- Jan 13, 2014
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I recently built a PC mostly for media consumption and gaming. Everything seems to be running smoothly, but my Asus motherboard's Anti-Surge Protection keeps rebooting the PC seemingly specifically during gaming and graphically demanding tasks. Examples include it rebooting after about 30 minutes of playing Deus Ex HR and after about a minute of running 3DMark11. When rebooted, it shows me a BIOS message saying Anti-Surge had detected an unstable power supply, and allows me to boot into Windows by pressing F2. Everything then runs as normal again.
I've done a bit of digging around and I've seen that this appears to be a common problem. I'm somewhat reluctant to switch Anti-Surge off however, in case the apparent power surges damage any components. All of the parts of the system are brand-new.
Here's the spec:
OS: Windows 8.1 64-bit
CPU: AMD FX-6300 Black Edition (3.5Ghz)
Motherboard: ASUS M5A78L-M/USB3
RAM: Ballistix 8GB 1600Mhz DDR3 x1
GPU: Sapphire HD 7790 GDDR5 1GB
PSU: XFX PRO550W
I'm a bit lost, as there doesn't appear to be a definitive answer; some suggest turning Anti-Surge off, some suggest completely replacing the PSU. As far as I know, XFX are a reliable brand and the one I bought was sealed in new packaging.
Any help would be appreciated.
I've done a bit of digging around and I've seen that this appears to be a common problem. I'm somewhat reluctant to switch Anti-Surge off however, in case the apparent power surges damage any components. All of the parts of the system are brand-new.
Here's the spec:
OS: Windows 8.1 64-bit
CPU: AMD FX-6300 Black Edition (3.5Ghz)
Motherboard: ASUS M5A78L-M/USB3
RAM: Ballistix 8GB 1600Mhz DDR3 x1
GPU: Sapphire HD 7790 GDDR5 1GB
PSU: XFX PRO550W
I'm a bit lost, as there doesn't appear to be a definitive answer; some suggest turning Anti-Surge off, some suggest completely replacing the PSU. As far as I know, XFX are a reliable brand and the one I bought was sealed in new packaging.
Any help would be appreciated.
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