GitHub – dominiksalvet/asus-fan-control: Fan control for ASUS devices running Linux

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

AFC solves the problems above and even more. Tested devices with links to their first testers:

ASUS VivoBook
ASUS ZenBook
ASUS ROG
Others

N580VD
UX310UA
G752VL
B9440UA
S530UA
UX330UAK
GL502VMK
FX505GM
X507UF
UX360UAK
GL502VSK
FX505GT
X510UA
UX410UA
GL553VD
FX553VD
X512FA
UX410UQ
GL553VE
TP550LAB
X542UF
UX430UA
GL702VSK
UX430UN

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

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