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intel/ami bios logo replacement

Posted: Sun Jan 15, 2012 1:08 am
by two4flinching
I have an intel willow springs 2 mobo.Its from a gateway desktop computer so it has gateways bios logo.I have been trying to remove/replace the logo for almost a year now.I have dumped the bios chip but cant seem to get any AMI tool to edit it.The only tool that seems to recognize it is amideco.I was able to extract the contents with amideco aswell.Here is a screen shot i took.
Also here is the bios dumped with my willem programmer
www .multiupload .c om/0VF03APB7B
sorry about link above forum wont allow offsite link and forum wont allow files larger then 256k to upload to forum.

Re: intel/ami bios logo replacement

Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2012 3:06 pm
by edwin
As far as I can remember you will need to convert a BMP file to a .USR logo file and flash that one with the Intel flash utility. You can't use AMI tools for these bioses as they were quite customized for Intel. Not 100% sure it will work with the retail Intel iflash even since this is an OEM-only board, it was never retailed as such.

Provided I can find the time, I'll try and see what I can find/come up with. Do you have a logo file you want to put in there?

Re: intel/ami bios logo replacement

Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2012 11:54 pm
by two4flinching
I think i have tried that intel logo tool with no luck.Maybe i just didnt use the correct version though.Yes i have a logo i would like to use, but really i just need the gateway logo removed.What pisses me off is you can disable the full screen logo in the bios, but theres still a small gateway logo that shows up in the top middle sceen during post message.

Re: intel/ami bios logo replacement

Posted: Tue Jan 17, 2012 12:04 am
by two4flinching
I remember trying some intel tool to replace logo but it didnt work.But i may have just tried the wrong tool.I do have a bios logo i would like to use, but even just removing the gateway logo would be good enough.Theres also a small gateway logo that appears on the top of the post message screen if you disable the full screen bios logo.

Re: intel/ami bios logo replacement

Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2012 12:03 pm
by edwin
OK, I'll see what I can find/botch up...