Well... (I'm unsure wether this goes into the MOBO or PSU section, I guess both potentially).
I hoped I would never have to come back here again for that specific issues, but it has come back after a whole year, I had nearly forgotten about it.
It all started in June of last year, where I had a few shutdowns followed by a Power Surge Protection message, here is a link to the thread I made last year: https://forums.tomshardware.com/threads/power-surges-detected-shutdowns-asus-z97.3489154/
It had suddenly stopped, and it hadn't happened again since... since yesterday.
Let's talk about my specs first (the ones that matter):
i5-4690K
ASUS Z97-Pro Gamer
750W 80+ Gold EVGA PSU
Take note that every piece of hardware in my PC is upwards of 4 years old, excluding storage.
I have never neglected my PC, as I do clean it somewhat regularly and am fairly conservative with my CPU overclock, mainly because of my underpowered stock cooler.
It's definitely not running out of juice, 750W is more than I would ever need with this computer.
I had pretty bad luck with one of my case fans, granted they are old and broken, one fell out of its socket onto the cpu cooler, which moved it out of place. As my PC started thermal throttling, I shut it off using the power switch on the PSU, since I wasn't able to shut it off properly from the sheer amount of lag.
I took out my cooler and CPU, cleaned them off with alcohol, put new thermal paste and reseated the whole thing, no problem there, in fact It's running cooler than it ever did, thanks to the non pre-applied compound.
I also took the time to clean out the dust out of my system, including PSU, it had been a probably two to three months since I did for the last time.
I boot up, instant shutdown due to Anti-Surge Protection from my ASUS MOBO. Second boot, we're in.
That was the first shutdown in nearly a year, and it has been followed by many today and yesterday.
It has been regularly shutting down since, upwards of 5 times a day, even when I'm away from the computer, it's not necessarily due to me doing things.
I held back the overclock on my CPU to reduce other factors as much as possible, though I don't think it has anything to do with it, since I haven't had any crashes with my OC before, it's at 3.9GHz, it can barely be called an OC.
I know ASUS motherboards have a bad habit of being very sensitive to voltage changes, causing them to shut down systems easily.
I doubt my PSU is ACTUALLY at fault, since it's a good unit from a reputable brand, but I'm not excluding the idea.
I am plugged into a groundless extension cord, which is plugged into a power bar, which my PC is plugged into. I will be changing that to a newer extension cord WITH A GROUND, maybe that'll help.
There is probably extra info on my old post, I'm all ears.
I hoped I would never have to come back here again for that specific issues, but it has come back after a whole year, I had nearly forgotten about it.
It all started in June of last year, where I had a few shutdowns followed by a Power Surge Protection message, here is a link to the thread I made last year: https://forums.tomshardware.com/threads/power-surges-detected-shutdowns-asus-z97.3489154/
It had suddenly stopped, and it hadn't happened again since... since yesterday.
Let's talk about my specs first (the ones that matter):
i5-4690K
ASUS Z97-Pro Gamer
750W 80+ Gold EVGA PSU
Take note that every piece of hardware in my PC is upwards of 4 years old, excluding storage.
I have never neglected my PC, as I do clean it somewhat regularly and am fairly conservative with my CPU overclock, mainly because of my underpowered stock cooler.
It's definitely not running out of juice, 750W is more than I would ever need with this computer.
I had pretty bad luck with one of my case fans, granted they are old and broken, one fell out of its socket onto the cpu cooler, which moved it out of place. As my PC started thermal throttling, I shut it off using the power switch on the PSU, since I wasn't able to shut it off properly from the sheer amount of lag.
I took out my cooler and CPU, cleaned them off with alcohol, put new thermal paste and reseated the whole thing, no problem there, in fact It's running cooler than it ever did, thanks to the non pre-applied compound.
I also took the time to clean out the dust out of my system, including PSU, it had been a probably two to three months since I did for the last time.
I boot up, instant shutdown due to Anti-Surge Protection from my ASUS MOBO. Second boot, we're in.
That was the first shutdown in nearly a year, and it has been followed by many today and yesterday.
It has been regularly shutting down since, upwards of 5 times a day, even when I'm away from the computer, it's not necessarily due to me doing things.
I held back the overclock on my CPU to reduce other factors as much as possible, though I don't think it has anything to do with it, since I haven't had any crashes with my OC before, it's at 3.9GHz, it can barely be called an OC.
I know ASUS motherboards have a bad habit of being very sensitive to voltage changes, causing them to shut down systems easily.
I doubt my PSU is ACTUALLY at fault, since it's a good unit from a reputable brand, but I'm not excluding the idea.
I am plugged into a groundless extension cord, which is plugged into a power bar, which my PC is plugged into. I will be changing that to a newer extension cord WITH A GROUND, maybe that'll help.
There is probably extra info on my old post, I'm all ears.