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.

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

Half Done
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 :)