ASUS NUC BIOS parser: export BIOS config to PowerShell array or CSV

In this post we will see how to easily export BIOS settings on ASUS NUC devices to a PowerShell array or CSV.

Context

In my previous post I explained how to manage BIOS settings for ASUS NUC devices with the isetupcfg tool.

BIOS settings on Intel NUC devices are a pain to manage. 

If you want to see settings applied on a device you need to use isetupcfg exe and export config as a txt file.

Then you have all config but it's not really to use for automation, really, really not.

That's why I created a script allowing you to easily export BIOS config to a PowerShell array or CSV.

Here we want to export BIOS config with below info:

- BIOS setting friendly name

- BIOS setting name (MAP)

- BIOS setting value

Prerequisite

You will need two files to be able to extract BIOS config

- iSetupCfgWin64.exe

- amigendrv64.sys

See here how to get them.

In the script I set a path from my GitHub, but you can download them and upload on a blob storage for instance.

Get the script

Click on the below GitHub picture to download the script

The solution

In my case I tested this on the following Intel NUC model: 

- NUC11TNKi5

- NUC11TNKi5

The script will proceed as below:

1. Export current config with isetupcfg tool

2. Convert values to PowerShell

See below an overview of the output from a GridView:

This way you can easily navigate through all settings and see value applied for a specified setting.

For instance let's check value applied for the WLAN setting:

Now let's check the value applied for the BIOS self recovery setting:

Now let's check the iSetupCfg password check

See below an overview of the output in a CSV:

How to use the script ?

The script is ASUS_NUC_BIOSSettings_Parser.ps1

Different parameters are available:

- Grid: show result in GridView

- CSVPath: export config to CSV

- ImportConfig: specify a specific TXT export

- ExportConfig: export coonfig to a TXT file

If there is no CSVPath or Grid parameter, it will be displayed in GridView by default.

If you specify CSVPath, just type the path.

See below some examples:

In the below example we export config on the current device without parameters:

.\Run ASUS_NUC_BIOSSettings_parser.ps1

Result is displayed by default in GridView, as below:

In the below example we export config on the current device with Grid parameter:

.\Run ASUS_NUC_BIOSSettings_parser.ps1 -Grid

Result is displayed in GridView, as below:

In the below example we export config on the current device with CSV parameter:

.\Run ASUS_NUC_BIOSSettings_parser.ps1 -CSVPath $env:temp\file.csv

Result is exported in a CSV file, as below:

In the below example we convert config from an external TXT file:

.\Run ASUS_NUC_BIOSSettings_parser.ps1 -ImportConfig D:\BIOS_Config.txt

What's next ?

In the next post I will show you how to easily apply BIOS settings from a CSV on NUC devices with Intune.