Bitcoin mining killed my GPU?

A few months ago, I tried bitcoin mining on my laptop, just for the hell of it. I did it for a few weeks, earning about a cent's worth of bitcoin. Quite a while later, after a bunch of screwing around, swapping WiFi cards, trying to install Ubuntu, my GPU died. I'm fairly sure it was the actual hardware. I sent it in to Lenovo, they swapped the mobo, all was good. There is a good chance they're unrelated, but there's also a chace they're not.

Now, I've discovered that I can make an actually noticeable quantity of Litecoin with my GPU. If I start mining agin, do I run the risk of blowing the GPU again?

 

On a thermally limited platform like a notebook? Probably...

(Not worth for the few pennies you can make vs. the cost of the system to replace).

 

If I were to run it at, say, 50% capacity, or set a really low auto-shutoff temperature, would it be safe?

 

50%, perhaps? Though honestly, there's not much point in mining them, imo. Better off doing something like F@H...

 

Do you pay the electric bill?

 

Do people ever make enough of this bitcoin, litecoin, whatever coin to offset the cost of equipment or power they use?

 

Bitcoin? Hell no. Unless you happen to own a power plant or something...

Litecoin? Maybe, maybe not, but the commodity is sort of useless outside of niche groups.

 

aselker, monitor your gpu temps. If they don't go to high, then you are OK. Just like doing anything, it is the temps that matter.

 

Depends. If you started mining early enough (think a few years ago) and sold all your bitcoins at its price zenith a few weeks ago, sure, you may have come out ahead. Beyond that, probably not.

 

At what temperature running your GPU when mining? I have also started mining litecoins about a weak ago and my GPU is running day and night around 64C. Normally probably it is safe temperature, but not sure for months ok or not.

 

Why not put all that resource towards something like folding then?

 

That's what I'd say.

 

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