https://community.intel.com/t5/Intel-Business-Client-Software/How-does-the-HardwareAssetService-gather-hardware-information/m-p/830658#M1277 Yes, the CIM calls all access the SMBIO tables. Not sure this really answers your question.<DIV></DIV><DIV>For example: <H2>Class CIM_PhysicalMemory</H2><DIV><H3>Manufacturer</H3><PRE>public string <B>Manufacturer</B></PRE><DL><DD><B>General Information:</B><BR />The name of the organization responsible for producing the PhysicalElement. This organization might be the entity from whom the Element is purchased, but this is not necessarily true. The latter information is contained in the Vendor property of CIM_Product.<BR /><BR /><B>Product Specific Usage:</B><BR />"Manufacturer" string in the SMBIOS Memory Device (type 17) structure.<BR /><BR /><B>Qualifiers:</B><BR />-------------<BR />MaxLen=65<BR />MappingStrings={MIB.IETF|Entity-MIB.entPhysicalMfgName, MIF.DMTF|FRU|003.4}</DD></DL></DIV></DIV> Fri, 04 May 2012 18:15:06 GMT Gael_H_Intel 2012-05-04T18:15:06Z https://community.intel.com/t5/Intel-Business-Client-Software/How-does-the-HardwareAssetService-gather-hardware-information/m-p/830657#M1276 How does the HardwareAssetService gather information about the hardware on a system? Does the AMT probe and decode memory in the SMBIOS (DMI) ? <BR /><BR />I'm doing a comparison of verbosity, and how accurate the information is compared to the tool dmidecode.<BR /><BR />Thanks for your comments and help! Thu, 03 May 2012 18:26:20 GMT https://community.intel.com/t5/Intel-Business-Client-Software/How-does-the-HardwareAssetService-gather-hardware-information/m-p/830657#M1276 ravanrip 2012-05-03T18:26:20Z https://community.intel.com/t5/Intel-Business-Client-Software/How-does-the-HardwareAssetService-gather-hardware-information/m-p/830658#M1277 Yes, the CIM calls all access the SMBIO tables. Not sure this really answers your question.<DIV></DIV><DIV>For example: <H2>Class CIM_PhysicalMemory</H2><DIV><H3>Manufacturer</H3><PRE>public string <B>Manufacturer</B></PRE><DL><DD><B>General Information:</B><BR />The name of the organization responsible for producing the PhysicalElement. This organization might be the entity from whom the Element is purchased, but this is not necessarily true. The latter information is contained in the Vendor property of CIM_Product.<BR /><BR /><B>Product Specific Usage:</B><BR />"Manufacturer" string in the SMBIOS Memory Device (type 17) structure.<BR /><BR /><B>Qualifiers:</B><BR />-------------<BR />MaxLen=65<BR />MappingStrings={MIB.IETF|Entity-MIB.entPhysicalMfgName, MIF.DMTF|FRU|003.4}</DD></DL></DIV></DIV> Fri, 04 May 2012 18:15:06 GMT https://community.intel.com/t5/Intel-Business-Client-Software/How-does-the-HardwareAssetService-gather-hardware-information/m-p/830658#M1277 Gael_H_Intel 2012-05-04T18:15:06Z