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Need some help guys.

Was playing the Witcher 3 before as I normally do and my pc randomly restarted. Once it did it it said something about a power surge being detected and that asus protection forced the shut down. It did this twice. It has never done this before and I've not made any recent changes to my set up.

Any ideas?

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Need some help guys.

Was playing the Witcher 3 before as I normally do and my pc randomly restarted. Once it did it it said something about a power surge being detected and that asus protection forced the shut down. It did this twice. It has never done this before and I've not made any recent changes to my set up.

Any ideas?

Do you live close to a power sub-station or power generating station? If so there could have been a mirco-fluctuation at the distribution level that wasn't enough to trip the circuit breaker in your house, but enough to trigger the mobo failsafe.

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Have a UPS?  it very well may have been a power surge.

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Do you live close to a power sub-station or power generating station? If so there could have been a mirco-fluctuation at the distribution level that wasn't enough to trip the circuit breaker in your house, but enough to trigger the mobo failsafe.

I don't believe so, also nothing else in the house seems to have been effected.

Have a UPS?  it very well may have been a power surge.

Sorry what's an UPS?

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I don't believe so, also nothing else in the house seems to have been effected.

Sorry what's an UPS?

Uninterrupted power supply. Its like a battery for your stuff. 

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Sorry what's an UPS?

A UPS stands for Uninterruptible-Power Supply.  These guys provide surge protection at the minimum, and battery power with enough time to let you shut down at a little more cost.  It is recommended to put one in between the wall and your power supply cable as no surges can then harm your probably expensive computer.

For the Best builds and Price lists here is a world where many points of the price have been predefined already for your convenience!

The Xeon E3 1231 V3 IS BETTER Than the Core i5 4690K and a Significantly better value for the non-overclockers or value shoppers.

The OS is like a kind food, Try it before saying if you like it or don't.

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