Making progress - I didn't have a mb diagram when I started, and had 
reset the cmos, not the bios via jumper.  Once I reset the bios, the PCI 
video is the default and I can see again!  win xp home sp2 still freezes 
when trying to start up after restore, I forgot to plug in a wired 
keyboard and mouse, so I'll try that tonight and keep my fingers crossed..

Richard Glazier wrote:

> Painted into a corner?
> The following can't hurt.
> (Lets just hope the video default is to look to the PCI first and then 
> "fallback"
> to the onboard video.)
>
>                               Rick Glazier
>
> From the HP site:
> Step 4: Resetting and updating the BIOS
> In case an item was changed in the BIOS, such as the primary display 
> device setting, use the following steps to reset the BIOS back to its 
> default configuration:
> Turn on the computer and press the keyboard key that enters the BIOS 
> Setup screen key when the keyboard light comes on. The key to enter 
> the BIOS should be one of the following:
> HP and Compaq desktop computers that came with Windows Vista, press 
> F10 . For HP Pavilions desktop computers that came with Windows XP or 
> previous versions of Windows, press F1 . Compaq Presario desktop 
> computers built after 2002, press F1 . Compaq Presario desktop 
> computers built prior to 2002, press F10 . Wait 5 seconds.
> Press the F5 key to restore the default settings of the BIOS. Press 
> Enter to accept the change and wait five seconds. Press the F10 and 
> then the Enter key to save the changes and exit from the BIOS. The 
> monitor should now display the first screens received from the 
> computer (the logo screens). End of quote.
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Hachmeyer" <
>
>> Now I went down a worse path - I had the brainstorm to switch the 
>> video from pci back to onboard in the bios, and try the process again.
>

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