EPACoder
Award BIOS Logo converter

ver. 1.50 for Win32
freeware

Copyright 1997-2000 Sergey Nikolayev
Copyright 1999-2000 Artur Prokopiuk

Overview:


What for

     EPACoder is a tool for converting bitmaps into AWARD BIOS logo (picture in upper-right corner showed while POST) format and inversely (EPA to BMP).

Why EPACoder

... there are many tools like this ... Yes, but:


Features

EPACoder 1.50 features include:


History

EPACoder history is very stormy ;-)


System Requirements

Program requires:


How to use EPACoder?

That can't be easier!

To convert Bitmap file into EPA file:

To convert EPA file into Bitmap file:

To convert EPA file into other EPA format:

That's all!

EPA logo? Where is this?

Simple: in your BIOS, which is saved in EEPROM memory on your mainboard.

How to find them? You should have two tools: AWDFLASH and CBROM


How to add new logo into BIOS?

Remember: if you do something wrong you could corrupt BIOS chip and your computer won't boot anymore. If you aren't experience user, don't do it!


Troubleshooting

Hmmm, problems ... Take a look of them:


Known bugs

EPACoder has no bugs ;-))
But if you find them or you have concept and/or ideas how to make program better, please contact me. Thanx!

Disclamer

Short:

Easy, isn't it?

TechRoom

Some technical information: EPACoder is created under Borland (Inprise) Delphi2.0. Output executable file size decreased from over 300kB to less than 120kB (!!) using UPX ver.1.01 (executable packer). Valid EPACoder file CRC32 is 291A3C93 (Hex)

Authors

Sergey Nikolaev (EPA&BMP engine: read/write/convert procedures)
E-mail: awardbios@mail.ru
HomePage: http://bioslogy.da.ru

Artur Prokopiuk (Win32 version with GUI interface)
Email: bios@bios.help.pl
HomePage: http://bios.help.pl/

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