A68HM-E33 wont boot if any card in PCI slot

Put together a system with an A68HM-E33 board. A4-5300, 4Gb Kingston HyperX, 120Gb Intel SSD, Win7 x64. Got it all running fine. Went to install a PCI (not PCIe) wifi card. System will not post, gives 8 beeps, no BIOS splash screen.
Remove PCI wifi card, system boots normally. Tried a PCI ethernet card, same thing, won't boot.
Why would a card in the PCI slot stop the system from booting?
Sam

have you done >>Clear CMOS Guide<< with power cord removed?
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Remove PCI wifi card, system boots normally.
brand, exact model?
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Tried a PCI ethernet card, same thing, won't boot.
brand, exact model?
what is your current bios version?

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