Asus Power Supply Surge Detected

[mowgli.gregory1]

I just put a second hard drive in my computer, then a couple minutes after playing any blizzard game, my computer would crash and say
"Power Supply Surges detected during the previous power on.
ASUS Anti-Surge was triggered to protect system from unstable power supply unit! "

I then took the second hard drive out and this is still happening. My current psu is only 300W. Is my psu the problem?

 

[InvalidError]

Anti-surge message usually mean that the motherboard detected out-of-spec voltages coming from the PSU. Yes, that would usually mean there is a problem with the PSU.

If you have a computer case which can take standard ATX-size PSUs, get a good quality replacement PSU such as Seasonic's 520-620W S12-II which can often be found for as little as $40.

 

[mowgli.gregory1]

Anti-surge message usually mean that the motherboard detected out-of-spec voltages coming from the PSU. Yes, that would usually mean there is a problem with the PSU.

If you have a computer case which can take standard ATX-size PSUs, get a good quality replacement PSU such as Seasonic's 520-620W S12-II which can often be found for as little as $40.

I thought I had a 300w psu but i checked and it turns out I have a 550 W psu

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