Well, there goes that last ditch idea, then.
BIOS-disabled the integrated gpu. It took a few more seconds to fail, this time! Not sure if that's progress.
I guess it's time to give up. My computer is obviously whack.
Thanks for trying so hard to fix it [img]<fileStore.core_Emoticons>/emoticons/smile.png[/img]/emoticons/smile@2x.png 2x" title=":)" width="20" />