Help - ASUS Anti Surge

[SF4AE1]

So was playing Fallout 4 PC had been on for a number of hours then bam PC restarts.

On the boot up screen to show errors apparently there was a power surge detected from the PSU so the system restarted and that the CPU was overheated.

Everything still seems to be working fine.

My PSU is a 1000 WATT - Its a few years old from my other PC but it was almost never used still pretty fresh - Could this be the issue?

I have read a bit about ASUS Surge protection being a pain in the as* and doing this at times its not called for - Could this be the case.

I'm not sure what info to provide that would be useful but upon reboot my temps were:

CPU 44c
CPU Core voltage 1.312 V
Motherboard 36c

I'm really not sure what to do here as voltage and general temps are new to me as I have never really bothered with them in the past this is my first fully built PC by myself everything previously has been an off the shelf one.

PC has also been built and running fine for a month now.

 

[westom]

I have read a bit about ASUS Surge protection being a pain in the as* and doing this at times its not called for - Could this be the case.

A pain among many who do not know how electricity works. Most will even fear a recommended solution in a paragraph below.

For example, is your computer so hot as to also toast four sliced of bread? Of course not. It is not consuming anywhere near 1000 watts. Probably consuming something closer to 100 watts most of the time. But so many recommend "More Power" because hearsay said so.

More watts does not mean a better PSU; sometimes can mean a less reliable and less efficient PSU.

Power system integrity is completely unknown. PSU is only one component. Nobody can say anything useful without numbers from minutes of labor using a meter and some requested instructions. Posted core voltage number reports nothing useful.

Furthermore, a defective PSU can still boot and run a system. And a good PSU can sometimes act defectively in an otherwise good system.

How do you know a CPU overheated? Where is a number that says that?

A power controller (another 'system' component) decides when a system power cycles. Only three digit numbers from a meter can say what that controller is doing or sees.

 

[SF4AE1]

A pain among many who do not know how electricity works. Most will even fear a recommended solution in a paragraph below.

For example, is your computer so hot as to also toast four sliced of bread? Of course not. It is not consuming anywhere near 1000 watts. Probably consuming something closer to 100 watts most of the time. But so many recommend "More Power" because hearsay said so.

More watts does not mean a better PSU; sometimes can mean a less reliable and less efficient PSU.

Power system integrity is completely unknown. PSU is only one component. Nobody can say anything useful without numbers from minutes of labor using a meter and some requested instructions. Posted core voltage number reports nothing useful.

Furthermore, a defective PSU can still boot and run a system. And a good PSU can sometimes act defectively in an otherwise good system.

How do you know a CPU overheated? Where is a number that says that?

A power controller (another 'system' component) decides when a system power cycles. Only three digit numbers from a meter can say what that controller is doing or sees.

Why so cryptic? No PC couldn't toast bread that's my PS4's job.

I don't know it overheated I am saying what the error reporting screen told me on the following boot up.

I have also clearly stated I know nothing about the subject and am open to advice on what to do next.

What I have managed to try and extract is I need to use a voltmeter somewhere?

 

[westom]

Why so cryptic? ....
What I have managed to try and extract is I need to use a voltmeter somewhere?

One sentence is especially specific. Each word defines how to obtain useful assistance. Asserting confusion without defining what causes confusion is cryptic.

If something perplexes, then quote that sentence and define each alien word. If not done, then I cannot help you understand what and why is required to have assistance.

Not quoted is each sentence that caused confusion. I cannot read your mind. So nothing can be clarified.

That post illustrated fiction promoted by others who recommend 1000 watt supplies, never learned about the power 'system', have no idea what 'surge' means, worry about CPU heat, and yet make technical recommendations. Nothing offended you. Defined were numerous technical myths that may have made you a victim. And that must be confronted or ignored.