On going symptoms after beep codes started working.
While out of the case repeated long beeps, with long pauses between beeps, always occurred.
This was true without any video cards and also with various video cards in various slots ( on card in one slot for each test ).
CPU fan would run at relatively fast speed the entire time.
The Mother Board manual documents this long beep as: Graphic Card Not Inserted Properly.
Sat the Mother Board back in the case on top of the standoffs. ( Power supply off and unplugged ).
No video card installed.
Applied power to the power supply and turned on the Mother Board with the jumper.
For the first time the board appeared to post and the CPU appeared to be powered up.
One short beep and after a few seconds the CPU fan slowed down.
After several minutes The CPU socket ( the small portion left exposed ) and the heat sink became slightly warm to the touch.
This is the first time this happened with this mother board.
The CPU fan appears to be running between it's long time previous power on speed and the very low speed it slowed down to after the
apparent good post.
Not yet tried rebooting after initial apparent good Power On Self Test ( POST).
GW