[Dell Battery Replacement Script Help Required]

It doesn't return the full serial number, but does get enough digits to match against the recall listing that Dell have published. I have tried it on known good and bad batteries that I have and it works fine for me.

As an extra, here is a list of the objects and some example outputs from the WMI PortableBattery class. The Name object has the 5 digits that need to be matched, else you could just match the manufacturer against Sony and then escalate up your support process as required. PS this was a good battery!

Availability:

BatteryStatus:

CapacityMultiplier: 10

Caption: Portable Battery

Chemistry: 2

ConfigManagerErrorCode:

ConfigManagerUserConfig:

CreationClassName: Win32_PortableBattery

Description: Portable Battery

DesignCapacity: 52170

DesignVoltage: 11100

DeviceID: Portable Battery 0

ErrorCleared:

ErrorDescription:

EstimatedChargeRemaining:

EstimatedRunTime:

ExpectedLife:

FullChargeCapacity:

LastErrorCode:

Location: Sys. Battery Bay

ManufactureDate:

Manufacturer: Panasonic

MaxBatteryError: 2

MaxRechargeTime:

Name: DELL 4M010 4

PNPDeviceID:

PowerManagementCapabilities:

PowerManagementSupported:

SmartBatteryVersion: 1.0

Status:

StatusInfo:

SystemCreationClassName: Win32_ComputerSystem

SystemName: PC2141

TimeOnBattery:

TimeToFullCharge:

[Dell Battery Replacement Script Help Required]

I am using a script at logon that pops up a message box if it matches the Serial number obtained through WMI against the known types in the list issued by Dell.

Steve

DellRecallTest.txt