What's the point of using the Wireview if you are going to ignore the warning? Well, the user just found that his device connector got melted.
User Flashes 1000W BIOS and Shunt Mods His Astral RTX 5090; Wireview GPU PRO and Cable Melted Due to High Temperatures
Shunt-modding is a risky business, and in the case of RTX 5090, it increases the risk of connector melting immensely. We have been seeing users overclocking to extremes by shunt-modding their GPUs and flashing with BIOSes that aren't meant for the regular RTX 5090 edition. While ROG Astral RTX 5090 is a premium one, it isn't suited for a 1000W power limit.
A user tried to do both shunt modding and flashing a 1000W BIOS of the MSI RTX 5090 Lightning Z on his Astral RTX 5090, but it turned out to be a big issue for him. The 1000W BIOS has been reported to be working just fine on several non-MSI Lightning Z cards as we have reported previously, but since the Lightning Z is able to handle such a high power consumption via dual 12V-2x6 connectors, the 1000W BIOS is only ideal for this specific edition.
My cable mod finally burned too...
The wireview had some temperature alerts but I doesn't care.
The day after I looked and my connector is burned I had difficult to remove it from wireview.
It's only on external side of wireview, connector of the card is clean.
4pin on ax1600i are brand new it's only the 16vhpwr- Vinz, Overclock Forums
That said, the user connected a Thermal Grizzly Wireview GPU PRO device to his GPU to monitor the power consumption. While Wireview PRO cannot entirely protect a connector from burning/melting, it keeps a check on the power consumption, giving users a warning when the temperature is too high. The user did see the high temperature warning on his Wireview device, but for unknown reasons chose to ignore it.
This resulted in the melting of the Wireview Pro connector, as well as the cable. Surprisingly, his GPU and PSU connectors survived and there is no damage to the GPU or PSU. Still, it's weird why one wouldn't take the warning seriously after feeding up to 1000W to a GPU that isn't meant for such a high power consumption?
News Sources: Overclock, via @unikoshardware
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