ASUS Anti-surge problem

[Gelyfist]

I have my PC for about 2 years, played some 3d games. It's not that extreme though. I play all AC : Ezio Trilogy, and some shooting games, all at medium graphics. Then I got this error from ASUS anti-surge. That it was triggered, press F1 to SETUP. Then it always do that. For about a month. Then when in a completely important work, it shut down. I cannot turn it on again. I received continuous beeps but I fixed it but after that, my PC did not turn on completely. I asked a few friends, and they answered. First, I cleaned my 2 RAMs and I switch them. I cleaned my whole PC, replug all ATX cables and other power related cables, removed and placed my CMOS battery again, cleaned the CPU and PSU fans, and used a blower to clean the PSU. Still, did not respond. It's not the wire that connects the USP to PSU, which was totally deeply inserted in the PSU. I also tried to directly plugging my PC to the wall outlet.DId not turned on! Then I unplug my UPS, my PC turned on! I still have the problem though. Now my PC is just trash now. I think it's the PSU. I have checked the BIOS and the volts are displayed in red. I have an ASUS A58ME Motherboard. Please answer

CPU : AMD Athlon II
GPU : AMD Radeon A6000
RAM : 2 DDR3 Kingston 4 GB

 

[Mr Kagouris]

You forgot to mention what PSU you have.

 

[Gelyfist]

You forgot to mention what PSU you have.

I got a standard power supply. I don't know what brand, but it looks like a Sumvision Standard X3 500W Power Supply. Just one UPS connector. It's a tier 5 in this website so kind of sucks. Has some red in the surface, and a red fan. I'm not in my home right now but maybe tomorrow I could answer a more specific brand.

 

[Mr Kagouris]

Yeah most likely a PSU failure. Buy a Seasonic S12II, they're the cheapest good PSUs you'll find.

 

[Gelyfist]

Yeah most likely a PSU failure. Buy a Seasonic S12II, they're the cheapest good PSUs you'll find.

My PSU is actually built in to my PC. It's the same brand as my PC case, Fortress. It has one AC input, and a rear fan. It's like the one I said so I've mistaken to be it's my PSU. All ATX cases has built in PSU, I forgot.

 

[Mr Kagouris]

Can you post a picture of the power supply? Only very few prebuilt PCs have the PSU actually built in to the case, every other PC has a removable PSU.

 

[Karadjgne]

Psus are removable/replaceable. Cases may come with a pre-installed unit, but never a built in one. It can be changed, but from symptoms described, its definitely a psu issue. Asus AntiSurge can be a little finicky, but this time I believe it's served you very well, probably saved the motherboard and/or cpu from psu surge damage.

 

[Gelyfist]

Can you post a picture of the power supply? Only very few prebuilt PCs have the PSU actually built in to the case, every other PC has a removable PSU.

 

[Mr Kagouris]

Yeah that looks like standard ATX form factor. You can replace it with a Seasonic S12II (a great and relatively cheap option). Also, despite the Fortress PSU advertising 700W, it can actually only deliver barely 300W where it matters.

 

[Gelyfist]

Psus are removable/replaceable. Cases may come with a pre-installed unit, but never a built in one. It can be changed, but from symptoms described, its definitely a psu issue. Asus AntiSurge can be a little finicky, but this time I believe it's served you very well, probably saved the motherboard and/or cpu from psu surge damage.

I did not literally mean that it's not removable. It's just that it's there when we buy my PC.

 

[Gelyfist]

Yeah that looks like standard ATX form factor. You can replace it with a Seasonic S12II (a great and relatively cheap option). Also, despite the Fortress PSU advertising 700W, it can actually only deliver barely 300W where it matters.

Actually, the Seasonic S12II is about $50. But in our country, about 2,400 pesos when converted. I'm at the Philippines. 2,400 is really cheap for a PSU. But 2 400, kind of impossible for me to buy that. My father, who apparently bought all what I need to have a PC, don't want to fix that PC. I don't know why, but yeah. I'm only 14. I don't have any job or profit. But anyway thanks for replying you two. Really appreciate it.