Originally Posted by Yngwie

even if the bios needs to be updated you'd still see the post and be able to get in the bios. Actually, in the case of Asus, the first screen you see is an Asus logo or something like that.

how much ram do you have in there? if there's more than 1 DIMM take them all out and tests them 1 by one. If it boots with one, but not the other than it's your ram.

Also, what type of video card? Is it PCIe? did you connect the 6 pin plug to the card?

If your case has a speaker and it's connected listen to the beeps you get.

usually on an Asus motherboard the following happenes if you have an error on boot up (assuming there's a speaker in your case)

One Beep - keyboard controller error, refresh time erro or no master drive detected

Two continuous beeps followed by two short beeps - floppy controller failure

Two continuous beeps followed by four short beeps - hardware component failure

You also can try to clear the CMOS

there's a jumper on your motherboard (look at the user manual to locate it). turn off your pc, remove the battery, move the jumper cap on the jumper I mentioned above from the default (pins 1-2) to pins 2-3.

keep the cap on pins 2-3 for about 5 to 10 seconds then move the cap back to pins 1-2 and put the battery back in.
Turn on your pc and see if you see anything.