Compaq W4000 Manual De Usuario

Technical Reference Guide 

 

 
 
 

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. 
 
 
 

 

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