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Here is a WMI script that generates the PCI slots information (Total & Available) in each system across your network.

How to determine the number of PCI slots available in each system connected to a network?

The script available at the bottom of this page retrieves the PCI slot information from your PCs across the network. The list of computers (or IP addresses) is taken from a file named c:\servers.txt which you need to create. (Make sure that there is a carriage return line feed after each PC name/IP)

The script reads the computer names / IP addresses from C:\Servers.txt file, and connects to each computer to determine the following information:

Total number of PCI slots
Freely available PCI slots

This script uses Win32_PingStatus class to check the online availability of computers. Therefore, this script does not work in Windows 2000 systems.

The results are stored in a log file named "PC_Slots_Info.txt" in your Desktop. Here is a sample output:

Computer Name: supercomputer
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Total PCI slots : 3
Free PCI slots : 1

Computer Name: longhornpc
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Total PCI slots : 4
Free PCI slots : 3

Computer Name: 192.168.1.10
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Total PCI slots : 3
Free PCI slots : 1

Computer Name: 192.168.1.11
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Total PCI slots : 4
Free PCI slots : 3

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Computer 192.168.1.12 is currently offline
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