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UEFI logo update success! (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I spent way too long to get it working and I was almost ready to give up.

I tried the standalone ISO updater with a LOGO.GIF file. It recognized the image, but after reboot the original Lenovo logo was still there. No error message, no warning, nothing.

Same with the Windows firmware updater.

The one thing that finally worked was a Winflash64.exe incantation found buried somewhere deep in the Lenovo forums 😠

the incantation

Winflash64.exe -patch -logo logo.gif -exit

Posting for information only. This worked for me, but may - and probably will - brick your machine. You have been warned.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I ~~fucking~~ hate this (not your logo, that's cool, the process needed) . Custom Boot was the best hackey thing to do with older Windows versions, moving this into uefi is bullshit.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Calm down

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You are right. As with most things online, "fucking angry" stands for "slightly annoyed"

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I use fuck and derivatives so much that people know I rarely use it as a big fucking insult.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

❤️

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I don't think I'd be willing to risk messing with a laptop's firmware just to get a different logo, but I'm happy it worked for you. Congratulations.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Is it possible to change the UEFI logo on any UEFI system? I have an old Dell E7440 that I'd love to do it to.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Generally these UEFI logos are some kind of a standard - search for "UEFI BGRT" to find out more. But it's up to the vendor whether to allow (or usually not) changing them.

ThinkPads are somewhat special in this regard - the firmware package includes a README.TXT which says:

 *  THIS VERSION OF THE FLASH UPDATE PROGRAM GIVES THE OPTION OF      *
 *  REPLACING (OR ELIMINATING) THE DEFAULT "LENOVO" IMAGE THAT IS     *
 *  DISPLAYED DURING SYSTEM START UP.                                 *

...and then proceeds to list instructions which don't work 😉

I don't think Dell has this as a feature of the firmware update tool.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Oh well, too bad!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

@czak looks cool.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

What model is that? X1 Carbon Gen 9, maybe 10?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Gen 9, base i5 model

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Nice, then there is hope for mine, too!

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