CarPC Custom BIOS splash screen

[lamb.chop]

Hello all,

1st post so please be gentle with me.......

I have installed an NEC Powermate VL5 slim in a MINI COOPER S!
That was quite a task in itself!

Now I would like to get rid of the nasty NEC boot splash screen and replace it with a nice MINI one instead!

I have already downloaded latest BIOS from NEC and hacked it with MODBIN6 to give me additional features, copy attached.

And created the new splash screen, again attached.

BUT I can't work out how to get the MINI logo into the BIOS file.
I have searched.........

Very Many Thanks In Advance for any help.

Cheers

Chris

[1234s282]

unfortunately the splash logo is too big! this bios doesnt have many components to remove either and theres only 10kb of free space in the bios image , while the provided logo is 302kb!

[lamb.chop]

unfortunately the splash logo is too big! this bios doesnt have many components to remove either and theres only 10kb of free space in the bios image , while the provided logo is 302kb!

OK yes I see, obvious realy.........
How about this one them, smallest file size with correct image size I can do?
Do you think this is a full BIOS or just the bits that got updated?

Cheers

Chris

[1234s282]

I honestly am not sure what you mean by a FULL bios? This is a working bios , therfore must be what your referring to as full.

The only thing i can think of to try would be to remove the LAN rom from the bios - this would mean that LAN wouldnt work but would create enough space for splash image. And im guessing because its a car pc you arent using LAN anyway?

Let me know if you want me to go ahead

Regards
Admin

[lamb.chop]

Yes Please, I do not use LAN...........

Many Thanks!

Cheers

Chris

[1234s282]

Ok , try at your own risk! LAN removed and Splash added

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/747181/W6792MOD%...34s282.zip

Regards
Admin

[lamb.chop]

Thank you very much....

Will give it a go onec I have sorted out my new 7" in dash LCD.

Cheers

Chris

[orki]

Hello all,

I have a question , sorry for my bad english.

I think my question fits to this thread. Because need for a carpc ;D

The POST Message is now a white text on a black background like this pic :


And I want to clear the message, to become only a black screen, without any text. Can I put the text color to black ? I have seen in my BIOS Imagefile with MODBIN6 that are on feature named "Post default color = 0" and "Setup default color = 0".
Are this the feature that i need ? and what number must i enter for a black
text on a black background ?

Thanks for your answer,

[1234s282]

Hello all,

I have a question , sorry for my bad english.

I think my question fits to this thread. Because need for a carpc ;D

The POST Message is now a white text on a black background like this pic :


And I want to clear the message, to become only a black screen, without any text. Can I put the text color to black ? I have seen in my BIOS Imagefile with MODBIN6 that are on feature named "Post default color = 0" and "Setup default color = 0".
Are this the feature that i need ? and what number must i enter for a black
text on a black background ?

Thanks for your answer,

Please make a new thread however in theory if i insert a blank black splash screen this will do the same thing Make a new post with a download link to your bios and we will see what we can do

Admin