Greetings Ian and List--

You wrote. . .
> . . . Presario desktop which had its
> on-board vga connector broken off (you should meet my niece).  Model
> number from bottom of case sez "series cm1001" (found no reference for
> this @ support site).
and . . .
> Anyone know the exact keystrokes necessary to blindly enter bios,
> disable on-board vid (enable pci vid), and exit with a save?

The last time I entered the BIOS of a Compaq Presario, the
key to press was F10. You've probably already thought of this,
but you should examine the motherboard to try to locate a pair
of jumper pins to enable/disable the on-board video. Some
motherboards automatically disable the on-board video when an
adapter is inserted, but it wouldn't hurt to check to make sure.

HTH,

Paul A. Shippert
Library Media Specialist
Margaret Brent Middle School
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