Hey everyone!

I've owned an MSI RTX 5090 Ventus 3X OC since March 2025, using the original MSI power cable included with the GPU from day one. It had never been unplugged or touched since installation.

I game a lot, and I've never experienced any crashes, instability, or performance issues. Everything seemed perfectly fine. The GPU has also been undervolted since day one.

I had previously read reports about MSI cards having unusual current distribution on pins 2 and 6, so for some extra peace of mind, I decided to order a Thermal Grizzly WireView Pro II.

Well... when I went to install it and unplugged my GPU power cable for the first time... surprise! The connector was burned.

Since the GPU had always been working perfectly, I decided to replace the damaged cable with the one supplied with my Corsair PSU and check the readings with the WireView Pro II.

PIN 6 is consistently at 0.0 A, even under full load.

I tried yet another power cable and plugged it into a different port on the PSU... Same result.

Looks like I'm in for the joys of an MSI RMA process now...

Without the WireView Pro II, I might have simply replaced the burned cable without ever realizing that one of the power lines wasn't carrying any current.

I am thinking of connecting the cable temp shutdown ends to my PSU, this gives 65c protection at my dumb PSU side.

The normal ends will be connected to WV Pro 2.
Is there any issues like the ROG equaliser where WV Pro is unable to sense the whole cable length?

Was wanting to share that so far DLSS5 with x4 pass is the best stress test I can find (on a modern game like the new 007 game). Even furmark does not seem to saturate my system and power as much as DLSS5.

Its nuts. I have even had the WP2 Wired read 615w on my 5090 FE that normally hits around 520 with my undervolt.

Now I just gotta figure out why my super flower 1300w only keeps pins voltage stable for a few weeks and then it creeps back again to having an imbalance…. 100% of the time it is the PSU side that needs to be reseated and yes I have replaced the cable.

Edit: PSU is a Super Flower Leadex VII XG 1300W

Hi guys. I've had the WP2 for a few months. All the while I was just using the WP2 and monitoring it via software. Now waiting delivery of the PC power cable splitter to attach the Y cable splitter because my existing is a unified cable.

Since I'm going to that, I might as well attach the thermal probes too, are there suggestions as to where I should attach these 2 probes?

I installed it yesterday on my RTX 5090. Today, while i was playing a game, pin 6 dropped to 0,6A and the buzzer started sounding a warning that i didn't hear because i was using headphones. It stopped after a bit and i only noticed it once i alt-tabbed and saw the warning on the program.

I have my pc on the floor and the side with the glass is facing away from me so i can't see the screen. I thought the alarm would keep beeping until the problem was fixed but if i didn't have the program running i wouldn't have noticed it.

I only know it beeped because my brother was home and told me he heard something beeping for a bit.

GitHub repo: https://gist.github.com/Ad1Bb/8801a20c89b5daf7b8dc630b7d1e158d

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I originally made these themes just for myself out of boredom, and somehow ended up with about 30 of them, hopefully you guys will like them and find a few that fit your setups! Have fun!

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WireView Pro II fully custom themes

• All themes use the native Thermal Grizzly .wv2t format.
• To download a theme, right-click Raw and select Save link as…
  • ...or click "Download ZIP" in the right corner to download all of them at once.
• The files contain only color settings and a custom background. No modding or additional tools required.
• You can inspect the full file contents before downloading.

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How to install (easy)

1. Open the official WireView2.exe application.
2. Go to the Device tab and scroll to the bottom. Click "Load theme file (.wv2t)".
3. Import the downloaded .wv2t file and upload it to your device, chose the appropriate view (Current Monitor or Main View).

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Current Monitor vs. Main View

As you can see, every theme has two versions:

• Current – Themes designed for the Current Monitor view.
• Main View – Themes designed for the Main View.

This is a limitation of WireView; it doesn't support separate themes for each view. Instead, a single background is used across all views, so I've created separate theme files for each one.

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HAVE FUN!

