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Bitcoin mining kill MSI 7870??

PoorlyHung
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Hi everyone,

 

A client of mine purchased Crysis 3 off of Ebay.  He and I later learned, it was a pirated copy.  He didn't suspect anything, CD label looked correct and everything.  Evidently, this was pirated software, repacked with some damn bitcoin mining program.  I believe by file names "iehighutil", "windowstimesvc".  After installation of Crysis 3, his video card died.  My question, can those such programs, kill a video card?

 

Obviously we have notified Ebay/Paypal, and may even notify Electronic Arts.

 

System specs:

 

ASUS ROG Maximus V Gene

Intel Core i7 3770k  (modest over clock 4.2ghz)

Corsair Dominator Platinum 16gb DDR3 2400

Corsair 80+ Platinum AX860i 860watt PSU

Samsung 840 pro x2 raid 0

Corsair H100i

MSI Radeon 7870 2gb OC

 

 

Thanks everyone!

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I suppose that it's possible to kill a gpu when mining for Bitcoins, however it seems highly unlikely. 

CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 - 3900x @ 4.4GHz with a Custom Loop | MBO: ASUS Crosshair VI Extreme | RAM: 4x4GB Apacer 2666MHz overclocked to 3933MHz with OCZ Reaper HPC Heatsinks | GPU: PowerColor Red Devil 6900XT | SSDs: Intel 660P 512GB SSD and Intel 660P 1TB SSD | HDD: 2x WD Black 6TB and Seagate Backup Plus 8TB External Drive | PSU: Corsair RM1000i | Case: Cooler Master C700P Black Edition | Build Log: here

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He must of had the worst airflow in his case.. Did you build it for him?

 

7870's are good for something like 92 or 96c... He would of had to run it at 96c for a quite a while to murder the card too.

 

 

You did put the card into another machine to confirm death, right? 

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He must of had the worst airflow in his case.. Did you build it for him?

 

7870's are good for something like 92 or 96c... He would of had to run it at 96c for a quite a while to murder the card too.

 

 

You did put the card into another machine to confirm death, right? 

I built his system in a Fractal Design: Define mini.  Though I set it up for ultra quiet operation, air flow wasn't even remotely an issue.  I verified it ran cool.  

 

Yes good point, but I did put the card in two other systems, for verification. 

 

So these moron's are doing their own little version of Folding at Home, only for bitcoin mining? 

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I built his system in a Fractal Design: Define mini.  Though I set it up for ultra quiet operation, air flow wasn't even remotely an issue.  I verified it ran cool.  

 

Yes good point, but I did put the card in two other systems, for verification. 

 

So these moron's are doing their own little version of Folding at Home, only for bitcoin mining? 

I wouldn't say they're morons. They managed to take your client's monies and most likely made almost a bitpenny too.

 

 

 

Good thing there are warranties.

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