Problems with CMOS reset.

I recently bought a HIS R9 270 IceQx2 and tried installing it into my system via the folowing method:

1: uninstalled Intel HD graphics 4600 Drivers for my IGPU and rebooted.
2: uninstalled the VGBA drivers and shut down.
3: unpluged power, mouse, monitor, and keyboard from the back of the case.
4: grounded myself by taping a metal water faucet.
5: opened the case, placed the new graphics card into the PCI-e x 16 port, and connected it to the power supply via 6 pin cable.
6: repluged the power, board, and mouse like normal.
7: pluged my monitor's HDMI cable into the new Graphics card.
8: replaced cace cover and powered on.

And this is where the first a few road blocks occurs. For some reason my monitor is reciving "no signal" from the Graphics card. So I powered down and took the card out, plugged the HDMI into my IGPU and powered on. I had no problems here, the system booted up fine and windows auto installed VGBA drivers for me.

At this point I shut down and reinstalled the graphics card. But this time I kept my monitor in the IGPU amd opened up BIOS after start up. I noticed that BIOS didn't recognize anything in my PCI-e x 16 slot. But I stupidly changed my BIOS to disable IGPU and to look for PCI-e for primary video adaptor.

I saved and restarted the computer, taking the HDMI out from the IGPU and into the graphics card. But alas this lead to failure yet again. The "no signal" still appears when I start up. I replaced the HDMI again but still nothing.

From here I decided to taked the graphics card out. So i did, and found nothing to change. Still "no signal".

I then decided to manually reset bios by some of these methods:

1: moved jumper from pins 1 & 2 to 2 & 3. Waited 30 seconds while holding power button to release capacitors. Replaced the jumper and turned on power. No signal.

2: removed battery for 10 min then replaced and still getting no signal.

3: removed jumper completely and started up the pc. I finally got the conputer to recognize the monitor and was shown a prompt. It gave me 4 choices: 1-ignore prompt and proceed as normally; 2-clear BIOS passwords; 3-reset intel AMT to factory settings; 4-clear trusted platform module.

I idioticly pressed 3. It told me to shut off and restart with the jumper in normal (1&2 ) configuration. So I did and nothing still. I tried 1, 2, and 4 aswell but all told me to do the same thing and after I did for each one nothing would change, still just "no signal".

additional info:

1: some redundant steps such as: unpluging the power, grounding myself, and repluging power have been omited for brevity.

2: my primary concern is resetting BIOS but I'm unsure how much I may have messed up.

3: Motherboard type: intel db85fl

4: I can elaborate if you need me to.

Hello,

I really hope that you did that CMOS reset while the PSU was NOT connected to mains...

how else are you supposed to keep residual power in the system long enough to use it. it needs to be plugged in so the residual power can flow out to the neutral terminal, rather than arcing into you.
as long as the psu is turned off at the wall switch or on the psu block itself, its safe and is in fact the recommended method.

If the switch cuts the Line and Neutral at the same time, it is safe. However, on most PSU's the power switch cuts only the Line, which is OK only in the countries where you cannot plug the power cable in the wall socket the other way around (as in UK, US, etc.).

Nevertheless, I never ever made a BIOS reset with the PSU still connected to the mains. In most cases, I also disconnected the PSU from motherboard.

seriously? how do you reset the bios without any power in the motherboard?. residual current only lasts about 30 seconds from when the psu is turned off on a typical core2/athlon x2 /i series/fx series motherboard...
like i said mate leave it plugged in even if you cant turn it off at the wall you can turn the psu off at the psu. that way your not fighting to get everything disconnected and still have enough time to perform the short.