Ampro Corporation Single Board Computer 700 - Manual (Page 76)

Chapter 4 BIOS Setup
70 Reference Manual ReadyBoard 700
Splash Screen Customization
The ReadyBoard 700 BIOS supports a graphical splash screen, which can be customized by the user and
displayed on screen when enabled through the BIOS Setup Utility. The graphical image can be a
company logo or any custom image the user wants to display during the boot process. The custom
image can be displayed as the first image displayed on screen during the boot process and remain there,
depending on the options selected in BIOS Setup, while the OS boots.
Splash Screen Image Requirements
The user’s image may be customized with any bitmap software editing tool, but must be converted into
an acceptable format with the tools (files and utilities) provided by Ampro. If the custom image is not
converted with the utilities provided, then the image will not display properly when this field is selected
in BIOS Setup.
NOTE Do not use other splash screen conversion tools, as these will render an
image that is not compatible with the ReadyBoard 700 BIOS.
The splash screen image supported by the ReadyBoard 700 BIOS should be:
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Bitmap image
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Exactly 640x480 pixels
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Exactly 16 colors
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A converted file size of not greater than 55kB
Converting the Splash Screen File
The following files are provided by Ampro on the ReadyBoard 700 Doc & SW CD-ROM and are
required for converting a custom splash screen file. Refer to the CD-ROM for the utilities and an
example of how to load a custom image in the rb700\software\examples\splash directory.
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splash.bmp
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resplash.com
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convert.exe
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rb700.bin
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convert.idf
The process of converting and loading a custom image onto the ReadyBoard 700 involves the following
sequence of events:
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Prepare directory for conversion (create directory and copy files into it)
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Obtain the ReadyBoard 700 BIOS binary
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Prepare the custom image file
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Convert the image to an acceptable BIOS format
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Merge the image with BIOS binary to create new BIOS binary
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Load the new BIOS binary onto the ReadyBoard 700
NOTE You can use any Windows PC to convert the custom image, but your
PC must have an internet browser to access, view, and make selections
in the main menu of the ReadyBoard 700 Doc & SW CD-ROM.
For example: Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.x, or greater, Netscape
Navigator version 4.x, or greater, or the equivalent.