Hey guys,
Been a while since I posted on this forum, but i hope we can have a good discussion about this subject like I’m used to from this webpage 🙂
I have recently build a computer from new parts, bought them at a local tech-store. I made sure they where all compatible with each other. Now I have two issues, and I have no clue what they are… First of all, the CPU is an AMD FX-4130, it is mounted inside a motherboard that allowed AM3 CPUs. However, when I start it, it shows a message: “This CPU is not supported by the motherboard. Press f1 to resume.” When I press f1 the computer continues to boot like nothing’s wrong, all 4 cores are utilized as normal. It appears that because the CPU is one from a later series as the motherboard, all that is needed is a BIOS update.
The second issue is that fact that it shuts down after some time of gaming. When it reboots it gives me the message: “Power supply surges detected. Asus anti-surge has detected an unstable power-supply.” This happened the first few times after about 30 minutes of gaming. The third time I had removed a cooler from the power supply. Now it lasted much longer, not sure if this is related to the problem though. I also had my hard-drive replaced in between the second and third occurrence of the shutdown, because it was old and was causing the computer to run slower then it should.
I am not sure if both problems are related, but I tried fixing the latter one by removing a couple fans.
I would like to hear your thoughts on this. Could it be a faulty power supply? Or is my CPU actually not compatible with the motherboard and causing these surges?
Thanks in advance.
The computer’s specs:
CPU: AMD FX-4130
Motherboard: Asus M5A 78L-M LX3 series
Power supply: CoolerMaster B500 (500 W)
GPU: MSI GeForce GTX660 Twin Frozr III
RAM: Kingston HyperX Blu 8 GB (2 x 4 GB)