[SOLVED] Was this a miner? I am too dumb to tell.

[ravenhaven03]

So I got my hands on a used RX 570, and I wanna check was it a miner, and because I don't really know how to check for that I'm here asking you good people for help ! So what's the best way to check, and see if it was or not?

The GPU:
https://www.techpowerup.com/gpu-specs/sapphire-pulse-rx-570-itx-mini.b4446

https://imgur.com/a/zCTgzvO

View: https://imgur.com/a/zCTgzvO
GPU-Z

 

[Eximo]

Mining is just a software application. Not going to leave any traces for other software to detect.

It is a used card, what it was used for not really that important. You already own it, so unless it is doing something you don't like, just carry on until you replace it with your next purchase.

 

[ravenhaven03]

It's booting up with a white/black screen, and then it goes on about it's business fine, it looks like artifacting but no matter what, i can't reproduce it anywhere other than that first boot up screen. I tried going to 100% usage for 2 hours, nothing, no issues. What the hell is it, and if it's artifacting why does it only appear for a second on boot up only ?

 

[Eximo]

Hmm, that is odd. But it if works after that anyway...

You could extract the vBIOS and compare it to some stock ones for the card. Or just flash the card with the latest vBIOS and see if that takes care of it.

Far as I know the only thing most miners would do to cards is undervolt them so they were more efficient.

 

[TJ Hooker]

Mining is just a software application. Not going to leave any traces for other software to detect.

Miners will flash modified BIOSs on the cards.

That doesn't appear to be the case here though, as the clock speeds listed are the default speeds for an RX 570. Could still try re-flashing the card with the stock BIOS as suggested above though. https://www.techpowerup.com/vgabios/193372/sapphire-rx570-4096-170317