Franc Zabkar wrote:
On Sat, 12 Sep 2009 22:24:27 -0400, "PCR" put
finger to keyboard and composed:

Franc Zabkar wrote:

Is it possible that the Compaq logo is patched into the BIOS? Modern
motherboards (eg Asus, Gigabyte) are supplied with utilities that
allow users to add their own logos and backgrounds to the BIOS.

Well, it is a Compaq BIOS, & I've even flashed it with a Compaq
download. That never occurred to me, but I guess it is possible. The
flash is... System ROM Family: 686S4; System ROM Date: 7/25/00. I have
no such utility for my BIOS.

These are the modules in my BIOS:
http://www.users.on.net/~fzabkar/L7S...OS/MODULES.TXT

I believe that the "Small OEM Logo" is the "Green" logo.

This is a dump of my AMI BIOS:
http://www.users.on.net/~fzabkar/L7S7A2/BIOS/L7S7A2.RPT

These are the binary modules that were extracted from the compressed
image:
http://www.users.on.net/~fzabkar/L7S7A2/BIOS/

Gigabyte "Face-Wizard":

http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/FileList/...facewizard.htm

"Face-Wizard™ allows user to select BIOS on board or file in hard
drive/floppy disk/zip/MO or other storage devices and combine the
compatible picture you prefer into BIOS. And not only this,
Face-Wizard™ also helps user to update BIOS in Windows mode."

Asus MyLogo Series:
http://www.asus.com/999/html/events/mb/mylogo.htm

"With the MyLogo Series, you can download your favorite image from
Windows into the BIOS Flash ROM, providing a fast, convenient way to
'decorate' your system."

Thanks for all of this, Zabkar. I've got to spend time elsewhere for a
while & hope to click some of this soon. I apologize for often spelling
you with a "c". Each time I go to verify whether it's a "c" or a "k"-- I
come up with a different result! I see today "k" seems right. Lucky I
don't use first names! Only Henri Leboeuf was worse than you! :-).

- Franc Zabkar

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