diff --git a/pyghmi/ipmi/events.py b/pyghmi/ipmi/events.py
index 47974237..7a9c4c2d 100644
--- a/pyghmi/ipmi/events.py
+++ b/pyghmi/ipmi/events.py
@@ -303,11 +303,11 @@ def _fix_sel_time(records, ipmicmd):
         record = records[index]
         if 'timecode' not in record or record['timecode'] == 0xffffffff:
             continue
-        if (record['event'] == 'Clock time change' and
+        if ('event' in record and record['event'] == 'Clock time change' and
                 record['event_data'] == 'After'):
             newtimestamp = record['timecode']
             trimindexes.append(index)
-        elif (record['event'] == 'Clock time change' and
+        elif ('event' in record and record['event'] == 'Clock time change' and
                 record['event_data'] == 'Before'):
             if newtimestamp:
                 if record['timecode'] < 0x20000000:
@@ -453,7 +453,7 @@ class EventHandler(object):
             # In this class of OEM message, all bytes are OEM, interpretation
             # is wholly left up to the OEM layer, using the OEM ID of the BMC
             event['oemdata'] = selentry[3:]
-        self._ipmicmd._oem.process_event(event)
+        self._ipmicmd._oem.process_event(event, self._ipmicmd, selentry)
         if 'event_type_byte' in event:
             del event['event_type_byte']
         if 'event_data_bytes' in event:
diff --git a/pyghmi/ipmi/oem/generic.py b/pyghmi/ipmi/oem/generic.py
index be3195f3..55ee0f03 100644
--- a/pyghmi/ipmi/oem/generic.py
+++ b/pyghmi/ipmi/oem/generic.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ class OEMHandler(object):
     def __init__(self, oemid, ipmicmd):
         pass
 
-    def process_event(self, event):
+    def process_event(self, event, ipmicmd, seldata):
         """Modify an event according with OEM understanding.
 
         Given an event, allow an OEM module to augment it.  For example,
diff --git a/pyghmi/ipmi/oem/lenovo.py b/pyghmi/ipmi/oem/lenovo.py
index cd2e197b..38754d8d 100644
--- a/pyghmi/ipmi/oem/lenovo.py
+++ b/pyghmi/ipmi/oem/lenovo.py
@@ -14,9 +14,52 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
+import pyghmi.constants as pygconst
 import pyghmi.ipmi.oem.generic as generic
+import pyghmi.ipmi.private.constants as ipmiconst
 import pyghmi.ipmi.private.util as util
 
+firmware_types = {
+    1: 'Management Controller',
+    2: 'UEFI/BIOS',
+    3: 'CPLD',
+    4: 'Power Supply',
+    5: 'Storage Adapter',
+    6: 'Add-in Adapter',
+}
+
+firmware_event = {
+    0: ('Update failed', pygconst.Health.Failed),
+    1: ('Update succeeded', pygconst.Health.Ok),
+    2: ('Update aborted', pygconst.Health.Ok),
+    3: ('Unknown', pygconst.Health.Warning),
+}
+
+me_status = {
+    0: ('Recovery GPIO forced', pygconst.Health.Warning),
+    1: ('ME Image corrupt', pygconst.Health.Critical),
+    2: ('Flash erase error', pygconst.Health.Critical),
+    3: ('Unspecified flash state', pygconst.Health.Warning),
+    4: ('ME watchdog timeout', pygconst.Health.Critical),
+    5: ('ME platform reboot', pygconst.Health.Critical),
+    6: ('ME update', pygconst.Health.Ok),
+    7: ('Manufacturing error', pygconst.Health.Critical),
+    8: ('ME Flash storage integrity error', pygconst.Health.Critical),
+    9: ('ME firmware exception', pygconst.Health.Critical),  # event data 3..
+    0xa: ('ME firmware worn', pygconst.Health.Warning),
+    0xc: ('Invalid SCMP state', pygconst.Health.Warning),
+    0xd: ('PECI over DMI failure', pygconst.Health.Warning),
+    0xe: ('MCTP interface failure', pygconst.Health.Warning),
+    0xf: ('Auto configuration completed', pygconst.Health.Ok),
+}
+
+me_flash_status = {
+    0: ('ME flash corrupted', pygconst.Health.Critical),
+    1: ('ME flash erase limit reached', pygconst.Health.Critical),
+    2: ('ME flash write limit reached', pygconst.Health.Critical),
+    3: ('ME flash write enabled', pygconst.Health.Ok),
+}
+
 
 class OEMHandler(generic.OEMHandler):
     # noinspection PyUnusedLocal
@@ -25,11 +68,74 @@ class OEMHandler(generic.OEMHandler):
         # variations.  For example System X versus Thinkserver
         self.oemid = oemid
 
