How to change your M17x Allpowerful Splash screen

tired of that same old Alienhead looking @ you every time you turn on your computer well this guide will show you how to pt what ever you want up there.

Keep in mind this is borderline retarded on a 2000+ $ machine but some people just love pushing it

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next you need to extract them to your DESKTOP

then you need to open the BIOS editor folder ad click this




Now you need to open the BIOS editor (the program is in your start menu)

Now you need to open the BIOS file that is located in the other file you downloaded and extracted to your DESKTOP




it needs to be in this folder: the other folder you dowloaded from me. It has the BIOS from Dell you will be modfying



now you will be met with a screen with a bunch of windows click the green screen in the top part of the screen highlighted with a bunch of red squares

Then you will be met with another screen click where i have highlighted with red arrows and you will see the standard alienware head





now you need to click import picture

The only pictures this BIOS takes are .JPEG MAKE SURE IT IS THE CORRECT EXTENSION unless you want a big paper weight




now you need to click File in the top left corner and click build BIOS

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MAKE SURE YOU SAVE THIS IN THE OTHER FOLDER YOU DOWNLOADED FROM ME ON YOUR DESKTOP.

YOU WANT TO REPLACE/OVERWRITE THE CURRENT BIOS IN THAT FOLDER



NOW YOU NEED TO GO TO YOUR DESKTOP AND FIND THE OTHER FOLDER YOU DOWNLOADED. inside it will be a bunch of files only 1 of them is important.

click winplash highlighted in red




then you want to BE SURE THAT THE BIOS IN THAT FOLDER IS THERE.






THEN YOU HIT FLASH and you are done

reboot and do one of the following:

Cry because your retarded and screwed up doing this ...( which means you should not have tried)

Or feel pretty proud of your self

 

I see some bricked systems...

 

Very cool Moo, Sadly I will never try it for fear or messing up..and owning a handsome paper weight.

 

yea me to but i love my new splash screen

I can offer to do this for people ..... i will test it out on my own system and have proof it work so no body could come after me

put it all in one folder so you can't mess up

 

Nice write up but yeah I would advice people to stay away from the bios editors. I actually think there is an easier way to do this but I'm not remembering right now.

 

I remember doing something like this on my old Inspiron 8000, Dell used to have a utility (SplashA00.exe if I remember correctly)
It used to require an image with exact size in pixels. Is there any limitation in image size/resolution for this process.
At the time I extracted the dell image and edited it with my name and telephone number. Thought it might aid its return if ever stolen as very few thieves would have a clue about replacing BIOS splash screen.

 

An awful lot of work for an awful lot of risk and a puny reward...

At least we know how to do it now.

 

Asus has a very simple to use utility for this with their desktop boards, would be nice to see a similar utility from Dell (although they want as many people as possible to see that Alien head haha)

 

LOL... well thanks, but no thanks.

Personalize has got a new Moo-ning.

 

would this work on the M17 Moo? you are on about the Alienhead we see straight away at Boot arent you? Does it look different on the M17X?

I would not do it like....just wondering!

 

It works if you have a Phoenix bios but I'm assuming Moo only tested it on the M17x.

 

yea lemme know what kind of BIOS is on the m17 i cannot remember ....


I can insert the pictures and put it all in one big folder so alll you have to do is download it and run it if any one ants me to

 

Do you have to use WinPhlash or can you just use the Dell utility program if the name is the same?

 

i just used it because it came in the .exe from dell

i trust it having flashed so many times

 

be VERY VERY careful pbe does not always compile a rebuild properly and you may end up with a bricked system.... trust me moo...

the bios from the m17 is built with insyde be VERY careful playing with it if you do not know how...

also to add the file you add MUST be the right size in both file size and the actual pixel size of the pic.. to big and you have a brick..

also it can only be a certain amount of layers a lot of jpegs made with photoshop will not work because they are to complex for it to be displayed..

any info you need just ask..

 

It's Phoenix as well.

 

moo you do know the file you have on media fire is not a legal download.. pbe is a VERY expensive program.. you even have a keygen included..

 

Shhhh...Don't spoil it for everyone...

Besides it'd be much more difficult to use a torrent engine even if Moo were to constantly seed it.

 

im sure this will be pulled though as soon as they see it..i dont care what people do myself..

and no pbe will not open the m17 / ocz bios you will get a message that says no bcp's found..

 

i removed it

never looked into PBE

 

i don't care what people say about small reward...i think it would be sick to have a personalize splash screen

 

so did i

and i did

 

I don't care so much about the splash screen..it's that stupid Vista logon screen I hate..all colourful and whatnot. Any way to change that to a darker more appropriately themed one? It just doesn't suite the black avatar I have..

 

http://www.stardock.com/products/logonstudio/
http://www.ditii.com/2009/04/01/vista-logon-changer-for-windows-7-beta-vista-32-64-bit/

 

Sick, thanks dude. Do I need to leave these programs running or once it's set, it's set?

 

Stardock's Logon Studio works well. I've been using it forever it seems. Once you set your login, its set. So to answer your Q, no it does not have to run all the time.

I've pieced together a couple of AW M17x logins which I'll make available in a day or so... Need to put em all together and upload them.

 

Moo-

Didnt Tuneup Utilities 2009, or something like that... Do that for you before... Im not sure if it was tuneup utilites, but it was something on that line to where it gave you a whole different amount of options...

Like you could change the color of the windows loading bars, use pictures for you loading (the alienhead screen load up), etc and lots more....

EDIT: yeah I think this was the app for this (tuneup utilities 2009 ---lets you choose the look of the log in screen, the boot screen, etc.)

Only downfall, it not free, but theres a no limit 30 free trial)

 

does it work on windows7 cause I want to change my boot screen

 

It work with any is dunce its bios no an os