Laptop/ASUS

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ASUS Linux

Advanced power management (Laptop Power Profile selection, battery charge limit and Panel Overdrive) and many other functions from recent laptops need the ASUS Linux stack installed and running.

Battery charge threshold

Kernel 5.4 brought the ability to set the battery charge threshold for some Asus laptops, by modifying the charge_control_end_threshold variable exposed under /sys/class/power_supply/BAT0/[1][2].

By default this value is set to 100 and reset on every power cycle[3].

The effect of its change can be demonstrated as follows: 

$ cat /sys/class/power_supply/BAT0/status
Charging
$ cat /sys/class/power_supply/BAT0/capacity
74
# echo 60 > /sys/class/power_supply/BAT0/charge_control_end_threshold
$ cat /sys/class/power_supply/BAT0/status
Not charging
Note: As of 2020-12-11, the following battery device names are recognized: BAT0, BAT1, BATC and BATT.[4] Adjust accordingly or use the single character wildcard (?), e.g. BAT?.

Include required module in initramfs

To work around cases of configuration failing to apply at boot because the required asus_wmi kernel module has not yet been loaded[5], configure early module loading for it.

TLP

TLP gained with version 1.4 the ability to set battery charge thresholds for laptops other than Thinkpads: see upstream documentation and example Gist.

bat

Another (more simple) way to force the charging threshold is by using bat-asus-battery-binAUR, which provides a bat-boot.service systemd service and an intuitive terminal interface to change the threshold by typing bat-asus-battery threshold value.

GNOME extension

gnome-shell-extension-battery-health-charging-gitAUR is a GNOME extension that "provides a graphical user interface for setting a laptop’s charging limit (charging threshold) within a Gnome environment". It supports ASUS laptops and many other brands. See its official website for details and screenshots.

systemd service

This article or section is out of date.

Reason: This manual method was suggested before more reliable solutions were developed, and should be abandoned in their favor. (Discuss in Talk:Laptop/ASUS)

In order to automatically change the value at boot, create the following systemd service: 

/etc/systemd/system/battery-charge-threshold.service
[Unit]
Description=Set the battery charge threshold
After=multi-user.target
StartLimitBurst=0

[Service]
Type=oneshot
Restart=on-failure
ExecStart=/bin/bash -c 'echo value > /sys/class/power_supply/BAT0/charge_control_end_threshold'

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

and then enable it.

Restart=on-failure and StartLimitBurst=0 are used to work around the service failing with a /bin/bash: /sys/class/power_supply/BAT0/charge_control_end_threshold: Permission denied error.

This error is due to the service being started before asus-wmi could be loaded by the kernel (noted as kernel: battery: new extension: ASUS Battery Extension in the journal), making it impossible to write there.

The combination of those two options allows unlimited restart of the service for DefaultStartLimitIntervalSec (set to 10 seconds by default in /etc/systemd/system.conf), leaving enough time for the sysfs path to become available and writable and thus ensuring the fastest execution of the service.

Note: As of 2020-12-01, this is the only functional workaround as neither path-based activation or systemd-tmpfiles were working.

udev rule

The battery's charge_control_end_threshold power supply class attribute does not initially exist. It is added to the sysfs(5) directory by the asus-nb-wmi kernel module. Create a udev rule for asus-nb-wmi to set the battery's charge threshold: 

/etc/udev/rules.d/asus-battery-charge-threshold.rules
ACTION=="add", KERNEL=="asus-nb-wmi", RUN+="/bin/bash -c 'echo value > /sys/class/power_supply/BAT?/charge_control_end_threshold'"

Persist after hibernation

While this setting will persist after suspending to RAM, it will be reset when resuming from hibernation. In order to re-execute the service after hibernation, use one of the methods described in Power management/Suspend and hibernate#Sleep hooks.

If creating a script as described in Power management/Suspend and hibernate#Hooks in /usr/lib/systemd/system-sleep, use something similar to: 

/usr/lib/systemd/system-sleep/battery-threshold.sh
#!/bin/sh
case $1/$2 in
  pre/*)
    echo "Going to $2..."
    ;;
  post/*)
    echo "Waking up from $2..."
    echo 60 > /sys/class/power_supply/BAT0/charge_control_end_threshold
    ;;
esac

Do not forget to make the script executable.

