Hoopster and JCloud,
Thank you two so much for the assistance this evening.
Diagnosis is that the storm:
1.) It did reset my bios and wasn't showing the USB to boot from = Fixed.
2.) Apparently, for the two rear escape fans this was the last straw (being old and dusty) they quit and were not working high temps. = Fixed.
3.) The old video card I put in this machine, the fan also stopped working on it there for that's when the screen would go blank when i was trying to edit the bios = Fixed
Fun Night, I really need to build a new rig and use this one as a backup. Bring on the 24 bay Norco chassis!
Again Thank you two very much for troubleshooting this with me.
This issue is RESOLVED!!