

Removing both graphics cards, popping out the motherboard battery, putting battery back in, restarting computer, in hopes of getting USB monitor recognized. Reset CMOS using the button on the motherboard. Starting up and hitting windows + P down down enter with USB monitor in hopes of getting it to show up. Hit F8 repeatedly to get Safe Mode prompt during startup, hit enter to select first option. Previously tested USB monitor's plug and play capabilities on laptop, where it worked fine. Plugged in USB monitor to motherboard to get around the "no graphics ports" problem. HDMI to USB adapter to plug into motherboard's usb port. Things I've tried after combing the internet repeatedly for fixes:

The Zenith II ROG motherboard has no on-board graphics ports. I can't see the BIOS by hitting delete or a Safe Mode display by hitting F8.

Then the machine rebooted onto totally black screens, no monitor signal at all, although the keyboard and mouse turned on and off and on in the usual pattern they do when the machine posts. I downloaded it, downloaded Display Driver Uninstaller, ran it, no problem there. I had a problem with rendering in Iray and wanted to update my Nvidia drivers to a known good version. I'm hoping there's still some way to fix it, and that one of you clever people knows it. Okay, guys, I did a stupid, stupid thing, and am only now realizing how stupid the thing I did was.