Model list

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Reason: Generic info not specific to laptops should be removed and instead of creating super long, messy entries there should be a dedicated page for the laptop. Many entries also need language improvements (Discuss in Talk:Laptop/ASUS)

Vivobook

Model version Date Video Sound Ethernet Wireless Bluetooth Power management Other Remarks
VivoBook 13 Slate OLED T3300 2022-08-11 Yes Yes – Yes Yes Yes Fingerprint enrolls but never matches. Cameras do not work. Set the debug_quirks=0x20000 module parameter for sdhci in order to use eMMC.
VivoBook M513IA 2021-09-12 Yes Yes – Yes Yes Yes See #Function key behavior
VivoBook F510UA 2018-07-01 Yes Yes – Yes Yes Untested UEFI secure boot key rejected, had to disable in BIOS.
VivoBook 14 X405UQ-BV240T 2024-01-21 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Secure boot is working. Microsoft platform keys can be deleted without any issue.
VivoBook 14 X442UA-GA139T 2018-05-01 Yes Yes Yes Yes Untested Untested UEFI secure boot does not pass, might need work.
VivoBook S301LA 2016-09-01 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes acpi_osi= needed for hotkeys and backlight control. For package power states lower than PC3, see Remarks. To reach PC7, r8168AUR has to be built without certain build options. An easy way to do this is to build r8168-dkmsAUR after modifying its dkms.conf by removing EXTRA_CFLAGS='-DCONFIG_R8168_NAPI -DCONFIG_R8168_VLAN'
VivoBook X512DA 2019-03-15 Yes Yes – Yes Yes Yes See #Function key behavior Fan spins unusually fast when started plugged in.
Vivobook S14 M433 (X421IA) 2020-07-31 Yes Yes – Yes Yes No Fingerprint does not work. See #Function key behavior See article for more details.
VivoBook X509DA_D509DA 2021-06-21 Yes Yes – Yes, with rtl8821ce-dkms-gitAUR Yes Yes Sometimes the touchpad is not recognized, to fix run 
# rmmod i2c-hid-acpi
and 
# modprobe i2c-hid-acpi
 Needed an external wifi/ethernet adapter (via USB) during archiso (for access to internet), screen brightness is set to lowest when you plug/unplug your power for the first time after boot (now fixed, i think by adding the amdgpu module in /etc/mkinitcpio.conf)
VivoBook Pro 14 (M3400) 2021-04-29 Yes Yes – Yes Yes Yes A few keys were strangely mapped (e.g. Screenshot key Fn+F11 mapped to Super+S). Recovering from DPMS brightness reset to default can be solved by replacing acpi_video0 with amdgpu_bl0.
Vivobook X450LCP 2019-11-01 Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Touchpad works better with deprecated xf86-input-libinput driver Apparently there is no way to control manually the fan. Every time the fan just stops spinning, needing suspending/reboot to fix.
Vivobook S 14X OLED (M5402) 2023-01-06 Yes Yes – Yes Yes No No OLED safety features, e.g. pixel shift.
  • Fingerprint reader is unreliable but does work.
  • Battery life is significantly worse compared to when running Windows.
Vivobook X513EAN 2023-03-26 Yes Yes – Yes Yes Yes acpi_osi= needed for hotkeys and backlight control. Keyboard backlighting is handled by hardware and works normally, other function keys register when pressed but will require remapping to function
ASUS Vivobook 15X (M1503Q) 2023-03-29 Yes Yes – Yes Yes Yes
Vivobook M1502IA OLED 2023-05-04 Yes Yes* – Yes Yes No Mouse/Keyboard do not wake up after long suspend. System does not properly shutdown or reboot. The majority of the trackpad is left-click. Middle and right-click are only at the bottom edge.
Vivobook GO 15 E1504FA 2024-01-08 Yes Yes – Yes Yes Yes Easiest method to control the monitor backlight is to use acpilight

Function key behavior

The Function keys default behavior is F1,F2,etc… and must be unset by using Fn+Esc to use alternative functions.

Gaming

Model version Date Video Sound Ethernet Wireless Bluetooth Power management Other Remarks
GL552VM-DM-802D 2017-02-01 Yes Yes Yes Yes Untested Untested Needs acpi_backlight=native to have Fn keys backlight control, idle=nomwait and acpi_osi=! acpi_osi='Windows 2009' to boot.
G502VM-FY017T 2017-02-01 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes The screen adjustment need a little workaround
FX502VM 2017-02-01 Yes Yes Yes Yes Untested Yes Fn keys does not send ACPI events, except F10,F11,F12 (sound control)
FX504GD 2019-05-30 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes For Fan Speed Control see Fan speed control#Alternative method using EC registers. For touchpad five finger touch of death apply patch pinctl-intel.c patch
FX505DY 2020-12-01 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes See #Black screen after sleep
FX505DT 2021-09-30 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes See #Battery charge threshold. Keyboard backlight settings can be controlled via tuf-managerAUR See #Black screen after sleep
G73SW 2011-08-19 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Untested
G550JK 2014-08-01 Yes Yes Untested Yes Untested Untested fix background noises while using headphones
FX 533VE 2018-02-01 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes See #Nouveau prevents boot.
FX 504GM 2019-02-01 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Did not manage to use the HDMI output (in fact, it is possible, but...), issue posted on the forum. See #Nouveau prevents boot.
FX 504GE 2019-06-01 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes See #Elan1200 touchpad.
GL 503VD 2019-02-01 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes See #Elan1200 touchpad.
See #Nouveau prevents boot.
FA506IV 2022-02-02 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Keyboard backlight works but needs faustus with openrgb (or openrgb-binAUR) to change RGB. Cannot change EFI boot stubs timeout with efibootmgr.

