Alpha R2, randomly turning off

Just a guess, but I would say problem is something like this:

- Overheating

- Running out of power to run CPU and GPU during max-gaming

- Software problem (Windows or drivers)

- Minor hardware problem (have a qualified technician or friend take a look at it). Maybe RAM or disk is bad.

- Major hardware problem (motherboard problem)

Just FYI, just "turning-off" like that ... with no error-event written to log, or BSOD, etc ... is 90% of the time a hardware problem. But that includes Power-Supply not being beefy-enough to handle the max-loads.

I think it might be over heating but it’s never going into crazy fan spinning mode whenever it blinks out. Now warning at all so I lose files and it’s anoying. Do you know any software which I could run and it tousled tell me if all the hardwares ok?

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@Calster804wrote:

I think it might be over heating but it’s never going into crazy fan spinning mode whenever it blinks out. Now warning at all so I lose files and it’s anoying. Do you know any software which I could run and it tousled tell me if all the hardwares ok?

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First hurdle is ePSA (outside of Windows). Problem is, it doesn't push CPU/GPU very hard.

I like to stress-test with OCCT's "Power-Supply-Test" feature. 

I had the same problem.  What worked for me was placing the brick (in the cord) on its side.  For me that's what was overheating.  Now works flawlessly.

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@jppr7114 wrote:

I had the same problem.  What worked for me was placing the brick (in the cord) on its side.  For me that's what was overheating.  Now works flawlessly.

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So, "the brick" is actually a (single voltage but fairly-high-amp) Switch Mode Power Supply (SMPS). It works with the DC-DC Converter that's inside the baby-desktop or laptop.

Pretty bizarre they build them with passive-cooling (no fans). Some don't even appear to have vents .