asus-fan-control (AFC)

In default, some ASUS devices running Linux control their system fans inappropriately. Typical symptoms include:

• Running fans even when not under any load
• Not running fans under load appropriately
• Spinning up fans in short performance peaks

| ASUS VivoBook | ASUS ZenBook | ASUS ROG | Others | |---------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| | [N580VD][14] | [UX310UA][18] | [G751JY][25] | [B9440UA][1] | | [S530UA][13] | [UX330UAK][24] | [G752VL][2] | [FX505GM][15] | | [X507UF][17] | [UX360UAK][6] | [GL502VMK][21] | [FX505GT][22] | | [X510UA][4] | [UX410UA][7] | [GL502VSK][10] | [FX553VD][12] | | [X512FA][5] | [UX410UQ][9] | [GL553VD][3] | [TP550LAB][23] | | [X542UF][16] | [UX430UA][8] | [GL553VE][11] | [X540LA][26] | | | [UX430UN][20] | [GL702VSK][19] | [X555LB][27] | | | | [GL552VW][30] | [N751JX][28] | | | | | [N56VV][29] |

[1]: https://github.com/fzwoch [2]: https://github.com/icegood [3]: https://gitlab.com/infinito84 [4]: https://github.com/agura-lex [5]: https://github.com/MartinMyr [6]: https://github.com/afilipovich [7]: https://github.com/fsanzdev [8]: https://github.com/dominiksalvet [9]: https://github.com/gobenavides [10]: https://github.com/Mikarox [11]: https://github.com/arruor [12]: https://github.com/Greifent [13]: https://github.com/nigelwarning [14]: https://github.com/AntonisKl [15]: https://github.com/Rakesh-rules [16]: https://github.com/FadeMind [17]: https://github.com/vaibhav-hexa [18]: https://github.com/theamarin [19]: https://github.com/bonezinger [20]: https://github.com/klausenbusk [21]: https://github.com/Errivincenz [22]: https://github.com/zukurnaz [23]: https://github.com/HamzaLakhani01 [24]: https://github.com/a-johnston [25]: https://github.com/nick-dimitrov [26]: https://github.com/anzepintar [27]: https://github.com/huiyifyj [28]: https://github.com/rayman1972 [29]: https://github.com/h0tsmirn [30]: https://github.com/cbellosoto

ProTip! Your device is not in the table? Take a look at contributing.md file and you can easily add it.

Compatibility notes:

* Devices with AMD processors do not work with AFC.

* Devices with the 7th gen Intel processors work well.

* Other devices may vary.

Table of Contents

• asus-fan-control (AFC)

Install

Dependencies

• systemd suite
• acpi_call module (see below)

Using GitPack

AFC supports GitPack. Global installation/update:

sudo gitpack install github.com/dominiksalvet/asus-fan-control

If your system has APT, GitPack will install acpi_call automatically.

From AUR

We have an AUR package available. Global installation/update:

mkdir -p /tmp/asus-fan-control/ && cd /tmp/asus-fan-control/ &&
git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/asus-fan-control.git . &&
sudo makepkg -si

For AUR installations, enable running AFC automatically:

sudo systemctl enable afc

Usage

AFC does not run in the background (i.e., it is not a daemon process). It is executed automatically whenever necessary (e.g., on OS boots) to keep the effect of a permanent change. It is also possible to invoke it manually as shown below:

sudo asus-fan-control

It uses custom temperatures if previously set, otherwise the default temperatures are used.

Custom Temperatures

The fan speed policy is usually defined by 8 increasing numbers representing temperature boundaries in degrees Celsius between individual fan speed levels. E.g., UX430UA's default temperatures are 55 60 62 65 68 72 76 80 as shown:

| Speed level | Temperature (C°) | |-------------|------------------| | 0 (off) | 54 and less | | 1 | 55 to 59 | | 2 | 60 to 61 | | 3 | 62 to 64 | | 4 | 65 to 67 | | 5 | 68 to 71 | | 6 | 72 to 75 | | 7 | 76 to 79 | | 8 (max) | 80 and more |

To use your custom temperatures, use the set-temps command. For example:

sudo asus-fan-control set-temps 45 50 55 60 65 70 75 80

GUI

Did you know that AFC has a graphical user interface extension? Visit afc-gui for more details.

Useful Resources

• support.md – questions, answers, help
• contributing.md – get involved, suggestions, bug reports
• license – author, license text