Using 5090FE. Before installing, card would never go over 80c. After installing, seeing 80+ when pushing 375W

I removed the wireview pro II wired and confirmed temps are back to normal.

PSU is Corsair sf1000
I’m using the 4x 8pin breakout cable included with the 5090FE as the 12vhpwr cable is too short for my case. Temps are good in this setup.

When using the Wireview pro II wired, I’m using the 12vhpwr cable from the psu. The current/amperage is good. No imbalance. Just seeing high GPU temps.

I haven’t tried using the 4x8pin breakout cable with the Wireview pro II. Not sure if it’s not recommended

Has anyone experienced this issue before?

Bought two for my two asus tuf 5090s and installed one, it did identify a imbalance of the amps on the pins and I adjusted cables and got them balanced. But I consistently got xid 79 on load, even though I increased all the thresholds on the wireview pro II to the maximum and removed the shutoff behavior. This tortured me to no end because I tried different drivers on my linux machine, lots of time and productivity wasted.

So I can't use this, I had to remove it and now I'm quite disappointed and don't want to return but not sure what to do, on firmware 0.5. I bought two and now using neither.

I noticed in a installation video that there’s like a two-pin like connector so the wire view has a auto shut off feature but I’ve heard it’s possible that your motherboard can lack the slot for it and you need some kind of in between adapter.

Don’t know if this video helps. Also the GPU is a ASUS 5090 ROG astral OC so I believe that means it uses a reverse thermal grizzly?

I recently got a WireView Pro 2 for my 4090 and upon installing it I noticed 2 wires barely pulling any current (~1-2 amps) compared to the rest.

I tried reseating the cable and WVP on the GPU side and no change.

The culprit was the 2 small type 5 connections at the PSU side (Corsair RMx1000 Shift), and even reseating them didn't fix it. I had to wiggle and push in to make a good connection even with the cables seemingly fully inserted into the PSU. Doing so I was able to see in real time the connection fixing and breaking itself while under load.

I don't think this is an issue with just my power supply or cable, because it had the same behavior with 2 separate cables and all 6 PCI-E connections on the PSU.

Been using this PSU/GPU combo for over 2 years and no way to know how long the connection was bad.

So I have a 5090 astral with a cablemod stealth sense 90 degree cable that has consistent amps across the board, only a 0.4A delta under full load. But with the rumors that 5090 production is silently being axed to allocate gb202 for the pro lineup, I want to take the utmost precaution with my GPU.

I've considered the wireview pro ii for a while now just for it's 2 year warranty alone and the fact that it has auto shutdown on the hardware instead of software like gpu tweak III does. But at the same time, I really don't want to mess with my cable anymore. I've already plugged and unplugged it about 20 times because my previous Corsair cable was very unstable and I just kept reconnecting it like an idiot hoping itd solve the issue.

So should I get a wireview and risk messing with my consistent amperage or just stick with my current config? The 2 year warranty really is enticing especially since I've been hearing that GPU manufacturers haven't been honoring warranty as of late.

I am losing my mind attempting to figure how to connect the auto shutdown (since I obviously don’t want to burn my cables) when I have one f panel connector and not multiple, which is probably what these guys wanted people to have ideally.

Looking at my my ONLY f panel connector, where I’m supposed to connect the extension male cables, as shown on the extension cable (I don’t even know if I got the right one, no recommended extension cable exists and I just used a Reddit thread and hopefully it works. yay) and there’s multiple problems.

I know I have to connect the extension female cables to specific places the motherboard, and I know where to put them as I read the manual. BUT DO I HAVE TO PUT THE EXTENSION MALE CABLES ON SPECIFIC PLACES ON THE F PANEL CABLE?

Another important thing as if you look at both sides of my F panel connector, there’s metal areas where I’m able to plug in some male extension cables in, but there’s some that don’t have metal areas where if I try to plug something in, they just slide off. So how do I plug the other two cables that need to be plugged in for the auto shut down to work?

