New Gaming Rig Advice..

Then locate the F_panel header at the front left of the board (the one that had all the finicky case leads connected to it).
 
Once you're confident that everything is plugged in securely - nothing is touching the MB that shouldn't be:
  • 1 stick of memory
  • CPU/HS connected via fan header
  • monitor connected
Gently touch the two pins marked PW+ PW-, at the same time, with a screwdriver head. Just a quick touch.
 
Balls.

We could try the BIOS recovery with it out of the case - but you would need to connect the power lead from the case.
 
Would reseating the CPU do anything? Saw someone post it in some thread I was reading.
Yes, that was my next surprise for you after getting you confident enough to take the MB out of the case.

I figured you would be in the mind of - 'in for penny in for a pound' by this stage :D
 
Instructions:

1. Shut off the power supply using the switch on the back of the PSU, wait 10-15 seconds.
2. Press and hold the case Power On swtich, then while still holding turn on the power supply from the switch on the rear.
3. Still holding the case power on switch, the board will start, once it does release the case power on switch and shut off the power supply via the switch on the read of the unit. (Do the latter two parts as quickly as you can once the board starts)
4. The board will shut down.
5. Turn the power supply back on using the switch on the rear of the unit.
6. Turn on the motherboard by pressing the case power on button.

Once the board starts this time you should see the Gigabyte splash screen, or POST page, then the Auto-Recovery from Dual BIOS will kick in. You will see a checksum error, and then recovery from BACKUP BIOS will begin. Once it is done reboot your machine and enter the BIOS and load optimized defaults then save/apply/reboot back to BIOS.
 
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