Computer keeps booting down because of anti-surge protection

[inari_boy]

Hi! Here's some quick specs to make this easier.

PSU: Corsair GS600
Mobo: Asus M5A97 mATX
CPU: AMD FX-6350
RAM: Corsair Vengeance LP (4x2)

During idle or just surfing the web everything is fine. But if i've been playing a game for around 20 minutes my computer will just boot off and come back on saying the anti-surge protection shut off the computer because of potential damage. I have everything plugged into an anti-surge power strip and this has only been happening for the last two days. I've been using the computer about 2-3 weeks now. Any help? Thanks guys!

 

[rgd1101]

disable it in bios.

 

[faalin]

what GPU do you have? How long have you had the build?

time for a new PSU. ether rma that one or buy an new one. something is causing an issue when it starts to get stressed causing it to shut down the computer.

 

[rhapdog]

Do not disable it in BIOS. It is there to keep your system from getting fried.

The most likely culprit is as faalin said, the PSU is getting stressed and getting overworked, causing issues. Time for a new PSU more than likely.

As far as the anti-surge power strip goes, it needs to have a good anti-surge rating. You will usually spend at least $40 or more on something that is decent. Otherwise, it may not be doing the job. If you spent less than $15, then it's just a power strip with a fuse, which won't give much protection. Companies market those and say anti-surge, but it does very little for surge protection.

Another issue could be a "low voltage" situation, where a sudden drop in voltage occurs through your house power lines. Not enough to cause issues elsewhere in the house, but enough to cause a problem with your computer. I used to have a portable air conditioner, that every time it cut on, voltage would drop momentarily everywhere else on the same circuit. I know this because my battery backup unit on my PC would kick in and alert me. If you have this situation, then you'd need a good battery backup unit.

 

[inari_boy]

Do not disable it in BIOS. It is there to keep your system from getting fried.

The most likely culprit is as faalin said, the PSU is getting stressed and getting overworked, causing issues. Time for a new PSU more than likely.

As far as the anti-surge power strip goes, it needs to have a good anti-surge rating. You will usually spend at least $40 or more on something that is decent. Otherwise, it may not be doing the job. If you spent less than $15, then it's just a power strip with a fuse, which won't give much protection. Companies market those and say anti-surge, but it does very little for surge protection.

Another issue could be a "low voltage" situation, where a sudden drop in voltage occurs through your house power lines. Not enough to cause issues elsewhere in the house, but enough to cause a problem with your computer. I used to have a portable air conditioner, that every time it cut on, voltage would drop momentarily everywhere else on the same circuit. I know this because my battery backup unit on my PC would kick in and alert me. If you have this situation, then you'd need a good battery backup unit.

I just finished building the system a little over a week ago and it has been running fine. I reset all the bios settings (I had done some minor over clocking, but not enough to be unstable, and the temps and stuff was all fine). I suppose I should invest in a better power strip. It'd be such a pain to RMA my PSU .-.

 

[rhapdog]

If this is a new setup, then it is more likely that you have a bad GPU causing it. Especially if you've done some overclocking, however minor.

I had a problem like that when I bought a new graphics card about a month ago. After about 10 minutes of game play it would shut down. Turns out the graphics card was overheating, because the heat sink on the card did not get the thermal paste applied at the factory. I'm like, "This is new, and it's not my job to do their job", so I RMA'd it and made them pay for shipping both ways. The card they replaced it with was having issues where the voltages were all messed up on it. It caused BSOD much faster than the one that overheated. After getting burned with 2 in a row, I got a refund on the card and bought something else, that works perfectly. Basically the same card, but went with another brand for a few extra dollars, and quit trying to be so cheap on it.

But that was my experience, doesn't mean it's what is happening there with you, but wouldn't hurt to check the sensors on it by saving them to a log file while you're gaming so you can check it after a crash.

 

[inari_boy]

If this is a new setup, then it is more likely that you have a bad GPU causing it. Especially if you've done some overclocking, however minor.

I had a problem like that when I bought a new graphics card about a month ago. After about 10 minutes of game play it would shut down. Turns out the graphics card was overheating, because the heat sink on the card did not get the thermal paste applied at the factory. I'm like, "This is new, and it's not my job to do their job", so I RMA'd it and made them pay for shipping both ways. The card they replaced it with was having issues where the voltages were all messed up on it. It caused BSOD much faster than the one that overheated. After getting burned with 2 in a row, I got a refund on the card and bought something else, that works perfectly. Basically the same card, but went with another brand for a few extra dollars, and quit trying to be so cheap on it.

But that was my experience, doesn't mean it's what is happening there with you, but wouldn't hurt to check the sensors on it by saving them to a log file while you're gaming so you can check it after a crash.

The GPU is also a brand new Gigabyte R9 270x 4GB Windforce edition, and never goes above 43 degrees Celsius :/

 

[rhapdog]

Brand new makes no difference on whether it is bad. If it's going to go bad, it is usually discovered in the first few days or within the first month. It should be tested, period. New electronics should always be suspect until thoroughly tested.

 

[inari_boy]

Brand new makes no difference on whether it is bad. If it's going to go bad, it is usually discovered in the first few days or within the first month. It should be tested, period. New electronics should always be suspect until thoroughly tested.

So should I RMA the power supply or the GPU or what?