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Showing BIOS version 3.23 (1RETDRWW) and ECP version 3.04 (1RHT71WW). | Showing BIOS version 3.23 (1RETDRWW) and ECP version 3.04 (1RHT71WW). | ||
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| + | Alternatively you can '''grep''' the information from '''dmesg''' | ||
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| + | {{cmduser|dmesg {{!}} grep "ThinkPad BIOS"}} | ||
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| + | [ 3.758331] thinkpad_acpi: ThinkPad BIOS 6DET52WW (3.02 ), EC 7XHT22WW-1.04 | ||
Revision as of 19:49, 1 November 2017
You can check the current BIOS and ECP versions on your ThinkPad by using dmidecode. For example:
# dmidecode -s bios-version
1RETDRWW (3.23 )
# dmidecode -t 11
# dmidecode 2.9
SMBIOS 2.33 present.
Handle 0x0029, DMI type 11, 5 bytes
OEM Strings
String 1: IBM ThinkPad Embedded Controller -[1RHT71WW-3.04 ]-
Showing BIOS version 3.23 (1RETDRWW) and ECP version 3.04 (1RHT71WW).
Alternatively you can grep the information from dmesg
$ dmesg | grep "ThinkPad BIOS"
[ 3.758331] thinkpad_acpi: ThinkPad BIOS 6DET52WW (3.02 ), EC 7XHT22WW-1.04