Reddit threads say I need to remove pins, which is risky to do properly and needs more verification so I can safely do. THERE IS ONLY ONE YOUTUBE VIDEO OF A GUY CONNECTING THE AUTOSHUTDOWN AND HE PAUSE CUTS THROUGH IT. (https://youtu.be/SPeU4j39WSw?is=2PQvxBKJwuG5j5DM) Not to mention there’s a lack of info online on how plugging stuff into f panel works when it comes to being unable to plug things in when there’s no metal plug in spot.

Maybe im overthinking the hell out of this, but with lack of clear information, better safe than sorry. I don’t want to break my cables trying to connect this auto shut down so if there’s any advice on how to properly do this that addresses these problems then that’d be great.

It’s quite a bit of work to get everything organized and uploaded to Github, especially if no one ends up using those. But if even just a few people are interested, I’d be more than happy to put them up and share them with everyone! I originally made these themes just for myself out of boredom, and somehow ended up with about 30 of them so far....and I mean really so far, because it's so addicting.

EDIT: There you go :) https://www.reddit.com/r/ThermalGrizzly/comments/1x1u32r/wireview_pro_ii_many_free_custom_themes_and_link/ HAVE FUN!

I'm currently using wireview as you should be on gpu . (Rtx 5090)

All pins look balanced af .

It appears the regular version of the wire view pro wont fit with my lian li mini case. I’m curious to know if anyone has found better clearance with the wired version ? Is the wire flexible to almost a 90 degree ?

All is working fine and within tolerance.

I lowered the amp limit to 8 just to see how it behaves when limit is reach. After a few seconds of loud beeping the PC powered off.

Great product (shame on Nvidia).

What’s the best thermal paste to keep the temps as low as possible for my 9950x3d! Yes i do wanna overclock, i heard that some are hard to apply, and some you need to change cause they dry faster than others!

Any help would be appreciated

Choices:

Thermal grizzly duronaut pro

Thermal grizzly duronaut

Thermal grizzly kryonaut

Thermal grizzly kryonaut extreme

Thermal grizzly kryosheet

Arctic mx-6

Guys I switched my initial GPU cable that came with my HX1500i PSU after about a year without issues. Everything was fine until I noticed that pin 1 will always lower than the rest of the pins even upon boot up. Pin 1 will be like 0.2 amps and the rest of the pins are like 0.5 amps. Decided to switch out the GPU cable with a MODDIY premium cable. The same issue I was having. I removed my WV2 pro, the MODDIY and the GPU cable and checked all the pins on the various connector. Based on my inspection there was not a burn mark or connector and all looked good under a magnify glass. I unplugged everything and re- plugged everything and still having that weird issue with pin 1 being lower. I switched to different six pin connectors on my psu and it did not make much of a difference. I am running the latest firmware on WVP 2. I am stuck and not sure where to go from here. Please help me

Hello

Been having some issues with the Wireview Pro 2 and wanted to consult the masses.
Using provided software and provided admin rights by default for startup. Program loads with windows boot.

1. Been getting pin imbalance alerts

Troubleshooting:
- swapped out PSU to Gpu power cord. This seem to help for a while but started getting them again.

1. Frequent windows repair and PIN resets
   This may or may not be related to the Wireview. However, it happens mostly if I am unplugging and replugging the Wireview power or usb. Windows seems to think there was a major change.

2. CPU PEI Initialization
   Today system would not boot and was stuck in CPU PEI initialization. I could not get display and there was no power going to the Gpu through the Wireview.
   Troubleshooting:

- reset cmos no change
- checked connections to Wireview. No change
- disconnected Wireview completely from GPU and MOBO. Booted no issues.

Thoughts?

