[Solved] Is my cpu broken?

yea still works fine, just have to press F1 in POST to make it keep going.

It means the CMOS battery on the motherboard has run out. Replace it and all will be well for a few more years.

What did you reset in a surge protector. Nothing exists in a surge protection circuit to reset.

However if that disconnected and reconnected the computer, then would reset a protective lockout circuit inside the computer. This circuit can be triggered by events such as too frequent power restoration. That is not a surge. That would be a blackout or extreme brownout.

From the many events that could account for your post; what amdfangirl posted could also explain your problem. Better is to measure the battery with a meter to know if that is the problem. Just replacing the battery would not report that you have found and corrected the problem. You do want to know if the problem was really solved. Others can be helpful only if you measure the old battery's voltage.

This is what you do for any $3 power strip even without surge protector components. That power strip is a $3 power strip with some ten cent parts installed to increase its price to ... how much?

The surge it protects from is the same surge that any $3 power strip is required to protect from. That computer protection is same in a $3 power strip or a $150 surge protector strip. Reset button is for human safety - not for transistor safety.