Patent ID: 6873333

Claim:
In a computer system having a processor, a bus coupled to the processor, a memory coupled to the bus, and a video output device coupled to the bus, the memory containing a first video buffer and a second video buffer and further containing a set of startup instructions, the video output device having a clean mode and a verbose mode, a method of selectively presenting a first and second video image to the video output device, the method comprising the steps of: executing the startup instructions, and upon execution of the startup instructions: determining whether the mode of the video output device is the clean mode or the verbose mode; when the video output device is in the clean mode, providing a first image to the video output device, the first image being defined by contents of the first video buffer; and when the video output device is in the verbose mode, providing a second image to the video output device, the second image being defined by the contents of the second video buffer.