I just finished building a custom PC based on an ASUS P5QC Motherboard with a Intel Core 2 Duo processor. The Hard Drive is a 500 GB Seagate with 32 bit cache. VGA card is a ATI Radeon 1950. My optical drives are a Lite On DVD RW and the same brand CD burner, both of which came out of an older machine and worked fine until I installed them in my new PC. My problem(s) are; the computer refuses to boot up AT ALL, neither the DVD or CD drive work (they operate if the IDE cable is disconnected, but that doesn't really help me! I have an Athena 600 watt power supply with everything in a Antec 300 case. When I press the power button all lights and fans come on but that is all that happens, but the light on my VGA card is orange instead of green. I have used ASUS boards in the past with no problems. Any help and/or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.--Wulfer 59/3-26-2009
This is a known issue with Asus motherboards. I got 2 in my shop with the same problem. While I didn't have your model I'll assume the issue is on that board as well.
Clear cmos with the jumper on the motherboard. This resolves the issue with no video.
There should be a 2 pin jumper, your motherboard manual will show you where its located.
Good Luck
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