Why won't my computer boot?

Solution 1:

• Did you have a PC Speaker wired or a sound card of some sort?
  • If your speaker path is not ready at boot up, the beeps would not be heard
    • the board has AC'97 Realtek audio
      (I assume you are using that and not a secondary card)
      Confirm that the speaker path is wired
  • If you have wired your speaker from the green jack on the port cluster that should be good
    (refer to the bottom of the ASUS review link below to see what I mean).
• The ASUS A8V Deluxe is a good board; would not expect bad components
  • however, that does not preclude a capacitor problem due to bad power or age
  • So, do check for blown capacitors
• The board has a green LED (left-bottom on the link above),
  • does it light up when you try to boot?
  • If it does not light up, you have a power path problem (the PSU or board power devices)
• Your first target should be to reconfirm all hardware on the board is properly seated
  • this would be the memory sticks and cards
  • you want to get back to the beeps or a BIOS screen