Thread: REMOVING PROPRIETARY BIOS

Are you sure you mean bios? Bios is mostly a way of telling various parts of the computer what kind of hardware is attached to it. Unless you're trying to overclock it the bios really shouldn't affect your computer using experience.

Do you mean the proprietary software that is supplied with the computer, the update service, the diagnostics, etc. It appears in the Start menu along with everything else. That you can do without.

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Simon

I take it you mean the very annoying IBM blue screen you get on start up. Saw this on a geek forum.....it might help.

On my IBM I am using right now I would do the following

1) F1 at startup to enter Bios
2) Right arrow over to Startup menu
3) Arrow down to "Power On Logo (Enable / Disable)"
4) Choose disable
5) Right arrow over to Exit menu
6) Arrow down to "Save and exit" and <enter>
7) Choose yes when prompted

Originally Posted by DiscoCam

I take it you mean the very annoying IBM blue screen you get on start up. Saw this on a geek forum.....it might help.

On my IBM I am using right now I would do the following

1) F1 at startup to enter Bios
2) Right arrow over to Startup menu
3) Arrow down to "Power On Logo (Enable / Disable)"
4) Choose disable
5) Right arrow over to Exit menu
6) Arrow down to "Save and exit" and <enter>
7) Choose yes when prompted

Thats the one, thanks but can i get rid of it completely ? I will format the HDD but i think it stays there even after a format.

Ah, he's right. That page is stored in the bios, not on hdd.

Simon

Originally Posted by loanrangie

Thats the one, thanks but can i get rid of it completely ? I will format the HDD but i think it stays there even after a format.

Pretty sure it will still be there - just turn it off in the BIOS


Martyn

The bios is contained in a ROM permanently on the motherboard and without the BIOS your PC won't work. The only way to change it is to go through a process called Flashing the Bios.

You could try & find what manufacturer made your motherboard and get the exact model number of their equivalent (if it exists), download the proprietary BIOS and use that to flash yours. If you get it wrong you basically end up with a very ineffective boat anchor for a PC. I would strongly recommend NOT trying to do this unless you were about to buy a new motherboard and had nothing to lose.

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