Any way to mod the acer boot logo?

i was thinking to try by simply removing the acer logo and live it black screen until i could get a nice logo as replacement.if i only know how to do it, i will do it...

 

did you guys try.gif photos?

 

Any success ? This is very interesting.

EDIT: Hmmm... http://www.softpedia.com/get/Tweak/Syst ... nger.shtml

 

The strings in FLASHIT.EXE suggest that it takes PCX and JPG as input and stores the image compressed in the BIOS, so harder-to-compress photographic images may not fit in the allocated space. Make sure you have a rescue flash drive ready in case you screw it up.

 

I am pretty sure that some standard bios have the option of loading a custom image pretty easily, so it should be doable with the acer bios as well. A word of advice though, the image stored is usually a 256 color image (bitmap), so dont expect to have a hi res image.

 

Has anyone tried the link I posted above ?
That should work shouldn't it ? Well it says - Softpedia pick 5/5...

 

No, it won't work at all. The AA1 BIOS isn't from Award.

 

Anyone wants to try this ?
http://forum.eeeuser.com/viewtopic.php?id=16770

 

I would like to know how to change the picture of the two aspie ones that comes up right before Windows boots up. I tried renaming an image in windows/web/wallpaper as suggested on the first page but that did not work.

 

That image is stored elsewhere. I cant remember where though. Easiest way to change it if you are still using XP is with Yamicsoft XP Manager. Google it. Lets you do all kinds of customizations. also has alot of other really useful tools.

 

BTW that last post was for MCJUG, not for the boot logo. There is currently no way to edit the .fd BIOS file

 

Hi

If Linux is on the system, a lot can be done. O.K., the BIOS pic isn't easy to change, but...

If you're NOT running Limpus, read on...

I'm running OpenSUSE on my box. Like most other Linux distris, it can boot using FrameBuffer devices, enabling nice bootsplash (GRUB Boot-Menu) and afterwards also a nice background or frame for Linux to run in or on.

Most people here seem to forget, that GRUB loads some mini-linux (initrd), which basically corresponds to a boot-diskette image, zipped and packed into the file /boot/message.

From the Suse Wiki:
(Now open a terminal and type the following commands, not forgetting the dot at the end of the fourth command: )

$ mkdir /home/yourname/cpio
$ mkdir /home/yourname/cpio/work
$ cd /home/yourname/cpio/work
$ cp /boot/message .
$ cpio -idv < message
$ mv message ../message-old
$ cp /home/yourname/Documents/favpic.jpg back.jpg
$ ls | cpio -ov > ../message
$ cd ..
$ su
$ cp message /boot/message
$ exit
$ rm -Rf work

Afterwards, the command:
$ mkinitrd -s 800x600
should also be applied. (1024x600 would be more appropriate, but it didn't work for me...)

The Login Screens of both KDE and Gnome are easy to adapt, check out kdm (OpenSUSE: /opt/kde3/share/apps/kdm) or GDM for Gnome.
Both support themes. Most themes are NOT suited for 1024x600, but can be adapted.
There are plenty of themes on the Internet, eg: http://www.kde-look.org

Transparancies can be used, to a certain extent, even before "X" starts. YMMV...

Regards
Andy Wismer

 

I'd rather not pay for a program to tweak the picture I was talking about. Does anyone know where it is stored? Is it really a Bios thing?

 

I'm going to search using what I know using the bvi editor and known memory maps:

http://wiki.osdev.org/Memory_Map_(x86)

 

Well, just by searching a pattern text from the BIOS startup, the ROM starts around ff000 in /proc/kcore. I don't remember the patterns bitmap images make, but it seems somewhere after that. Not sure how the memory is paged, checksummed, etc. Do a search for "InsydeH2O" with your favorite binary editor and you'll find the bios image.