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Russian roulette with Corsair quality control... (PSU power surges)

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Hello!

 

I have had this computer for about 3 years now and recently I have been having a few issues with my PSU. In some programs after a period of time the computer will completely restart saying that the "ASUS anti-surge has been triggered". I know some people have had this problem and have solved it by disabling the anti-surge on their BIOS.

 

My question is should I turn off the anti-surge to test if it is just false positives or should I just replace my PSU? Are their any risks associated with disabling the feature like blowing fuses etc?

 

Specs:

PSU - Corsair VS 650

CPU - i5-4570 

GPU - ASUS Gtx 970 Turbo

 

I don't run any overclocks either.

 

Thanks for the help!

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TBH nothing in that system even uses 400w, just disable the anti-surge and you're good to go.

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Using a workaround such as "disable the oversurge detection" when you are getting errors like "ASUS anti-surge has been triggered" seems a little reckless in my opinion.

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5 minutes ago, Samfisher said:

TBH nothing in that system even uses 400w, just disable the anti-surge and you're good to go.

 

Thanks, I'll try that.

 

5 minutes ago, Fetzie said:

Using a workaround such as "disable the oversurge detection" when you are getting errors like "ASUS anti-surge has been triggered" seems a little reckless in my opinion.

 

Are there any inherent risks in disabling that? I would imagine it would still restart if a surge happened.

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2 minutes ago, Samfisher said:

TBH nothing in that system even uses 400w, just disable the anti-surge and you're good to go.

 

Isn't the anti-surge a warning about voltage fluctuation?

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1 minute ago, Fetzie said:

Using a workaround such as "disable the oversurge detection" when you are getting errors like "ASUS anti-surge has been triggered" seems a little reckless in my opinion.

ASUS BIOSs have been known to be a bit wonky at times and at different times completely rekt your onboard NIC.  My ethernet MAC address is now 88-88-88-88-87 cos of some bug with the BIOS.  It's a very known issue and the only way to resolve it is to dismantle your PC, record ALL the serial numbers and of your motherboard, use a 3rd party custom BIOS tool and bake your own custom BIOS with the serials burned in...

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Not going to lie, that PSU is probably Corsair's worst offering (and just a very low tier PSU in general) and I don't feel confident in pairing it with that GTX 970. Even if it is a bug in the BIOS, it may just be a good idea to replace it either way.

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3 minutes ago, HKZeroFive said:

Not going to lie, that PSU is probably Corsair's worst offering (and just a very low tier PSU in general) and I don't feel confident in pairing it with that GTX 970. Even if it is a bug in the BIOS, it may just be a good idea to replace it either way.

Hmmm, What would you recommend as a replacement? 

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EVGA's Supernova 550 or 650

Corsair's RM550x

All three units sell for about 80$

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7 minutes ago, Energycore said:

EVGA's Supernova 550 or 650

Corsair's RM550x

All three units sell for about 80$

Sure, I will probably go for the corsair one as my local store only has the G1 EVGA psu's.

Appreciate the help

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Cheers and good luck.

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You can check out the old one that gave joy to so many across the land here

 

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Computer Specs:

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Mathresolvermajig: Intel Xeon E3 1240 (Sandy Bridge i7 equivalent)

Chillinmachine: Noctua NH-C14S
Framepainting-inator: EVGA GTX 1080 Ti SC2 Hybrid

Attachcorethingy: Gigabyte H61M-S2V-B3

Infoholdstick: Corsair 2x4GB DDR3 1333

Computerarmor: Silverstone RL06 "Lookalike"

Rememberdoogle: 1TB HDD + 120GB TR150 + 240 SSD Plus + 1TB MX500

AdditionalPylons: Phanteks AMP! 550W (based on Seasonic GX-550)

Letterpad: Rosewill Apollo 9100 (Cherry MX Red)

Buttonrodent: Razer Viper Mini + Huion H430P drawing Tablet

Auralnterface: Sennheiser HD 6xx

Liquidrectangles: LG 27UK850-W 4K HDR

 

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2 hours ago, Foch Off said:

Hello!

 

I have had this computer for about 3 years now and recently I have been having a few issues with my PSU. In some programs after a period of time the computer will completely restart saying that the "ASUS anti-surge has been triggered". I know some people have had this problem and have solved it by disabling the anti-surge on their BIOS.

 

My question is should I turn off the anti-surge to test if it is just false positives or should I just replace my PSU? Are their any risks associated with disabling the feature like blowing fuses etc?

 

Specs:

PSU - Corsair VS 650

CPU - i5-4570 

GPU - ASUS Gtx 970 Turbo

 

I don't run any overclocks either.

 

Thanks for the help!

Well aside from the poor pairing of a PSU and GPU, Asus anti-surge is notoriously finicky. I'd just turn it off.

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