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Hi!

I want to make a custom boot screen for my X60.
I want to write on it : this notebook is a property of ......
.....reward for it .....

Do you have any Idea how can I make this?

You could buy a software called SafeGuard Easy. You'll be allowed to write whatever messages you want to the boot screen. And on top of that you'll get state of the art encryption software from Utimaco. No one will ever be able to open up your laptop - without knowing the password.

qchaser wrote:You could buy a software called SafeGuard Easy. You'll be allowed to write whatever messages you want to the boot screen. And on top of that you'll get state of the art encryption software from Utimaco. No one will ever be able to open up your laptop - without knowing the password.

I dont want to spend 240US Dollars!

I know it can be done, so I'll try to open the Bios file as I did on T40.
I hope it will work!

I did this on my T21 using a program called Boot XP (3.20). Just google for it.

tfflivemb2 wrote:I did this on my T21 using a program called Boot XP (3.20). Just google for it.

Bootxp is not good for this type of problem.
The finerprint authentication is before the XP boot, so I have to make it in bios level.

I didn't tried it, but maybe the following link helps you.

How to change the BIOS bootsplash screen

You have to repeat these steps each time you update the bios.

Zeitgeist wrote:You have to repeat these steps each time you update the bios.

Since I got a new mobo, I can't seem to update my bios...

did anybody manage to change the bios bootslpash screen ? i managed but the pic was distored in 2 pieces, was a 640x4.. picture as required...

just wonder where things went wrong...

dorin

qchaser wrote:You could buy a software called SafeGuard Easy. You'll be allowed to write whatever messages you want to the boot screen. And on top of that you'll get state of the art encryption software from Utimaco. No one will ever be able to open up your laptop - without knowing the password.

Apologies to the OP for an offtopic response, but qchaser... you're kidding right? The X60 already has first-class security measures built in.

I downloaded the file named: 7buj02us.exe
This file extracted at the first run to the c:\drivers\flash\7buj02us directory.

In this directory there is a readme.txt as follows:
"
**********************************************************************
* *
* NOTES ON CUSTOM START UP IMAGES *
* ------------------------------- *
* *
* THIS VERSION OF THE FLASH UPDATE PROGRAM GIVES THE OPTION OF *
* REPLACING (OR ELIMINATING) THE DEFAULT "LENOVO" IMAGE THAT IS *
* DISPLAYED DURING SYSTEM START UP. THE USER CAN SUBSTITUTE A *
* 16 COLOR WINDOWS BITMAP (.BMP) TO REPLACE THE DEFAULT IMAGE. *
* *
* 1. LOGO.BAT WILL ONLY WORK IN A MICROSOFT (R) OPERATING SYSTEM *
* DOS WINDOW. *
* 2. PREPARE YOUR IMAGE BY NAMING IT 'LOGO.BMP', AND COPY IT. *
* 4. GO TO THE DOS WINDOW. RUN LOGO.BAT TO COMPRESS AND PREPARE *
* THE BITMAP FILE FOR FLASHING. LOGO.MOD IS THE RESULT. *
* 5. UPDATE ACCORDING TO INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS *
* *
* AFTER YOU UPDATE THE BIOS ON YOUR SYSTEM, YOUR LOGO WILL *
* APPEAR ON THE STARTUP SCREEN. *
* *
* SOME GUIDELINES FOR THESE IMAGES INCLUDE: *
* *
* 1. THE COMPRESSED IMAGE FILE SIZE LIMITED TO 10KB. *
* 2. SIMPLE DESIGNS (THE IMAGE WILL BE COMPRESSED AND COMPLEX *
* IMAGES DON'T COMPRESS WELL...) *
* 3. AN IBM LOGO IS USED BY DEFAULT, BUT A 16 COLOR 640x480 *
* WINDOWS .BMP FILE CAN BE USED INSTEAD. *
* *
**********************************************************************
"

So you can make a logo.bmp (640x480x4bit), then run the logo.bat and check if the logo.mod is smaller than 10kb.
Then you sohould run the bios update. (i think from Thinkpad software installer).

I make the picture now...
I hope the bios flash does not clear the fingerprint images......!