Booted into safe mode to no success. I showed hidden devices and scanned for hardware changes do no avail.
did lspci and found nothing on the PCI slot. Used ubuntu on a different computer with an APU.
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 4th Gen Core Processor DRAM Controller (rev 06)00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core Processor PCI Express x16 Controller (rev 06)00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 06)00:03.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core Processor HD Audio Controller (rev 06)00:14.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 9 Series Chipset Family USB xHCI Controller00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation 9 Series Chipset Family ME Interface #100:19.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation Ethernet Connection (2) I218-V00:1a.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 9 Series Chipset Family USB EHCI Controller #200:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 9 Series Chipset Family HD Audio Controller00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 9 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev d0)00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev d0)00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 9 Series Chipset Family USB EHCI Controller #100:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation H97 Chipset LPC Controller00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 9 Series Chipset Family SATA Controller [AHCI Mode]00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 9 Series Chipset Family SMBus Controller03:00.0 PCI bridge: ASMedia Technology Inc. ASM1083/1085 PCIe to PCI Bridge (rev 03)