I'm pretty sure mining for Vertcoin just ruined my TRI-X 290X.
What happened? Im just about to buy those.
Decided to try and mine Vertcoin, within 3 minutes of using the settings on page 1 my rig crashed. Now it locks up and crashes indefinitely when trying to mine any altcoin. I had zero problems using cgminer to mine other coins for three weeks straight.
Also, just tried to play a game (BF3) to test it, and the whole rig crashes immediately.
Sounds like it might have heated to the point of warping components or messing up the thermal grease.
NOT a good sign - someone's gotta fix the miner.