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sebastian1717

Member

Registered: 2019-08-29

Posts: 2

Fancontrol Asus Zephyrus

Hi,
I have an Asus Zephyrus GM501GM Laptop with a recently installed Arch Linux system. I tried following  the wiki entry for lm_sensors and Fan speed control, but I can't even seem to find my Fan sensors.

sensors

gives me this output:

iwlwifi-virtual-0
Adapter: Virtual device
temp1:        +34.0°C 

acpitz-acpi-0
Adapter: ACPI interface
temp1:        +39.0°C  (crit = +103.0°C)

coretemp-isa-0000
Adapter: ISA adapter
Package id 0:  +40.0°C  (high = +100.0°C, crit = +100.0°C)
Core 0:        +38.0°C  (high = +100.0°C, crit = +100.0°C)
Core 1:        +38.0°C  (high = +100.0°C, crit = +100.0°C)
Core 2:        +38.0°C  (high = +100.0°C, crit = +100.0°C)
Core 3:        +38.0°C  (high = +100.0°C, crit = +100.0°C)
Core 4:        +40.0°C  (high = +100.0°C, crit = +100.0°C)
Core 5:        +38.0°C  (high = +100.0°C, crit = +100.0°C)

pch_cannonlake-virtual-0
Adapter: Virtual device
temp1:        +46.0°C

The output of

sensors

isn't changed when refreshing it with

sensors-detect

.

And following the Troubleshoot instructions for Asus motherboards don't seem to work as well.

For one there is no pwm file and I can't even create it as I always get permission denied, even though I used

sudo su

to log in as root and I can't load the kernel module asus_fan after installation, as modprobe exits with the error

modprobe: ERROR: could not insert 'asus_fan': No such device

Does someone maybe know an alternative way to communicate with my Fans or can help me with this problem.
I'm grateful for all the help I can get.

Thanks
Sebastian

V1del

Forum Moderator

Registered: 2012-10-16

Posts: 25,417

Re: Fancontrol Asus Zephyrus

Most laptops don't allow the OS access to the fans, relevant instructions telling you otherwise are usually reserved for desktop mainboards. I'd search if any such capability exists for Windows, which I doubt. Laptop fans/temps need to be controlled much tighter than desktop variants, most vendors will not want to take the risk of an user messing with these settings.

sebastian1717

Member

Registered: 2019-08-29

Posts: 2

Re: Fancontrol Asus Zephyrus

On my windows system I can change the fan settings, it is only between quiet optimal and heavy but it is possible with a key combination of fn and f5