I can confirm the same behaviour: $ sudo dmidecode -t bios # dmidecode 3.2 Getting SMBIOS data from sysfs. SMBIOS 2.7 present. Handle 0x000E, DMI type 0, 24 bytes BIOS Information Vendor: LENOVO Version: H6ETA0WW (2.18 ) Release Date: 06/01/2018 Address: 0xE0000 Runtime Size: 128 kB ROM Size: 12288 kB Characteristics: PCI is supported BIOS is upgradeable BIOS shadowing is allowed Boot from CD is supported Selectable boot is supported EDD is supported Print screen service is supported (int 5h) 8042 keyboard services are supported (int 9h) Serial services are supported (int 14h) Printer services are supported (int 17h) CGA/mono video services are supported (int 10h) NEC PC-98 ACPI is supported USB legacy is supported BIOS boot specification is supported Function key-initiated network boot is supported Targeted content distribution is supported UEFI is supported BIOS Revision: 2.18 Firmware Revision: 2.1 Handle 0x0020, DMI type 13, 22 bytes BIOS Language Information Language Description Format: Abbreviated Installable Languages: 7 en-US fr-FR ja-JP ko-KR zh-CHT zh-CHS ru-RU Currently Installed Language: en-US $ sudo dmidecode -t system # dmidecode 3.2 Getting SMBIOS data from sysfs. SMBIOS 2.7 present. Handle 0x000F, DMI type 1, 27 bytes System Information Manufacturer: LENOVO Product Name: 33533MG Version: ThinkPad T430u Serial Number: PB88L27 UUID: 507a2801-5144-11cb-8738-9d5ba3e2b1ee Wake-up Type: Power Switch SKU Number: LENOVO_MT_3353 Family: ThinkPad T430u Handle 0x001F, DMI type 12, 5 bytes System Configuration Options Handle 0x002D, DMI type 15, 81 bytes System Event Log Area Length: 98 bytes Header Start Offset: 0x0000 Header Length: 16 bytes Data Start Offset: 0x0010 Access Method: General-purpose non-volatile data functions Access Address: 0x00F0 Status: Valid, Not Full Change Token: 0x00000005 Header Format: Type 1 Supported Log Type Descriptors: 29 Descriptor 1: Single-bit ECC memory error Data Format 1: Multiple-event handle Descriptor 2: Multi-bit ECC memory error Data Format 2: Multiple-event handle Descriptor 3: Parity memory error Data Format 3: None Descriptor 4: Bus timeout Data Format 4: None Descriptor 5: I/O channel block Data Format 5: None Descriptor 6: Software NMI Data Format 6: None Descriptor 7: POST memory resize Data Format 7: None Descriptor 8: POST error Data Format 8: POST results bitmap Descriptor 9: PCI parity error Data Format 9: None Descriptor 10: PCI system error Data Format 10: None Descriptor 11: CPU failure Data Format 11: None Descriptor 12: EISA failsafe timer timeout Data Format 12: None Descriptor 13: Correctable memory log disabled Data Format 13: None Descriptor 14: Logging disabled Data Format 14: None Descriptor 15: System limit exceeded Data Format 15: None Descriptor 16: Asynchronous hardware timer expired Data Format 16: None Descriptor 17: System configuration information Data Format 17: None Descriptor 18: Hard disk information Data Format 18: None Descriptor 19: System reconfigured Data Format 19: None Descriptor 20: Uncorrectable CPU-complex error Data Format 20: None Descriptor 21: Log area reset/cleared Data Format 21: None Descriptor 22: System boot Data Format 22: None Descriptor 23: OEM-specific Data Format 23: None Descriptor 24: OEM-specific Data Format 24: None Descriptor 25: OEM-specific Data Format 25: None Descriptor 26: OEM-specific Data Format 26: None Descriptor 27: OEM-specific Data Format 27: None Descriptor 28: OEM-specific Data Format 28: None Descriptor 29: OEM-specific Data Format 29: None $ cat /proc/cmdline BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.19.0-5-amd64 root=/dev/mapper/lvm0--vol-root ro noacpi $ uname -a Linux yoad 4.19.0-5-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.19.37-5+deb10u1 (2019-07-19) x86_64 GNU/Linux