Republic of Gamers (ROG)

Model version Date Video Sound Ethernet Wireless Bluetooth Power management Other Remarks
ROG G55VW 2012-07-30 Yes Yes Untested Yes Untested Untested
ROG Strix GL702ZC 2017-04-01 Yes Yes Yes Yes No Untested Backlight keys are amdgpu, not xbacklight. Fancontrol is ACPI, there are some amdgpu fan control stuff on aur/github.
ROG Zephyrus M 2023-08-20 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 13-16W draw possible with Nvidia module configuration. Wayland on Intel and unloaded nvidia-drm All of the Asus AUR control applications seem to work just fine for controlling keyboard backlight, fans (on/off/auto), and battery thresholds asusctl-gitAUR rog-control-centerAUR rogauracore-gitAUR The battery is the big disadvantage. On Windows it can last for up to 6h, however. This laptop is definitely not Linux friendly
ROG Zephyrus M16 GU603Z 2023-03-08 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Bad battery life:
cannot power down NVIDIA GPU		 All of the Asus AUR control applications seem to work just fine for controlling keyboard backlight, fans, and battery thresholds asusctl-gitAUR rog-control-centerAUR rogauracore-gitAUR I did not expect the battery life to be great on this laptop, but otherwise it works fine with linux, i.e. gaming is fantastic and the 20 core CPU seems to work great.
ROG Zephyrus G14 (GA401I) 2021-05-12 Yes Yes – Yes Yes Yes Some function keys and AniMe LED matrix work with kernel patches and asusctl-gitAUR.
ROG Zephyrus G15 (GA502IU) 2020-07-08 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Some custom keys do not work. Can control only one fan with asus_nb_wmi module.
ROG Zephyrus S15 (GX502LWS) 2020-20-25 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Sleep: Untested Keyboard colors work using rogauracore-gitAUR
ROG Flow X13 (GV301QE) 2021-07-01 Yes Yes – Yes Yes Untested Accelerometer sensor is not detected (waiting for asus-wmi fix?). Lid-backflip sensor works with linux-flowx13AUR Tablet integration is manual, because the lid-backflip sensor is missing.
ROG Flow X13 (GV301QH) 2021-10-09 Lid-backflip is not detected. Fingerprint sensor is detected when libfprint is fully upgraded, however it always fails to verify.
ROG Flow X13 (GV301RA) 2024-10-13 Yes Accelerometer works, Fingerprint sensor works but verification fails pretty often. Tablet integration works with linux-g14AUR kernel.
ROG Zephyrus GU501GM 2021-11-24 Yes Yes – Yes Yes No Fan curves cannot be changed though overboost modes work. RGB works with rogauracore-gitAUR and all keys work except the mute microphone button HDMI output is hardwired to the NVIDIA GPU.
ROG Zephyrus S GX531GS 2024-04-29 Yes Yes – Yes Yes Yes Fan curves cannot be changed though overboost modes work. RGB works with rogauracore-gitAUR and all keys work HDMI output is hardwired to the NVIDIA GPU.
ROG Strix G15 G513QY Advantage Edition 2022-01-16 Yes Yes Yes Partial: No AP (HotSpot) mode Yes Yes Flashing lights during sleep could be disable with asusctlAUR. Support for custom fan curves should land in kernel 5.17
ROG Strix Scar G15 G533QS 2022-02-19 Yes Yes Yes Partial: No AP (HotSpot) mode Yes Yes
ROG Strix G15 G513 (G513QR) 2022-02-21 Yes Yes* Yes Yes Yes Yes Sometimes the WiFi card is not recognized after rebooting. The keys for changing profile and muting the mic require workaround (see fix for profile and mic-mute. *Very noisy (almost useless) internal mic. Headset mic requires hdajackretask: select Realtek ALC825 and override pin 0x19 with "Microphone".
ROG STRIX G732LXS 2022-11-12 Yes Yes* Yes Yes Yes Yes supergfxd works perfectly with balanced settings. Optimus needs NVIDIA only
ROG Zephyrus M16 2023 (GU604V) 2023-04-26 Yes Yes* – Yes Yes Yes There is no support for Advanced Optimus as of now. Tested with secure boot and fast boot disabled.
ROG STRIX G17 (G713RW) 2023-07-03 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Awful microphone and also Minor WiFi Problems ASUS Linux works great. RGB control supported.
ROG Zephyrus G14 2023 (G402NV) 2023-07-16 Yes Yes – Yes Yes No
  • Kernel 6.7 fixes audio issues. More details about the old workaround for audio issues.
  • In case of suspend-to-ram issue, downgrade UEFI to v310 (see here)
  • Bluetooth working in 6.6.0-rc1
ROG Zephyrus G14 2023 (G402XV) 2023-10-24 Yes Yes – Yes Yes Yes

