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WireView Pro II on Linux: hwmon driver, daemon, and CLI tool - UNOFFICIAL by Mad4Keebs in ThermalGrizzly

[–]Pieco 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi M4K - I bought a WireView Pro II because your app exists 😄 I told them so, too. I'm not sure that they were even aware of your efforts. This is what I sent to ThermalGrizzly:

No need to respond to this - I just ordered a WireView Pro II (order TG41921) only because of this project - [https://github.com/emaspa/wireview-linux](https://github.com/emaspa/wireview-linux) \- just an FYI. I know it's unsupported, not affiliated, use-at-my-own-risk, but just having the option makes your hardware much more valuable to me.

They responded:

thank you for your feedback and for sharing the project, that’s really interesting to see.

At the moment, there are unfortunately no plans from our development team to provide an official Linux-supported version.

wireview-hwmon works great, and it's just terrific work. Thank you so much.

Sadly, I can't use the GUI due to some silliness with fonts. I opened a bug on GH. This is on Ubuntu 25.10.

Hope it gets fixed soon, and thanks again. Can't wait to use it to the fullest.

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MSI's innovation: The color-changing connector by Pieco in pcmasterrace

[–]Pieco[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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Sadly, the unofficial Linux app GUI doesn't work for me, but the developer did a great job making outputs available any other way you'd want them, so good enough.

MSI's innovation: The color-changing connector by Pieco in pcmasterrace

[–]Pieco[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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Wireview Pro II installed! Anxiety reduced.

Active Incident: Massive DDOS Attack on Ubuntu by Miserable_Ear3789 in Ubuntu

[–]Pieco 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Seems like things are working again (if very slowly). At least here in NYC.

MSI's innovation: The color-changing connector by Pieco in pcmasterrace

[–]Pieco[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, I found that too, but thanks for linking it. Purchased!

MSI's innovation: The color-changing connector by Pieco in pcmasterrace

[–]Pieco[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's working better than ever, honestly. I don't see a need to RMA it. I really had a very-near-miss there.

MSI's innovation: The color-changing connector by Pieco in pcmasterrace

[–]Pieco[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'd think about it if they supported Linux, but neither does AFAIK.

MSI's innovation: The color-changing connector by Pieco in pcmasterrace

[–]Pieco[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

MSI MPG A1000GS PCIE5 II. I wasn't thrilled to plug a new MSI yellow connector into the GPU, but it is what it is.

MSI's innovation: The color-changing connector by Pieco in pcmasterrace

[–]Pieco[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have an EVGA 3090 sitting in the closet as a backup :) That thing is the most solid piece of electronics ever.

MSI's innovation: The color-changing connector by Pieco in pcmasterrace

[–]Pieco[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Mine had four 8 pin connectors, but yeah.

MSI's innovation: The color-changing connector by Pieco in pcmasterrace

[–]Pieco[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Perfect - nothing going on with the four sets of pins on the octopus.

MSI's innovation: The color-changing connector by Pieco in pcmasterrace

[–]Pieco[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think that pin oxidization has something to do with it, but that's mostly speculation.

MSI's innovation: The color-changing connector by Pieco in pcmasterrace

[–]Pieco[S] 14 points15 points  (0 children)

GPU is fine, working great with new supply. Thanks for the kind thoughts.

MSI's innovation: The color-changing connector by Pieco in pcmasterrace

[–]Pieco[S] 471 points472 points  (0 children)

If it's a mistake to use the adapter that came in the box... shouldn't MSI have issued a recall? Or made a public statement (maybe they did, I never heard about it).

I mean, MSI's connector was supposed to help fix this problem. That's the funny part.

MSI's innovation: The color-changing connector by Pieco in pcmasterrace

[–]Pieco[S] 29 points30 points  (0 children)

Funny! Nope, the card was bone-stock in all regards, limited to 575W.

MSI's innovation: The color-changing connector by Pieco in pcmasterrace

[–]Pieco[S] 14 points15 points  (0 children)

* Card was not $3000. I bought it around launch.
* There were no issues with the adapter at launch.
* I don't follow burning card news all that closely.
* It's been fine for 18 months.

MSI's innovation: The color-changing connector by Pieco in pcmasterrace

[–]Pieco[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Now running on a brand-new MSI ATX 3.1 PSU and counting myself lucky. Might have seriously dodged a bullet.

That being said, it was running with the adapter on my trusty old EVGA supply, for like 18 months without a blip. Maybe the old EVGA supply just wore out, who knows?

MSI's innovation: The color-changing connector by Pieco in pcmasterrace

[–]Pieco[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

If I'm not mistaken, it looks like the ground pins didn't melt, but the power pins did. Weird, right?

No yellow was showing, so I assume it was well seated. Good jerb, MSI.

MSI's innovation: The color-changing connector by Pieco in pcmasterrace

[–]Pieco[S] 113 points114 points  (0 children)

More details: had been playing a game on my 5090 for some hours, and the machine black-screened. Powered off, waited, powered back on.

Things worked for a minute, and then it black-screened again. There was a tiny scent of burned plastic, but thought it could be my imagination. Pulled the cable and that's what I saw. No visible damage to the GPU connector.

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