Integrated graphics problem on ASRock Z68 Pro3 with GSkill F3-12800CL8D-8GBXM

[armoredwrath]

Good news and bad news

First the good news:

The problem with the random hanging is completely gone! I can now finally load up Netflix, Photoshop, etc. without having to worry! Yay!

Now the bad news:

I seem to be having a few power issues. Often when I shutdown my computer using the Windows menu, the system will shutdown, and then start up again for some reason. On the other hand if I hit the power button on the system, the computer shuts down (going through the proper shutdown procedure) and stays off.

Once when I switched on the computer, I got the error "Power surge detected, ASUS power surge has been activated to protect the computer" or something at POST. I haven't seen the message since.

Also, my CPU seems to be operating hotter than it should be. I had initially set my BIOS profile to ASUS's "Extreme" option, where it overclocks the memory and CPU automatically. This led to a BSOD after a while of working, probably caused by overheating. I'd also received an alert that my CPU had hit 85 degrees, so I went back and switched to the "Normal" BIOS profile, and just enabled XMP for my DRAM.

Even now, the CPU goes up to 65-70 on heavy loads. Is this a problem? Could it be because I'm using the stock CPU fan? BTW, I have a feeling that the fan's not very tightly sitting on the CPU since I'd taken it off the old mobo and put it back on the new one. Don't know what I can do about that.

Should I get an aftermarket fan? What do you guys think the reason for the power issues could be?

Thanks!

[GSKILL TECH]

What was your CPU OC? You may want to double check CPU Cooler installation. It should be OK even with a slight OC.

Thank you
GSKILL TECH

[armoredwrath]

What was your CPU OC? You may want to double check CPU Cooler installation. It should be OK even with a slight OC.

Thank you
GSKILL TECH

Thank you - you were right, after re-seating the CPU fan, the temperatures seem to have come down a lot.

Edit: Please note that I haven't been able to figure out the "power surge" error reason yet.

[Tradesman]

Might check out the PSU, it could be going bad - which could cause a power surge, and could also cause random restarts as you described and/or could also cause temps to go up if overfeeding voltage to the CPU, generally (as you have described with your problems) a declining PSU will have intermittent things like this happen

[armoredwrath]

Might check out the PSU, it could be going bad - which could cause a power surge, and could also cause random restarts as you described and/or could also cause temps to go up if overfeeding voltage to the CPU, generally (as you have described with your problems) a declining PSU will have intermittent things like this happen

It's a brand new PSU! The random restarts are no longer a problem, and were only present when I'd tried OCing. I just built the entire system a few weeks ago, so it can't be because of an aging PSU. By the way, I didn't have this problem with another motherboard (ASRock Z68 Pro3) on the same setup, but that could simply be because the ASRock didn't have anti-surge detection.