Question about HWSensors and Opencore

[scotty pro 4]

I would like to monitor my temps with HWSensors and have downloaded it from Github.

Upon going to install the installer says it will install the FakeSMC.kext. I am running opencore and use virtualSMC, will FakeSMC screw up my Mojave installation or will it not affect it.

Also, would the sensors even work with virtualSMC.

 

 

[Hervé 2,042]

Don't use FakeSMC + VirtualSMC at the same time, you'll have problems. It's either/or, not both.

 

FakeSMC provides PlugIns for monitoring purposes + HWMonitor app. VirtualSMC too provides its own PlugIns for monitoring and HWMonitor app works with VirtualSMC albeit with a lot of limitations (no personal experience on the matter). It's been years since I last used it but I understand that iStat Menus app works to the full on the other hand. See here.

[noah977 0]

I'd also like to know the best setup for this.  So far, just Istat.

[Slice 6,742]

I may notice that HWSensors3 is not HWSensors and using HWMonitorSMC.app as well as HWMonitorSMC2.app which is also reliable for VirtualSMC if you want.

[Warbands 0]

I would love all of my 14 cores to show up under apps like iStats Menu ( latest version ). I only end up seeing 10 of my 14 cores. Activity Monitor shows all of my cores/threads correctly. While on the subject I wish my GPU temp would come up correctly as well. When I had used Fake it sorta worked, when I moved over to VirtualSMC all the GPU stuff basically went away.

[Slice 6,742]

Did you tested this application?

https://github.com/CloverHackyColor/HWMonitorSMC2/releases

[Warbands 0]

Yes, it does show all my cores, but it is a bit unwieldy compared to iStats Menu