Changeable Splash Screen - HP Compaq d330 DT Technical Reference Manual

8.2.2 CHANGEABLE SPLASH SCREEN

NOTE: A corrupted splash screen may be restored by the user with the ROMPAQ
software. Depending on system, changing (customizing) the splash screen is a function
may only be available though Compaq PC Customization Services.
The splash screen (image displayed during POST) is stored in the BIOS ROM and may be
replaced with another image of choice by using the Image Flash utility (Flashi.exe). The Image
Flash utility allows the user to browse directories for image searching and pre-viewing.
Background and foreground colors can be chosen from the selected image's palette.
The splash screen image requirements are as follows:
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Format:
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Size:
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Colors:
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File Size:
The Image Flash utility can be invoked at a command line for quickly flashing a known image as
follows:
>\Flashi.exe [Image_Filename] [Background_Color] [Foreground_Color]
The utility checks to insure that the specified image meets the splash screen requirements listed
above or it will not be loaded into the ROM.
Windows bitmap with 4-bit RLE encoding
424 (width) x 320 (height) pixels
16 (4 bits per pixel)
< 64 KB
hp compaq d330 and d530 Series of Personal Computers
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