Is it safe to disable ASUS Anti-Surge?

[UKickAss]

Last Sunday my computer reset itself and said that there had been a power surge. This problem has been happening all week. It only happens after i boot up a game like cs: go or Call of juarez: gunslinger. I read on multiply forums that disabling anti-surge might fix the problem. I want to try this but i'm scared that something might happen to my computer. Is it safe to turn off Anti-surge?

Thanks in advance!

 

[InvalidError]

Unless Anti-Surge on your motherboard is defective, it indicates that your computer has power stability issues, either due to the PSU starting to fail or something in your computer making power dirty, like a misbehaving GPU VRM.

Basically, Anti-Surge is an advanced warning that something is wrong with power inside your PC. Disabling Anti-Surge may enable you to continue using your PC for a while but if the root cause is dirty power inside your PC, you will start experiencing random reboots, shutdowns and crashes when problems Anti-Surge tried to tip you about get worse.

 

[UKickAss]

Unless Anti-Surge on your motherboard is defective, it indicates that your computer has power stability issues, either due to the PSU starting to fail or something in your computer making power dirty, like a misbehaving GPU VRM.

Basically, Anti-Surge is an advanced warning that something is wrong with power inside your PC. Disabling Anti-Surge may enable you to continue using your PC for a while but if the root cause is dirty power inside your PC, you will start experiencing random reboots, shutdowns and crashes when problems Anti-Surge tried to tip you about get worse.

Oh, thanks for the heads up! But what do you suggest i do then? Should i RMA the power supply?

Btw, my psu is a Corsair CX750 (Fixed cables), in case you wanted to know.

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

Get a higher quality power supply.

 

[UKickAss]

Get a higher quality power supply.

But I've used this psu for 4 weeks now and it has performed completely flawlessly.

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

It could be the PSU setting off the ASUS SURGE.

 

[photonboy]

It's difficult to give proper advice but:

1) It could be the Power Supply.
*This would be my best guess, especially if it's not recognized as a quality model.

2) It could be the motherboard (I'm not sure what's being reported)

3) It could be the Asus software is being overly protective as to what constitutes an "out of range" voltage.

Solution?
My advice is disable the warning but keep on eye on things. I'd also suggest running a few stability tests:
a) Memtest www.memtest.org
b) CPU Diagnostic Utility (if applicable): https://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?DwnldID=19792
c) alternative: Prime95 or similar for CPU

 

[InvalidError]

But I've used this psu for 4 weeks now and it has performed completely flawlessly.

If it was "flawless," then you should not be getting anti-surge warnings.

Components often have a "break-in" period where components go from their 'new' state performance to their broken-in state. It could be that your components needed about a month of break-in before potential issues started creeping up.

Your best bet would be to try a higher-quality power supply or possibly a different GPU which may have different VRM behavior. Those would be the sort of power-related issues that are difficult to track unless you have an oscilloscope and modified cables to keep an eye on what is happening - without adequate test equipment, your next best bet is parts-swapping.

 

[UKickAss]

Thanks for all the answers guys, I'm currently don't have access to my computer, but once I do I'll try everything suggested.

Btw, I'm answering this from my phone.

 

[UKickAss]

But I've used this psu for 4 weeks now and it has performed completely flawlessly.

If it was "flawless," then you should not be getting anti-surge warnings.

Components often have a "break-in" period where components go from their 'new' state performance to their broken-in state. It could be that your components needed about a month of break-in before potential issues started creeping up.

Your best bet would be to try a higher-quality power supply or possibly a different GPU which may have different VRM behavior. Those would be the sort of power-related issues that are difficult to track unless you have an oscilloscope and modified cables to keep an eye on what is happening - without adequate test equipment, your next best bet is parts-swapping.

I guess i'll just have to get a new power supply then. I heard the TX series from Corsair is pretty good. Is that true? Because if so i might consider getting a Corsair TX 750

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

TX series is real good.

 

[UKickAss]

TX series is real good.

Yeah, but i can't find the tx750w anywhere. Are there any other good and reliable 750w PSUs (Can be any brand)?

What about EVGA's PSUs? I've heard that their PSUs are really good and reliable for gaming rigs.

I've also done a bit of research of found out that Corsair's CX series uses cheap capacitors.

 

[InvalidError]

Yeah, but i can't find the tx750w anywhere. Are there any other good and reliable 750w PSUs (Can be any brand)?

You can look at tiers 1/2a/2b below for inspiration:
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-1804779/power-supply-unit-tier-list.html