Got it! One mandatory first step is unplug everything then reconnect monitor and keyboard dongle. That allowed it to post. Thinking the same device preventing the MB discharge also blocked post.
Now that it posts, the bluetooth/wireless dongle needed to be in the default USB black port below...
No luck with disconnecting wall plug and display. It came back to life when I started unplugging all USB devices. One of them was providing power.
Edit: It doesn't seem to be the keyboard. Nothing is coming from the Zotac 2080Ti HDMI out. I tried another monitor and no life, though the MB...
Thanks for helping, I'll try that now. If no luck I'll pull up the hardware info. A little cumbersome as the machine doen't work but that's not excuse :).
Hi. I accidently typed the sleep command, something I never use but had not disabled.
So the power led is flashing...
Nothing would get it to exit sleep, so I removed the CMOS battery (tested 3.2 volts). An hour later it is still flashing.
I then disconnect power from the power supply and...
Hi. I have 2 Thunderbolt 3 drives attached to the ASRock AIC R2.0 card. If I reboot, they are never recognized. I have to swap them every time and then they show.
Any idea where the problem likely originates?