Aptio Change Logo Utility

Aptio 4 BIOS Firmware Based on the UEFI Specification Aptio® represents AMI's first evolution from Legacy BIOS firmware solutions, based on the UEFI Specifications and the Intel® Platform Innovation Framework for EFI. AMIUCP is a utility that is used to pre-configure the Aptio Flash Utility (AFU). Users can insert and exchange the default command string and ROM image used in award flash, ami phlash, phoenix flash, uniflash, bios utils, bios utilities, bios flash procedures. I want to replace the logo of my motherboard with a custom one, but have not had any luck so far (tried a lot of tools, googled, read a lot instructions). The motherboard is an Asrock E350M1/USB3, it has an AMI UEFI Aptio Bios. I can use MMTool for Aptio to load the rom, but there is no OEMLOGO in there.

Dear Experts,
I am trying to repair a Dell Inspiron, which seemed like it had a dead HDD. After replacing it, I realized that I cannot get into BOOT section of BIOS to change the boot order. After hitting F12 and getting into just the boot option, I changed to boot from CD/DVD, but I get the 'Invalid signature detected. Check Secure Boot Policyin Setup.' error. After researching a bit, I tried Ctrl-F1 at Main BIOS page, but it did not work.
It is APTIO BIOS revision A11, I can only change Date and TIme. I can see that Secure Boot Control is enabled, but I cannot change it. I cannot even load Default settings. I can go through all tabs, but none of the pages allows me to get in and choose any options.
Please advise.

Follow the steps below to create and update the custom logo into the Intel® BIOS:

1. Create a temporary folder on your hard drive.

2. Download the LOGOTOOLS.ZIP file. Put the file in the temporary folder.

3. Get the BIOS files from respective Software Update Package or BIOS zip file and copy to the temporary folder. The following files must be included:

   • AFUDOS.EXE
   • FBB.BAT
   • Sxxxxxxx.rom (This file name is an example file name. The actual file name varies by product.)

4. Create the bootable floppy.

5. From the temporary folder created in step 1, copy AFUDOS.EXE to the floppy disk.

6. In the temporary folder created in step 1, extract the files in LOGOTOOLS.ZIP.

7. Copy lha.exe to the floppy disk.

8. Copy the custom bitmap file you created into the temporary folder that contains OEMLOGOD.EXE.

9. From the Windows Taskbar, select Start / Run. Type cmd and press <Enter> to open a DOS window.

10. Change directories to the temporary folder in which you placed the files.

11. Run the following command:
    OEMLOGOD <RomFileName>.rom <NewOEMImageFileName> [/options]
    Where:

    • RomFileName is the ROM image file. It has an extension of .rom. The name Sxxxxxxx.rom is used in the examples in this document.
    • NewOEMImageFileName is the name of your logo file.
    • [/options] is replaced with one of the following:
      - [/F] to force replacement of the OEM logo, even if the logo formats do not match.
      - [/N] to insert the 16-color BMP without converting it to the default AMI format.
      - [/FN] to force replacement of the OEM logo without converting a 16-color BMP to the default AMI format.
      - [/D] to deletes the logo module from the ROM file.
      Example command: OEMLOGOD sxxxxxxx.rom oem.bmp
      Several messages are displayed. Watch the compiling window to ensure the new logo compiled into the common BIOS image. Watch for the line indicated by the following diagram. If error messages are reported, refer to the Troubleshooting section (4.1) of the PDF.
      Figure 3. Logo Compile Window indicating Success

12. Use the following command to compress your custom ROM image file:

    lha a <RomFileName>.LZH <RomFileName>.rom
    Where:
    - <RomFileName>.LZH is the LZH file that will be created. This file is the
    same RomFileName used in step 12, but with an extension of .LZH.
    - <RomFileName>.rom is the RomFileName used in step 12.

    Example command: lha a sxxxxxxx.LZH sxxxxxxx.rom

13. Copy the new <RomFileName>.LZH file to the floppy disk.

14. Create/Edit the file install.bat on the floppy disk to replace the contents with the following lines:

    @echo Please wait while files are copied to RAMdrive...
    @copy a:COMMAND.COM . /y >nul:
    @echo Copying AFUDOS.EXE to RAMdrive...
    @copy a:AFUDOS.EXE . /y >nul:
    @echo Copying LHA.EXE to RAMdrive...
    @copy a:LHA.EXE . /y >nul:
    @echo Copying BIOS Image to RAMdrive...
    @copy a:sxxxxxxx.LZH . /y >nul:
    @echo Building 2M BIOS Image...
    @lha e rom_image_file.LZH
    @echo Flash BIOS Image...
    @Echo Flash Main BIOS & Boot Block
    @AFUDOS /isxxxxxxx.rom /pb /n /c1
    @set comspec=%RAMDRIVE%command.com

Refer to the white paper below for general instruction on how to update the custom logo into the Intel® BIOS.

White Paper for Adding OEM logo to Intel® Server BIOS based on Intel® Server Chipsets (PDF)
File name: White_paper_OEMlogo_Rev1 5.pdf
Size: 197 KB
Date: December 2005
File revision: 1.5