Intel SE7525GP2 - Manual (Page 70)

Intel® Server Board SE7320SP2 & Intel Server Board SE7525GP2 TPS System BIOS
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4.2 BIOS POST Splash Screen
The BIOS supports one system splash screen. When the system is booting, the BIOS will
display the splash screen instead of BIOS messages. BIOS messages can be viewed by
pressing the ‘ESC’ key during POST. Once the BIOS POST message screen is selected, the
splash screen is no longer accessible during the current boot sequence. The splash screen can
be customized by with the ‘Change Logo’ utility. Refer to the Change Logo for AMIBIOS User’s
Guide (Version 2.22) for details.
4.2.1 User Interface
During the system boot-up POST process, there are two types of consoles used for displaying
the user interface: graphical or text based. Graphics consoles are in 640x480 mode; text
consoles use 80x25 mode.
The console output is partitioned into three areas: the System Activity/State, Logo/Diagnostic,
and Current Activity windows. The System Activity Window displays information about the
current state of the system. The Logo/Diagnostic Window displays the OEM splash screen logo
or a diagnostic boot screen. The Current Activity Window displays information about the
currently executing portion of POST as well as user prompts and status messages.
System State Window
Current Activity Window
Logo/Diagnostic Window
4.2.1.1 System State Window
The top row of the screen is reserved for the system state window. On a graphics console, the
window is 640x48. On a text console, the window is 80x2.
The system state window may be in one of three forms, either an activity bar that scrolls while
the system is busy, a progress bar that measures percent complete for the current task, or an
attention required bar. The attention bar is useful for tasks that require user attention to
continue.
4.2.1.2 Logo/Diagnostic Window
The middle portion of the screen is reserved for the Logo/Diagnostic Window. On a graphics
console, the window is 640x384. On a text console, the window is 80x20.