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post #61 of 82
3/11/07 at 1:40pm
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Originally Posted by DarcyV
sounds neat, have to give this a try on my e1705.

edit: so there is definitely no way to get the animated progress bar (not a huge deal)

edit: also is there a way to change the Dell Media Direct boot bitmap screen to something else. (this would be really nice) Please someone !?!
Media direct is just a stripped down version of XP, so get a customised XP bootscreen and replace ntoskrnl.exe in \\windows\\system32\\ when you boot media direct.
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post #62 of 82
3/11/07 at 1:42pm
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Originally Posted by melshaw
It works on my M1710 but after a couple hours of not being able to load my own pics I went back to default. The aliens pic was alright but I would much rather look at a dell logo than some frigging penguin.
Why can't you use your own images? Did you read the instructions?
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post #63 of 82
3/11/07 at 2:12pm
I followed the directions a couple timesusing multiple pics. got them resized using adobe photo down to 640 x 480 and 8 bit and 4 bit color. I keep getting the error message could not open. any thoughts?
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post #64 of 82
3/11/07 at 2:25pm
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Originally Posted by Echilon
Media direct is just a stripped down version of XP, so get a customised XP bootscreen and replace ntoskrnl.exe in \\windows\\system32\\ when you boot media direct.

true, and I already replaced the ntoskrnl of mediadirct with my custom one (works fine), but there is a previoud bitmap that appears before the windows screen does

(press MD button) -> Dell POST -> Dell Media Direct Bitmap -> MD ntoskrnl bootscreen -> MD windows

or

(press power button) -> Dell POST -> ntoskrnl -> WinXP (regular xp)

There is a bitmap that comes after the Dell POST Bitmap (which this thread alters) whjen you start with that button, then a Dell Media Direct Bitmap (I want to change) -> then into Media Directs Ntoskrl Bootsceen (which I changed) -> and into Media Direct stripped windows.

I'm not exactly sure where this other Bitmap is located, possilby the bios? I dunno, but thats what I want to change. understand maybe?
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post #65 of 82
3/11/07 at 3:35pm
melshaw make sure you are using the .bmp extension when typing the command...i put the executable on my bootable flash drive and just type spl2 [picname].bmp
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post #66 of 82
3/11/07 at 4:44pm
Yeah that is the wa i enter it. I tried entering it a couple ways justto be sure but I still get cannot open error. How large in kbytes are the bmp pics on average? in a jpeg my pic is only 13kb but in bmp it's like 150kb
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post #67 of 82
3/11/07 at 5:16pm
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Originally Posted by melshaw
Yeah that is the wa i enter it. I tried entering it a couple ways justto be sure but I still get cannot open error. How large in kbytes are the bmp pics on average? in a jpeg my pic is only 13kb but in bmp it's like 150kb
Sounds about right, is the bitmap actually in the image? Which files are displayed when you type 'dir'?
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post #68 of 82
3/11/07 at 6:01pm
Ah. The problem was my image character name was to long. After renaming to just xps it works! thanks for your help.
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post #69 of 82
3/12/07 at 12:09pm
Works on my E1705 (bios A07)
I used my usb flash drive to do it. I made my flash drive bootable with Flashboot. Then I extracted the files from the dellsplash.ima file and copied them onto the the flash drive. (I found that you don't replace the command.com file already on the drive) I made an image in paint and saved it as a 16 color bitmap.
Link to .rar archive with the files on the flash drive:
http://www.mediafire.com/?04qmjyzm2zd
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post #70 of 82
3/12/07 at 1:05pm
whoah whoah whoah Ill be providing the links around here...jk, anyway, I cant live without a loading bar for too long so yeah...
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post #71 of 82
3/12/07 at 5:13pm
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Originally Posted by Justageek95
Works on my E1705 (bios A07) I used my usb flash drive to do it. I made my flash drive bootable with Flashboot. Then I extracted the files from the dellsplash.ima file and copied them onto the the flash drive. (I found that you don't replace the command.com file already on the drive) I made an image in paint and saved it as a 16 color bitmap. Link to .rar archive with the files on the flash drive: http://www.mediafire.com/?04qmjyzm2zd
Whoa... Thanks for that .rar. I just downloaded it and I plan to try it soon. One question, is that just the files, so I just copy them and pull them to my flash drive?
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post #72 of 82
3/12/07 at 6:06pm
yes, that is one way but to be sure you can go here:
http://www.notebookforums.com/thread181387.html
And an earlier post in this thread where I uploaded the executable
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post #73 of 82
3/12/07 at 8:15pm
The .rar is just the files on the flash drive, not an image. You will most likely7 have to make the drive bootable in some way first. (remember not to replace any file already on the drive after you make it bootable)
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post #74 of 82
9/7/07 at 8:18am
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Updated first post to include XPS M1330 and changed archive to add instructions for creating a bootable USB drive.
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post #75 of 82
10/26/07 at 11:45pm
I also want to add that this worked just fine on my Inspiron 1200 w/BIOS revision A07
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post #76 of 82
3/26/09 at 2:09am
I have got it to work on a Latitude D820.
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post #77 of 82
4/27/09 at 4:35pm
Hi there.. this is my first post.

I thinking in replace my plash screen in my XPS M1530, does anybody know is any issues whit this laptop??.. (since i didn't see in the first post the m1530 confirmed)

Maybe have to be the first one?

what do you guys think? is it any risk for my lappy ?(i don't think so, but I just wondering)

I'm planning to make a XPS logo splash screen and i'm going to share it here. Thanks in advance.. this is a great forum !

PS: sorry for my bad english.. :P
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post #78 of 82
4/27/09 at 10:09pm
I don't think its risky but I haven't done this since I had my XPS2. It should work just the same as it worked on the old machines.
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post #79 of 82
2/1/10 at 11:16am
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Originally Posted by Echilon View Post
Ever thought it would look better if you had a custom image displayed when you turn on your laptop instead of the Dell logo? I found a utility from Dell which seems to work on most models, and replaces the default logo with a BMP of your choice. I've bundled the utility with a few splash screens, all you need to do is either follow the instructions to create a bootable USB key or burn the included ISO image and type 'spl2 imagename' at the prompt.
Hi, where is the ISO image? all links are dead. Edit: found the link, here it is: http://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/46...r-post-bitmap/ Thanks in advance
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post #80 of 82
2/1/10 at 12:10pm
Anyway, it didn't work on my Inspiron 3000. I got a message like this: no bios compatible, upgrade your bios.
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