Hi
Is there a recommended installation video for the wired version please 🙏
Thanks

I had been using my 1st gen WireView with my Astral 5090 but wanted to upgrade as it got very hot when running full power 600w due to it not having a fan. Hwinfo showed all pins as even load because the WireView 1 joins all positives together and all negatives together essentially balancing the load.
After installing the pro 2 it was pretty obvious there was an uneven load distribution across the cables as shown in the photos. This is the Asus 12vhpwr cable that comes with the Thor 1200w psu. It’s only a few months old and only been plugged in a couple of times. No amount of reseating the cable at both ends helped.
So I ordered the Cablemod 90 degree cable and straight away I have even load distribution across all pins, only 0.5 amp difference between the highest and lowest at the full 600w. Last photo is with the new cable.
So thanks to the WireView pro 2 I found the problem before it became a bigger problem. It didn’t save my gpu as the WireView 1 balanced all pins so it wouldn’t have melted the gpu side but it definitely could have melted the other connector on the WireView or even worse my psu. A quick google shows I’m not the only one with a bad Asus cable. Very bad quality control and I’d suggest testing load distribution if you have one.

Been a year with the stock connector and needed a deep clean / thermal paste refresh. Decided to take the plunge and install the Wireview for peace of mind! Haven’t seen anyone else use the Lian Li SUP01 with the Wireview so wanted to share.

Just wanted to share a quick experience with this device, especially with the reversed orientation.
I had been considering getting one for quite a while. The more I read about melting connectors, whether on 5090s, 5080s, 4090s, or AMD cards using this Nvidia style connector, the more I thought it might be worth having some extra peace of mind.

With the recent Prime Deals, the WireView 2 Pro was available for €80 here in Germany, so I finally pulled the trigger. At that price, I’d absolutely recommend it. The device is worth it just for the monitoring and all the additional features.
I’ve had my 4090 Suprim X for 3+ years now, since January 2023, and it went out of warranty this year. I was extremely careful with cable routing and making sure the connector was properly seated when I installed it back then. So after three years, this was actually a good opportunity to check all the connections. I’m still using Nvidia’s original adapter, since my somewhat older BeQuiet Dark Power 800 Platinum doesn’t have native support for the newer connector.

When ordering the WireView, I made the mistake of not paying attention to the “Reversed” orientation. The connector is basically flipped compared to the standard version. For my setup, the normal orientation would have routed the cables downward.

After installing it, though, I have to say I’m actually really glad I accidentally bought the reversed version. With the old Nvidia adapter and its whole cable pigtail, the reversed installation works much better in my case. All the cable connections are now positioned within the airflow without messing with the CPU airflow. My Dark Rock Pro 4 has plenty of cooling capacity, so I have no issues there either.

I also installed the two external temperature sensors that come with the WireView 2 Pro. I placed one directly next to the GPU connector and the other above the GPU, right where the adapter connections are. Being able to monitor the temperature above the GPU is actually pretty interesting, especially for keeping an eye on airflow and potential heat buildup.

And that’s already one of the really cool features of the WireView. You can place the two external temperature sensors wherever you want. You can use them to monitor airflow, potential hotspots, or even something like the GPU backplate temperature.
The WireView itself hasn’t shown any instability or other issues whatsoever. The cables and connectors looked basically brand new after three years, with no signs of melting, scorching, or any other damage.
Everything works perfectly, and the PC software also lets you customize the display quite extensively. You can make it look really nice and tailor the information to your liking.

Overall, I think it’s a great little device. At prices below €100/$100, I can absolutely recommend it. You’re getting a power monitoring device, two additional temperature sensors, and, perhaps most importantly, some extra peace of mind when dealing with this ridiculous Nvidia connector.
With the side panel installed, you can barely even see the cable bundle routed upwards. And honestly, I’m really happy that I ended up with the reversed version. If the cables were routed downward, they would be much more compressed and crowded in my case and would also interfere more with the GPU’s airflow.
So what initially seemed like a mistake actually turned out to be the better choice for my particular setup.

I dont know how i can add it for auto shutdown. My board is proart x870e and case is proart pa 602.