If dmidecode is present, the BIOS version can be read via DMI directly (e.g. for a T400):
$ sudo dmidecode -s bios-version
7UET94WW (3.24 )
On a recent Linux Mint system (20.3 'una') the BIOS version cannot be found using the `proc` way, as the file only contains these lines:
```txt
$ cat /proc/asound/cards
0 [Intel ]: HDA-Intel - HDA Intel
HDA Intel at 0xfc320000 irq 34
```
If `dmidecode` is present, the BIOS version can be read via DMI directly (e.g. for a T400):
```txt
$ sudo dmidecode -s bios-version
7UET94WW (3.24 )
```
On a recent Linux Mint system (20.3 'una') the BIOS version cannot be found using the
proc
way, as the file only contains these lines:If
dmidecode
is present, the BIOS version can be read via DMI directly (e.g. for a T400):thanks!
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