-    def process_event(self, event):
+    def process_event(self, event, ipmicmd, seldata):
         if 'oemdata' in event:
-            event['event'] = 'OEM event: {0}'.format(repr(event['oemdata']))
+            oemtype = seldata[2]
+            oemdata = event['oemdata']
+            if oemtype == 0xd0:  # firmware update
+                event['component'] = firmware_types.get(oemdata[0], None)
+                event['component_type'] = ipmiconst.sensor_type_codes[0x2b]
+                slotnumber = (oemdata[1] & 0b11111000) >> 3
+                if slotnumber:
+                    event['component'] += ' {0}'.format(slotnumber)
+                event['event'], event['severity'] = \
+                    firmware_event[oemdata[1] & 0b111]
+                event['event_data'] = '{0}.{1}'.format(oemdata[2], oemdata[3])
+            elif oemtype == 0xd1:  # BIOS recovery
+                event['severity'] = pygconst.Health.Warning
+                event['component'] = 'BIOS/UEFI'
+                event['component_type'] = ipmiconst.sensor_type_codes[0xf]
+                status = oemdata[0]
+                method = (status & 0b11110000) >> 4
+                status = (status & 0b1111)
+                if method == 1:
+                    event['event'] = 'Automatic recovery'
+                elif method == 2:
+                    event['event'] = 'Manual recovery'
+                if status == 0:
+                    event['event'] += '- Failed'
+                    event['severity'] = pygconst.Health.Failed
+                if oemdata[1] == 0x1:
+                    event['event'] += '- BIOS recovery image not found'
+                event['event_data'] = '{0}.{1}'.format(oemdata[2], oemdata[3])
+            elif oemtype == 0xd2:  # eMMC status
+                if oemdata[0] == 1:
+                    event['component'] = 'eMMC'
+                    event['component_type'] = ipmiconst.sensor_type_codes[0xc]
+                    if oemdata[0] == 1:
+                        event['event'] = 'eMMC Format error'
+                        event['severity'] = pygconst.Health.Failed
+            elif oemtype == 0xd3:
+                if oemdata[0] == 1:
+                    event['event'] = 'User privilege modification'
+                    event['severity'] = pygconst.Health.Ok
+                    event['component'] = 'User Privilege'
+                    event['component_type'] = ipmiconst.sensor_type_codes[6]
+                    event['event_data'] = \
+                        'User {0} on channel {1} had privilege changed ' \
+                        'from {2} to {3}'.format(
+                            oemdata[2], oemdata[1], oemdata[3] & 0b1111,
+                            (oemdata[3] & 0b11110000) >> 4
+                        )
+            else:
+                event['event'] = 'OEM event: {0}'.format(
+                    ' '.join(format(x, '02x') for x in event['oemdata']))
+            del event['oemdata']
             return
         evdata = event['event_data_bytes']
+        if event['event_type_byte'] == 0x75:  # ME event
+            event['component'] = 'ME Firmware'
+            event['component_type'] = ipmiconst.sensor_type_codes[0xf]
+            event['event'], event['severity'] = me_status.get(
+                evdata[1], ('Unknown', pygconst.Health.Warning))
+            if evdata[1] == 3:
+                event['event'], event['severity'] = me_flash_status.get(
+                    evdata[2], ('Unknown state', pygconst.Health.Warning))
+            elif evdata[1] == 9:
+                event['event'] += ' (0x{0:2x})'.format(evdata[2])
+            elif evdata[1] == 0xf and evdata[2] & 0b10000000:
+                event['event'] = 'Auto configuration failed'
+                event['severity'] = pygconst.Health.Critical
         # For HDD bay events, the event data 2 is the bay, modify
         # the description to be more specific
         if (event['event_type_byte'] == 0x6f and
@@ -55,14 +161,14 @@ class OEMHandler(generic.OEMHandler):
             if mac2 not in ('00:00:00:00:00:00', ''):
                 fru['MAC Address 2'] = mac2
             try:
-            # The product_extra field is UUID as the system would present
-            # in DMI.  This is different than the two UUIDs that
-            # it returns for get device and get system uuid...
+                # The product_extra field is UUID as the system would present
+                # in DMI.  This is different than the two UUIDs that
+                # it returns for get device and get system uuid...
                 byteguid = fru['product_extra'][0]
-            # It can present itself as claiming to be ASCII when it
-            # is actually raw hex.  As a result it triggers the mechanism
-            # to strip \x00 from the end of text strings.  Work around this
-            # by padding with \x00 to the right if the string is not 16 long
+                # It can present itself as claiming to be ASCII when it
+                # is actually raw hex.  As a result it triggers the mechanism
+                # to strip \x00 from the end of text strings.  Work around this
+                # by padding with \x00 to the right if less than 16 long
                 byteguid.extend('\x00' * (16 - len(byteguid)))
                 fru['UUID'] = util.decode_wireformat_uuid(byteguid)
             except (AttributeError, KeyError):