Question Asus anti surge triggered.

taha fareed

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When I switch on the pc anti-surge triggers, but it happens once a week after that the pc works fine. The PSU is new and the anti-surge problem is occurring after I installed the PSU. After switching on there are no other problems in the pc, It is working fine, no reboots, no error, no BSOD, etc. Sometimes I'm facing this problem otherwise the PC power on's normally. I've read the voltages in bios they are normal:
12V: 12.778V
3.3V: 3.024V
5V: 5.171V
no overvoltage or under voltage.
should I ignore this error?
 
Update your post to include full system hardware specs and OS.

Could be a bug. For example, if Asus:

https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/foru...tect-system-from-unstable-power-supply.61084/

But your post says it only happens one time a week - any certain day?
PC specs:
CPU: quad core q8400
GPU: gt 730ddr5
PSU: Foxin 500w
RAM: 6GB
HDD: 500gb, 250gb
Motherboard: ASUS p5g41t-mlx

The problem never occurs while gaming or anything heavy on the PC. Today the problem occurred and 3 days before, For an experiment, I unplugged it and again switched on the PC and it was fine. As I said it happen once a week.
 
Since you have an Asus motherboard then my thought is indeed that, per the provided link, false triggers.

Visit Asus's website and use your motherboard model/version to see if there are any related postings in the FAQ's or Forums.

Do not "ignore". Even though the triggers may be false do keep an eye on things.

That Foxin PSU does not seem to have strong or numerous reviews in its' favor.
 
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Since you have an Asus motherboard then my thought is indeed that, per the provided link, false triggers.

Visit Asus's website and use your motherboard model/version to see if there are any related postings in the FAQ's or Forums.

Do not "ignore". Even though the triggers may be false do keep an eye on things.

That Foxin PSU does not seem to have strong or numerous reviews in its' favor.
I haven't found any issues yet, I will carry on with this issue because it is not occurring once the PC is running, It only occurs when I switch on the computer which happens randomly. Until now I faced the problem the second time. In my opinion, the smps is overvolting on the start then it turns to normal, which happens randomly. As you said Foxin is a local brand but it has got a good rating. I couldn't effort the expensive PSU therefore after so many research I got this PSU which is fine.
There are some false triggers on ASUS motherboards and the only solution is to disable anti-surge protection which I would not gonna do.
Thank you for the reply, I will keep an eye on the other components.