diff --git a/src/northbridge/via/vt8601/vgainit.inc b/src/northbridge/via/vt8601/vgainit.inc
index 9aa88a94aa..e412d6d899 100644
--- a/src/northbridge/via/vt8601/vgainit.inc
+++ b/src/northbridge/via/vt8601/vgainit.inc
@@ -50,3 +50,32 @@ CS_WRITE($0xfb, $FBREG) // VGA enable
 
 #endif
 
+#if VIDEO_CONSOLE
+
+/*
+ * by Steve M. Gehlbach, Ph.D.
+ * steve @ kesa . com
+ *
+ * 9/7/03 smg
+ * minor chipset settings for vga
+ * more work needed for init, since reboot
+ * from linux has problems (hdwr reset okay)
+ *
+ */
+	// set shadow ram to award settings
+
+	CS_WRITE($0x61, $0x2a)
+	CS_WRITE($0x62, $0x00)
+	CS_WRITE($0x63, $0x20)
+
+	// turn off GA
+	
+	CS_WRITE($0x88,$0x00)
+
+	// enable vga, fb
+
+	CS_WRITE($0xF9,$0x42)
+	CS_WRITE($0xFB,$0xb0)
+
+#endif
+
diff --git a/src/northbridge/via/vt8601/via_vga.c b/src/northbridge/via/vt8601/via_vga.c
index f488c9070c..ca715eb6f2 100644
--- a/src/northbridge/via/vt8601/via_vga.c
+++ b/src/northbridge/via/vt8601/via_vga.c
@@ -142,11 +142,11 @@ void vga_hardware_fixup(void) {
 
 	printk_info("done.\n");
 
-#ifdef VIDEO_SHOW_LOGO
 	if (!splash_done) {
 		printk_debug("Setting graphics mode...\n");
 		vga_set_gmode(); // set graphics mode
 
+#ifdef VIDEO_SHOW_LOGO
 		//
 		// the pcx_file is in flash at an address set 
 		// in the config file with PCX_FILE_LOCATION