Product
```
https://www.pdq.com/powershell-scanner/
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Brian Knoll
June 04, 2021 15:10

Thanks Colby, that worked

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