Got the one card unbricked!  The one with the fans that spin was able to be unbricked by bridging pins 1+"5"

Everyone seems to either be mislabeling what 1+8 means or some cards' pin #8 is different.   But I found a few posts and images showing that pin #8 is directly across the short side of the BIOS chip.  That is, the pins are counted counter-clockwise from pin #1 in numerical order.  Only 2 cards left to go!