Can a "good" stepper motor blow the stepper driver?

I know it's a vague title but I've been having problems with GEN6 boards. I've just had my 2nd one stop working with the X axis. When the board is new I'm able to move it around and level my bed. By the time I run my PID tuning and try to load a file it stops working. I never move it by hand. I've checked all the wiring and it looks ok. If I swap the Y and X I can move it being controlled as Y. It doesn't get hot. Its got nice big heat sinks on the driver and a fan.

I'm not convinced this is a coincidence that 2 X axis drivers go bad within minutes of use. But I don't know where to start in diagnosing it.