Different BIOS boot logo screen - Page 2

CdRsKuLL · 09-03-2004, 10:56 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by brooksware2000

There is an easier non-obtrusive way to do it. Search for a program called Stardock BootSkin. Install the program and load as many bootscreens into the program as you want. Pick a screen, it loads, reboot and for here on out you will have whatever bootscreen you want without messing with your bios. Oh, the program is free

this program isnt anything to do with your bios boot screen. but thanks

Steve

The Durango Kid · 09-03-2004, 12:58 PM

BootSkin is for your Windows Loading screen NOT your bios.. But if you did both the same it would look pretty cool booting without changing screens..

savante · 09-03-2004, 01:20 PM

Pretty interesting thread. I was just curious if this can be done with all award bios...
I have a shuttle board(nvidia motherboard chipset), not epia... and I would like to put a logo on my bootscreen for my carputer, a lot like my home computer which uses via KT400 chipset and has customizeable bootscreens built in.

CdRsKuLL · 09-03-2004, 01:30 PM

yeah I dont see any reason why not, if you download the awardmod tool in my first post and have a look inside the bios for your motherboard. I tried using the awardmod to replace the logo, but got a bad checksum error when trying to flash.. thats why I used the cbrom app. As long as your motherboard has a boot bios then it should work. I would prob try reverse the procedure, just to make sure the logo your replacing is infact the same format as the epia's.. ie.. open the bios with awardmod.. save the contents to a directory then convert the image to a .tif and open it with photoshop or what ever graphical program you have and check its the same that you see on screen, then if it is.. just change it to want you want and work backwards till you get a complete bios :-) let us know how you get on.

cheers

Steve

CdRsKuLL · 09-03-2004, 01:32 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by The Durango Kid

BootSkin is for your Windows Loading screen NOT your bios.. But if you did both the same it would look pretty cool booting without changing screens..

yeah if you made em look the same that would be quite kewl.. I might just try that. Stick a BMW logo loading screen on, would look nice then. Pitty i'm running sp2 on this machine and sp1 on my carputer

cheers

Steve

savante · 09-03-2004, 01:38 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by CdRsKuLL

yeah I dont see any reason why not, if you download the awardmod tool in my first post and have a look inside the bios for your motherboard. I tried using the awardmod to replace the logo, but got a bad checksum error when trying to flash.. thats why I used the cbrom app. As long as your motherboard has a boot bios then it should work. I would prob try reverse the procedure, just to make sure the logo your replacing is infact the same format as the epia's.. ie.. open the bios with awardmod.. save the contents to a directory then convert the image to a .tif and open it with photoshop or what ever graphical program you have and check its the same that you see on screen, then if it is.. just change it to want you want and work backwards till you get a complete bios :-) let us know how you get on.

cheers

Steve

Thats the thing... this shuttle bios doesnt have a logo... its the old school type ones that show like the post, count the ram, device enumeration... no logo ever shows up.
Maybe if I update the BIOS?

CdRsKuLL · 09-03-2004, 01:41 PM

yep thats poss.. I know on the epia you need to enable boot logo or something like that.. might be something in there

nl4jy · 09-03-2004, 01:47 PM

Since we're talking about the bios booting...Is it possible to disable the loading of the DMI Pool or speed it up? It's already low to return from Hibernation, but having to wait for the DMI Pool to finish adds extra unneccesary seconds.

Damn, I missed my EPIA with standby. Only too 3 seconds from iginition to music. Too bad this Insight P4 board doesn't do standby the way EPIA does it.

savante · 09-03-2004, 01:50 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by CdRsKuLL

yep thats poss.. I know on the epia you need to enable boot logo or something like that.. might be something in there

Ill have to look around the BIOS later... Damn Phoenix/Award Bios... still looks like a computer from the early 80's.

rgardjr · 09-03-2004, 02:19 PM

Well I think I got it, but I haven't flashed yet. The tif conversion output a logo.bmp file. Then I used cbrom to insert. I got this message:
Adding logo.bmp ...............................................5.7 %
Any idea if this means that it was successful? I opened up the bios file with the sourceforge program and I guess it looked fine-showed the logo.bmp file. The tif file I converted was 310 kb and didn't know if this would be too big. Just don't want to mess anything up.

CdRsKuLL · 09-03-2004, 02:51 PM

yeah.. I got the 4.8% and 3.8% type thing.. if it didnt work it would of told you.. :-) get it flashed !!!

CdR

Custommx3 · 09-04-2004, 03:22 PM

I have my BIOS logo, background, and bootscreen all the same, looks pretty cool. I wish I could just get rid of the damn windows "windows is starting up" screen."

Grayscale · 09-04-2004, 03:25 PM

the startup messages? i think you can in gpedit.msc or something

Motoko · 09-04-2004, 03:29 PM

I got a Asus mobo with myLogo thing, basically it lets you add any picture to eh BIOS start up screen, quite cool

CHUPACABRA · 09-04-2004, 03:45 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by brooksware2000

There is an easier non-obtrusive way to do it. Search for a program called Stardock BootSkin. Install the program and load as many bootscreens into the program as you want. Pick a screen, it loads, reboot and for here on out you will have whatever bootscreen you want without messing with your bios. Oh, the program is free

Thats just for your windows boot screen not the motherboards!!

Quote: Originally Posted by Custommx3

I have my BIOS logo, background, and bootscreen all the same, looks pretty cool. I wish I could just get rid of the damn windows "windows is starting up" screen."

You can buy useing stardocks bootskin