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Background

Biostar Microtech International Corp. (also known as the Biostar Group; officially romanized and stylized as BIOSTAR) is a Taiwanese multinational company based in New Taipei City. Active since June 1986, It specializes in computer hardware, specifically motherboards, video cards, expansion cards, and other peripherals.

1st Screen (2000-2002)

Visuals:

Technique: None.

Audio: None.

Availability: Seen on Biostar motherboards of the time.

2nd Screen (2001?-2003)

Visuals:

Technique: None.

Audio: None.

Availability:

See 1st logo.

3rd Screen (2001?-2003)

Visuals:

Technique: None.

Audio: None.

Availability:

See 1st logo.

4th Screen (2001?-2003)

Visuals:

Technique: None.

Audio: None.

Availability:

See 1st logo.
This logo was primarily used on early Pentium 4 motherboards.

5th Screen (2002-2005)

Visuals: Same concept as before, but now taking place on a black background. The triangle has been enlarged and given a beveled 3D effect, and the wordmark is different, now being written in STLiti (a font included with Chinese and Japanese-language versions of Windows) and given a slanted effect, along with a glow behind it. Below that is the URL aligned to the left of the triangle in a sans serif font (which is allegedly also preinstalled with Windows). Under the URL is a white thin line that extends across the screen, but has a white-to-black effect starting a little after the "R".

Variants:

Another version of this screen has the URL "stretched" (and possibly in a different font), with an orange-yellow-orange gradient applied. The line below it also distanced from below, and has a black-to-white gradient at the start, in addition to the end.

Technique: None.

Audio: None.

Availability:

See 1st logo.
This logo was also spotted on a Chuck E. Cheese's Sketch Book machine at a Chuck E. Cheese location.

6th Screen (2006?-2010?)

Visuals:

Later Variant:

Technique: None.

Audio: None.

Availability:

See 1st logo
This logo was most commonly seen on some post-2006 units of Raw Thrills' The Fast and the Furious (2004) and The Fast and the Furious: Drift (2007).

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 ===Background===
-'''Biostar Microtech Int'l Corp.''' (also known as the '''Biostar Group'''; officially romanized and stylized as '''BIOSTAR''') is a Taiwanese multinational company based in New Taipei City. Active since June 1986, It specializes in computer hardware, specifically motherboards, video cards, expansion cards, and other peripherals.
+'''Biostar Microtech International Corp.''' (also known as the '''Biostar Group'''; officially romanized and stylized as '''BIOSTAR''') is a Taiwanese multinational company based in New Taipei City. Active since June 1986, It specializes in computer hardware, specifically motherboards, video cards, expansion cards, and other peripherals.
-==={{Ordinal|2}} Screen (2002-2005)===
+==={{Ordinal|1}} Screen (2000-2002)===
+<gallery mode="packed" heights="200">
+BIOSTAR BIOS splash screen (2000).png
+</gallery>
+'''Visuals:'''
+'''Technique:'''
+None.
+'''Audio:'''
+None.
+'''Availability:'''
+Seen on Biostar motherboards of the time.
+==={{Ordinal|2}} Screen (2001?-2003)===
+<gallery mode="packed" heights="200">
+BIOSTAR BIOS splash screen (2001).png
+</gallery>
+'''Visuals:'''
+'''Technique:'''
+None.
+'''Audio:'''
+None.
+'''Availability:'''
+*See 1st logo.
+==={{Ordinal|3}} Screen (2001?-2003)===
+<gallery mode="packed" heights="200">
+BIOSTAR BIOS splash screen (2001 N2).png
+</gallery>
+'''Visuals:'''
+'''Technique:'''
+None.
+'''Audio:'''
+None.
+'''Availability:'''
+*See 1st logo.
+==={{Ordinal|4}} Screen (2001?-2003)===
+<gallery mode="packed" heights="200">
+BIOSTAR BIOS splash screen (2001 N3).png
+</gallery>
+'''Visuals:'''
+'''Technique:'''
+None.
+'''Audio:'''
+None.
+'''Availability:'''
+*See 1st logo.
+*This logo was primarily used on early Pentium 4 motherboards.
+==={{Ordinal|5}} Screen (2002-2005)===
 <gallery mode="packed" heights="200">
 BIOSTAR BIOS splash screen (2002).png
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 </gallery>
 '''Visuals:'''
-Same concept as before, but now taking place on a black background. The triangle has been enlarged and given a 3D effect, and the wordmark is different, now being written in STLiti (a font included with Chinese and Japanese-language versions of Windows) and given a slanted effect, along with a glow behind it. Below that is the URL aligned to the left of the triangle in a sans serif font (which is allegedly also preinstalled with Windows). Under the URL is a white thin line that extends across the screen, but has a white-to-black effect starting a little after the "R".
+Same concept as before, but now taking place on a black background. The triangle has been enlarged and given a beveled 3D effect, and the wordmark is different, now being written in STLiti (a font included with Chinese and Japanese-language versions of Windows) and given a slanted effect, along with a glow behind it. Below that is the URL aligned to the left of the triangle in a sans serif font (which is allegedly also preinstalled with Windows). Under the URL is a white thin line that extends across the screen, but has a white-to-black effect starting a little after the "R".
 '''Variants:'''
@@ Line 25: / Line 86: @@
 '''Availability:'''
+*See 1st logo.
-<!-- State all primary sources that this logo could be found in -->
-This logo was also spotted on a ''Chuck E. Cheese's Sketch Book'' machine at a Chuck E. Cheese.
+*This logo was also spotted on a ''Chuck E. Cheese's Sketch Book'' machine at a Chuck E. Cheese location.
 <!-- Please add categories according to the company's type, country of origin, and parent company (if applicable) -->
+==={{Ordinal|6}} Screen (2006?-2010?)===
+<gallery mode="packed" heights="200">
+</gallery>
+'''Visuals:'''
+'''Later Variant:'''
+'''Technique:'''
+None.
+'''Audio:'''
+None.
+'''Availability:'''
+*See 1st logo
+*This logo was most commonly seen on some post-2006 units of [[Raw Thrills]]' ''The Fast and the Furious'' (2004) and ''The Fast and the Furious: Drift'' (2007).
 [[Category:Taiwan]]
 [[Category:Taiwanese desktop bootscreens]]