HP EliteBook 8770w Displaying a custom logo during bootup of HP commercial not - Page 7

Image requirements, Command-line switches, Using the “/f” option to replace the existing logo

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Image requirements The image must meet the following requirements: • .bmp file format for systems using BIOS 08 • .jpg file format for systems using BIOS 09 or BIOS 2011 • Resolution range between 424 x 320 pixels and 1024 x 768 pixels • File size maximum of 32 kilobytes • Maximum of 16 million colors Command-line switches The EREPLOGO.EXE utility accepts multiple input parameters, identified by a command line switch. It uses the following syntax: EREPLOGO.EXE [/] as shown in Table 2. Table 2: Command-line syntax for the EREPLOGO.EXE utility Command option Valid values Description /e /fFilename None ASCII Text Erases current logo in Flash ROM Command to specify the .bmp or .jpg image file used as the logo displayed during POST. If you enter no parameters or enter invalid parameters, the utility displays a usage statement similar to the following: HPQ EFI BIOS Logo Replace - Version 1.00 Copyright 2008 - Hewlett-Packard Corporation Usage: EREPLOGO [/e] /fFilename /e: Erase the current logo in the EFI BIOS /fFilename: Bitmap or JPEG file created to be used as the logo Command-line examples The following examples were run on an HP Elitebook 2730p notebook with an HP logo. Using the "/f" option to replace the existing logo This example replaces the existing logo in the Flash ROM device with a new logo file. C:\> EREPLOGO /fHPLOGO.JPG HPQ EFI BIOS Logo Replace - Version 1.01 Copyright 2008 - Hewlett-Packard Corporation Logo File Size: 21878 bytes Flash Logo Programming Successful Done. Using the "/e" option to erase the logo in the Flash ROM The following example shows how to use the erase /e option to erase an existing logo and return the display to the default HP logo. 7

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Image requirements
The image must meet the following requirements:
.bmp file format for systems using BIOS 08
.jpg file format for systems using BIOS 09 or BIOS 2011
Resolution range between 424 x 320 pixels and 1024 x 768 pixels
File size maximum of 32 kilobytes
Maximum of 16 million colors
Command-line switches
The EREPLOGO.EXE utility accepts multiple input parameters, identified by a command line switch. It uses the following
syntax: EREPLOGO.EXE [/<Option><parameter>] as shown in Table 2.
Table 2: Command-line syntax for the EREPLOGO.EXE utility
Command
option
Valid values
Description
/e
None
Erases current logo in Flash ROM
/fFilename
ASCII Text
Command to specify the .bmp or .jpg image file
used as the logo displayed during POST.
If you enter no parameters or enter invalid parameters, the utility displays a usage statement similar to the following:
HPQ EFI BIOS Logo Replace - Version 1.00
Copyright 2008 - Hewlett-Packard Corporation
Usage: EREPLOGO [/e] /fFilename
/e: Erase the current logo in the EFI BIOS
/fFilename: Bitmap or JPEG file created to be used as the logo
Command-line examples
The following examples were run on an HP Elitebook 2730p notebook with an HP logo.
Using the “/f” option to replace the existing logo
This example replaces the existing logo in the Flash ROM device with a new logo file.
C:\> EREPLOGO /fHPLOGO.JPG
HPQ EFI BIOS Logo Replace - Version 1.01
Copyright 2008 - Hewlett-Packard Corporation
Logo File Size: 21878 bytes
Flash Logo Programming Successful
Done.
Using the “/e” option to erase the logo in the Flash ROM
The following example shows how to use the erase /e option to erase an existing logo and return the display to the
default HP logo.