fabiopigi Posted April 8, 2009 Share Posted April 8, 2009 hi the biggest difference in the experience between a hackintosh and a real mac is the startup. on the mac, we see just the grey screen with the apple. no other useless text, not listing of all components and IRQ ports, no counting how much RAM installed. just plain, beautiful grey apple. on the hackintosh, until we get to the "plain, beautiful grey apple" there are dozends of lines already displayed. a logo from the motherboard company, "press ... to ...", copyrights for this part there, trademarke here, a list of all drives available, all components with the IRQ ports, and then finally, the bootloader (in this case the beautiful chameleon 2.0). not, i like the chameleon, and it is useful. i dont, however need to see all the other stuff. is there a way, to hide all that ugly {censored} befor the bootloader, and leave the display black till the chameleon bootloader? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/161108-hide-bios-show-only-bootloader/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superhai Posted April 8, 2009 Share Posted April 8, 2009 Yes, reprogram the bios ;-) And before you ask -- no one will probably help you with that -- you may however ask your motherboard manufacturer for a "nice" version. There are also other motherboards with custom boot bios options, so you could switch to one of those. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/161108-hide-bios-show-only-bootloader/#findComment-1127369 Share on other sites More sharing options...
fabiopigi Posted April 8, 2009 Author Share Posted April 8, 2009 well, beside reprogramming the BIOS of course. i'm not good at assambler so, the only computer i've ever worked with and had a feature like this was a VAIO computer, which showed the vaio logo until windows "took over". There are also other motherboards with custom boot bios options, so you could switch to one of those. i've never heard of such a thing, but do you by any chance know one of those boards? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/161108-hide-bios-show-only-bootloader/#findComment-1127388 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerkex'd Posted April 8, 2009 Share Posted April 8, 2009 the only computer i've ever worked with and had a feature like this was a VAIO computer, which showed the vaio logo until windows "took over". All modern ASUS and Gigabyte boards have that feature, and they come with a user friendly app to change the logo. Change that into a gray screen with an apple in the middle and you're all set. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/161108-hide-bios-show-only-bootloader/#findComment-1127403 Share on other sites More sharing options...
fabiopigi Posted April 8, 2009 Author Share Posted April 8, 2009 All modern ASUS and Gigabyte boards have that feature, and they come with a user friendly app to change the logo. Change that into a gray screen with an apple in the middle and you're all set. thats interesting, i have a Gigayte GA-EP35-DS3P i'll search google if it works with this board. you do know know by any change the name of the app to change the bios image (would make the search much easier) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/161108-hide-bios-show-only-bootloader/#findComment-1127407 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerkex'd Posted April 8, 2009 Share Posted April 8, 2009 ASUS' app is called MyLogo I think. Gigabyte's app has 'face' in the name. I don't remember, I disable the boot logos first thing. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/161108-hide-bios-show-only-bootloader/#findComment-1127471 Share on other sites More sharing options...
fabiopigi Posted April 8, 2009 Author Share Posted April 8, 2009 [quote name=Beerkex'd' date='Apr 8 2009, 05:07 PM' post='1127471'Gigabyte's app has 'face' in the name. I don't remember, I disable the boot logos first thing. thanks, i found it, it is called "Face Wizard" ( http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/FileList/NewTec..._facewizard.htm ), and its user interfaces looks that bad, that i'd want to punch the designer in the face ^^ anyway, i'll give it a try when i'm home, thanks a lot Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/161108-hide-bios-show-only-bootloader/#findComment-1127494 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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