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7.2.2 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: Windows bitmap with 4-bit RLE encoding
Size: 424 (width) x 320 (height) pixels
Colors: 16 (4 bits per pixel)
File Size: <
64 KB
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.
Compaq Evo and Workstation Personal Computers
Featuring the Intel Pentium 4 Processor
Second Edition - January 2003
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