Working on this now with my host provider. This is what I have done so far:
1) create new blank db on my host
2) fresh install of 3.2.5 using blank db
3) get board up and running with a blank db, yay! No problem here.
4) Attempt to import old db into new db using phpMyAdmin. Seems to go smoothly!
5) Load new phpBB board page and get HTTP 500 error.
I
think what is going on is that I need to use SSH or bigdump in step 4, and that is what is causing the problem. But is there anything else that could be causing the HTTP 500 error?
I appreciate all the help. I have backups of my db and board, but I have been trying to fix this and get at my data for days now to no avail