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    Asus u44sg control and stop fan

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by slevi, Feb 8, 2013.

  1. slevi

    slevi Newbie

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    Hi! How can I control the fan on laptop ASUS U44SG-WO015V? On windows or linux is not a problem.
    SpeedFan can't control the fan but show only temperatures: 50 for cpu and 49 for gpu; i tried to detect fan on ubuntu with lm-sensors but it doesn't show me them; the comand pwmconfig fails.
    So exists program or guide to change the fan speed though the ACPI, EC or DSDT ?
    Chipsent intel HM65, i3 2350m, intel hd 3000 and nvidia gforce 610m.
    Please help me! Thansk.
     
  2. prikolchik

    prikolchik Notebook Evangelist

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    I believe it is entirely possible. Please provide your DSDT table. You can extract it easily on Linux (you might need to install iasl, should be in repositories):
    Code:
    sudo cat /sys/firmware/acpi/tables/DSDT > DSDT.asl; iasl -d DSDT.asl
    You can then copy-paste the text in the generated DSDT.dsl and paste it on pastebin.com

    Also, provide output of acer_ec.pl that you run on Linux like:
    Code:
    sudo perl acer_ec.pl regsx
    I will have a look at it and tell you how to control the fans on your system.

    How many fans are there in your computer?
     
  3. Prostar Computer

    Prostar Computer Company Representative

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    Make sure you have all relevant updates (BIOS, ATK, chipset, etc.) first. I'm not for certain on this model, but it may have a hotkey for Windows to control fan speeds, as many Asus laptops do.

    Linux, however, may not support this, if it's available on this model.