[Techtalk] Boot splash screen

[David Sumbler]

On Thu, 5 Aug 2004, Jeannette wrote:

> I've also seen it simply referred to as "quiet boot".
> Give us some info about the brand of your system BIOS, and someone here
> might have it and be able to tell you.
>
> Jeannette
>
> On Thu, 5 Aug 2004, David Sumbler wrote:
>
> > On Thu, 5 Aug 2004, Devdas Bhagat wrote:
> >
> > > On 05/08/04 10:11 +0100, David Sumbler wrote:
> > > <snip>
> > > > When my branded PC boots, a splash screen with the manufacturer's name
> > > > and logo is shown - this happens very early in the boot process.
> > > > Undoubtedly it is preventing the display of possibly useful
> > > > information.
> > > >
> > > > Is there a way to get rid of the splash screen?  I can't find anything
> > > > which refers to it in the BIOS setup program.
> > >
> > > There should be an option for that in the advanced bios setup named show
> > > logo, or hide boot info or something similar.
> >
> > Yes, but there isn't.

Because of the splash screen that I want to get rid of, I can't tell
what the BIOS is - although, before the splash screen appears, I see
"NVIDIA GeForce2 MX-200 VGA BIOS Version 3.11.01.24.00".  I don't
think that this refers to the main BIOS, though, does it?

The computer is branded "Tiny".

David

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