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.
Please feel free to do so, source is available on github.
I would start with a switch like "--do-not-warp-my-hardware"
I think about releasing a new version with max GPU 400MHz, max MEM 600 MHz, max Intensity 7 and Fan always at 100%.
Everything else must be forced with "--force-because-i-know-what-i-do"