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Why won’t my PC start?
Don’t panic. The most common reason for this is because you connected the
ATX power switch cable to the wrong pins on the mainboard. Verify the
position of the power patch cable on the mainboard. Check the mainboard
documentation to verify the position of the connector for ATX power switch
cable.
If that doesn’t help, remove the TV card and restart your PC. If you still cannot
turn the computer on, the problem is not caused by VideoMateTV. Recheck
the ATX power switch cable connection.
If computer can’t boot up while plugging in VideoMate TV tuner card, switch
the blue jumper from JP4 to JP3 to solve this problem. After doing so, you
have to switch the red jumper JP2 to 2-3 (right) and this disables the remote
wake up function.
My system cannot Power Up, What should I do?
Make sure you connect the Power Up circuit correctly. Please refer the
hardware installation section for more information.
Second, make sure you see a green LED light on the VideoMate TV tuner card.
If you don’t see the green light, your motherboard does not support the
standby power. You can only use Power Up with motherboards that provide
standby power.
Third, Power Up will start your computer 5 minutes in advance of the schedule
time. If you set the schedule on 4 o’clock, Power up will wake up your
computer at 3:55. Therefore, you need to shut down the computer before 3:54
in order to let Power Up start the computer.
Fourth, make sure you have the correct schedule time, Also, verify your
system time or clock.
Fifth, some motherboards BIOS have an option “
Wake up by PME# or PCI.
”
This option must be ENABLED to use Power Up function.
Finally, it is possible that your power supply doesn’t provide the standard 3.3V
standby power. Therefore, changing your power supply might help.
Why can I not shut down my PC?
In rare circumstances, the VideoMate TV card must be reset. Unplugging the
AC power cord from PC case for 5 seconds will reset the card.
