Ab350 pro4 no post, incompatible ram?

never had such an issue even 20 years ago
maybe u could damage it if u switch jumper when pc is still running...that could short things out

interesting, ill keep that in mind.

Never mind. The fact that you can admit your mistakes is a good thing and maybe it will help someone else with a similar problem. I'm glad you sorted it out in the end.

There is a thread on this forum that suggest 4 hours to completely rule out bios corruption. But after further investigation of my problem, quite embarrassed i may add, I'm pretty sure everything was ok from the get go. I was using a dvi cable at home while diagnosing the problem. Turns out the cable is faulty. I took the pc to work and performed the extra CMOS clears and then hooked it up to the dvi monitor at work. That's when I thought I had fixed everything. Brought it back home and no video. Swapped to a HDMI on my tv and it worked. This whole crisis could have been avoided if i did some simple troubleshooting first. Also it doesn't help that the default for the system speaker was off. I figured i would have heard some sort of beep sequence. If this gets stickied as "dummy of the year", i wouldn't be surprised.

I purchase the new components a few hours ago. Then i decided to do a CMOS clear again. This time, i let it clear for 4 hours. That did the trick. Now I need to cancel my order. Thanks for the help JohnM!