Ever wonder if you could change that EnergyStar logo when you first start up? Well, lemme show you how you can.

   But first, a disclaimer: I (or Virtual Hideout) won't take any responsibility if something happens to your BIOS! This is strictly a "do at your own risk" mod. Modding the BIOS will probably kill any warranty you have on the board.

   Now that we have that out of the way, lets continue... My victim : an ABit KT7-RAID board (UL BIOS). Since I don't have a board with an AMI bios handy, this guide is currently only for Award BIOSes.

   The Energy Star pic in the BIOS is in a proprietary format (.EPA). We'll create a regular BMP file, and convert it to EPA format. These are the tools you'll need:

- CBROM 2.0 or higher (older versions have probs with newer BIOSes)
- BMPtoEPA
- A fresh copy of your BIOS
- Compatible version of AWDFLASH for your board (Probably on the motherboard CD)

   Note about BMPtoEPA: There are 2 versions around, one is made by Award (DOS-based) and another is made for Windows by Michael Rosenbaum. I'll show you how to use both versions.

Creating the image

   We're looking to create a 1-bit (black and white) image that's 136x84 pixels. Don't worry, we'll add color later. Use whatever paint prog you have at hand.  

   Let's add some stuff. I'm going To pimp VH and HardOCP for our purposes :)  

   Remember, just use white on black for the time being. If your paint prog uses anti-aliasing, make sure it's turned off. You don't have to worry about that with MSPaint :)