Guide for Replacing Asus BIOS Logo with Apple Logo
Note: Windows is required for this operation (Which you can most likely run in a VM too if necessary)
Attached are 2 files, the AMI ChangeLogo Tool and the ASUS Bios splash .bmp file that you will need to replace the .cap file's splash logo.
Note 2: This has only been tested on ASUS motherboards. Cannot guarantee that it will work with other motherboard manufacturers. It may work since most BIOSes are based on AMI, but it's up to your discretion to try it.
Also no guarantees that this may or may not corrupt your BIOS before you flash it. So be careful with this tool.
1. Download your ASUS .cap BIOS and extract from zip.
2. Launch AMI Change Logo Tool and load the .cap file (pick from dropdown list for file types) and click Open.
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3. Load the provided .bmp by clicking "Browse" and selecting it to attach the new splash screen. Click on
Replace Logo.
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4. Click "OK" for the warning.
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5. You will get a message "New logo is created". Click on
Save Image As and save it somewhere safe.
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6.
Format a USB stick in FAT32 MBR (A requirement, because GUID will
NOT work).
- Use BIOS flashback to flash the motherboard
- Check your motherboards manual how to name the file and put it in the root of the USB Stick
- In my case I have the ASUS SAGE10/G and the manual says to connect to a specific port on the rear and name the file to WSXTG.CAP and put it in the root of the USB stick.
7. Apply the BIOS Flashback technique as described in the manual. You will see the BIOS Flashback LED flash on the motherboard and your USB Stick LED flash while it reads and flashes the motherboard. Wait until both lights are off and after a few minutes you can turn off the PSU, unplug the USB Stick and turn on PSU and then clear CMOS from the mobo and start setting up your BIOS settings for your Hackintosh. If you did all of these properly, you will see an Apple logo during bootup instead of the ASUS logo. You will still see the "Press F2..." message at the bottom, this is almost impossible to get rid of as the files in the BIOS seem to be encrypted? (Unless someone can figure it out...)
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Best of luck!