Try turning off the power, push the reset CMOS button for about 10 seconds and try again..If no luck, unplug your rig, remove the CMOS battery then hit the power button to dissipate residual power in the mobo, leave the battery out for about 10 mins, and try again..Of course when you do that, all your settings will return to default and you'll need to manually set whatever you had changed from default settings back to the way you had it before (memory timing, voltages, etc.) - Do that on your very first successful boot into the BIOS if you get that far.

bob,  Thanks for the reply, I tried both procedures, one with the new card in, and then with the old vid card in.  No luck, my monitor's power button did blink green once, which was hopeful because thats what happens when it has a video signal, but then it quickly when back to orange again (off mode color).  Any other suggestions?

Thanks again.

Put your monitor thru a self-test..Turn off everything, disconnect your monitor from the vid card, then turn it on..It should say "No Signal" or "Check Signal Cable" or somrthing to that effect..Does it ?..You may need to wait up to 60 seconds......Try resetting your monitor, depending on the make/model there are slightly different reset proceedures..See what your monitor documentation says about it..It's unlikely, but at this point anything's worth a try. 

That sucks dew :(

So let me make sure I am getting this right- the old setup was working fine, you buy the new card, plug it in and no vid? And now no vid card in any config works on that board?

It does sound like something went out on your board. I just looked at pics of your board, no on-board video. That stinks. I just put a known bad vid card into one of my systems and it did everything you described. All the fans run, you can hear the HDD going, and it all sounds like the computer is running, just no video. But you said you tried putting your old card back in and still no joy.

Do you have any other computers, or access to another computer you can test parts in? It does sound like the pci-express slot died. Maybe the extender caused it. thats the only real variable here. Good luck m8