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Getting rid of/modifying BIOS boot info
« on: November 28, 2004, 02:24:35 pm »
Hi. I'd like to get rid of the screen that shows what is in the PC, CPU speed, etc. and replace it with an image, series of images, image w/music, video, or video w/music. Is any of this possible? If so, what mobo would I need?

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Re: Getting rid of/modifying BIOS boot info
« Reply #1 on: November 28, 2004, 06:20:52 pm »
Check out LinuxBIOS.
http://www.linuxbios.org/faq/index.html
It can get rid of everything, and boot faster. Sorry, I've never tried it, so I can't help you.
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Re: Getting rid of/modifying BIOS boot info
« Reply #2 on: November 28, 2004, 07:35:50 pm »
Quote from: mnm1200 on November 28, 2004, 02:24:35 pm
Hi. I'd like to get rid of the screen that shows what is in the PC, CPU speed, etc. and replace it with an image, series of images, image w/music, video, or video w/music. Is any of this possible? If so, what mobo would I need?

thx
It will depend on your mobo's bios settings.  I have an Asus mobo that has a checkbox in the bios settings that hide all that stuff, but in its place it puts a big fat @$$-ugly Asus logo.  IIRC, Abit or some other manu starting with A makes a custom bios screen program for its mobos, otherwise, they make it VERY difficult to change.  At best, they'll let you show an (singular) image, at worst, they'll let you display a black screen.

Do a Google for changing the BIOS bootup screens, and you'll quickly find the few (or only) mobo manu who allows this and what boards they allow it on.

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Re: Getting rid of/modifying BIOS boot info
« Reply #3 on: November 28, 2004, 07:46:15 pm »
Quote from: Trimoor on November 28, 2004, 06:20:52 pm
Check out LinuxBIOS.
http://www.linuxbios.org/faq/index.html
It can get rid of everything, and boot faster. Sorry, I've never tried it, so I can't help you.

That's awesome! Thx a lot. I have a feeling I'm going to kill a few mobos before I get it right though :lol:
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