Asus Motherboard has detected a power surge

[CuriousCaleb]

Okay I have seen this question asked a thousand times a thousand different ways but I haven't found one that was suited to what I am seeing. I built my PC about a year ago (components listed below) and everything up until last week has been fine. I was playing CS:GO when everything had just randomly shut off and the upon reboot gave me the "Anti-Surge" page yada-yada. I understand that this can be caused by your PSU withing the 5,3.3, and 12 but my levels are normal.
http://imgur.com/9pqk8nq

So I guess what I am asking, is it possible that this is not a PSU problem but possibly something else? Thanks for Any help in advance.

Specs:
i5 4670 3.4Ghz
Asus H87M-PLUS LGA1150
G.Skill 8gb
Radeon R9 270x (750Ti equiv)
Cooler Master 500W

 

[X79]

Well anti-surge is supposed to protect you from surges.
Such as if you get hit by lightning, it can affect the electronics in a building.
Or if, for one reason or another, electricity output in your area isn't so consistent or jumps often.
Hence you buy a surge-protector.
Thus it's not necessarily your PSU, which would explain your normal levels; it's the electricity flowing to your computer.

 

[CuriousCaleb]

Well anti-surge is supposed to protect you from surges.
Such as if you get hit by lightning, it can affect the electronics in a building.
Or if, for one reason or another, electricity output in your area isn't so consistent or jumps often.
Hence you buy a surge-protector.
Thus it's not necessarily your PSU, which would explain your normal levels; it's the electricity flowing to your computer.

So would disabling the surge protector in this case a good idea?

 

[X79]

Generally no, if there's actual surges going on. A bad surge can fry your hardware, after all.