rog-control-centerAUR works great.

  • Kernel 6.7 fixes audio issues. More details about the old workaround for audio issues.
  • In case of suspend-to-ram issue, downgrade UEFI to v310 (see here)
  • Bluetooth working in 6.6.0-rc1
  • Screen flickering issues may occur with certain resolutions and refresh rates in some Linux kernel versions.
ROG Flow X16 2023 (GV601VI) 2024-01-24 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
  • Audio works starting with 6.7.0, before that one needs to add a BIOS patch to provide missing _DSD entries, (see here)
ROG Strix G16 2023 (G614JI) 2024-05-01 Yes Yes Yes Yes Untested Yes
  • nvidia driver version 550.78+ is required for suspend to work
  • Set acpi_backlight=native for proper display brightness control on dGPU
ROG Zephyrus G14 2024 (GA403UV) 2024-06-17 Yes Yes – Yes Yes Yes
ROG Zephyrus G16 2024 (GU605MI) 2024-09-01 Yes Yes – Yes Yes Yes For OLED screen brightness, see Backlight#Color correction.

The Ultimate Force (TUF)

Model version Date Video Sound Ethernet Wireless Bluetooth Power management Other Remarks
TUF Dash F15 (FX517ZC/ZR/ZM/ZE) 2022-07-01 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Keyboard effects not controllable. Most function keys work, Aura and airplane mode keys do not. Hybrid GPU switching works perfectly using asusctl.
TUF Gaming F15 (FA507RC/RE/RM/RR/RW) 2022-12-17 Yes Yes Partial: r8169 causes crashes. Needs r8168AUR or r8168-dkmsAUR installed and r8169 kernel module blacklisted. Yes Yes Yes Keyboard RGB controllable with kernel above 6.1. All function keys work. Needs asus_ec_sensors kernel module blacklisted.
TUF Gaming A15 (FA506NC/IC/IE/IHR/QR/) 2021-03-15 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
  • Monitor brightness control requires the following kernel parameters: 
    acpi_osi=! idle=nomwait acpi_backlight=native
  • Keyboard rgb control requires asusctl (only static effect available)
TUF Gaming A16 (FA617XS/NS/XT/NT) 2024-05-19 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
  • Suspend-to-RAM is broken on BIOS versions 311-313. The latest working BIOS version is 309, but it breaks suspend-to-RAM on Windows.
  • For Steam gaming start games with DRI_PRIME=1, for gaming and desktop graphic glitch issues see AMDGPU#Tear free rendering
  • If you experience green artifacts on eDP display, disable PanelSelfRrefresh2 with the following kernel parameter amdgpu.dcdebugmask=0x200
TUF Gaming F15 (FX506HC-HN111W) 2024-01-21 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes asusctl recommended for keyboard RGB control and hybrid GPU switching
TUF Gaming A15 (FA507UV) 2024-10-07 Yes Yes Untested Yes Yes Untested Upgrading BIOS from 307 to 309 causes losing control over keyboard's LED, fan speed and charge threshold

Black screen after sleep

Add amd_iommu=off idle=nomwait amdgpu.gpu_recovery=1 to your kernel command line.

Nouveau prevents boot

Boot with nouveau disabled: use nouveau.modset=0 on the kernel command line. Need to edit bumblebee service to boot : https://github.com/Bumblebee-Project/Bumblebee/issues/764#issuecomment-450749984.

Elan1200 touchpad

Some fixes are needed: see https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1543769.

ZenBook

Model version Date Video Sound Ethernet Wireless Bluetooth Power management Other Remarks
UX305FA 2016-10-01 Yes Yes – Yes Yes Yes Function keys for brightness (F5/F6) do not send ACPI events
UX303LN 2014-10-01 Yes Yes – Yes Untested Untested Touchpad misses gestures, Touchscreen misses multi-touch support Avoid some power management features due to Kernel Bug 102091.
UX32L(N) 2015-08-29 Yes Yes – Yes Yes Yes Set the kernel parameters video.use_native_backlight=1 acpi_osi= for working backlight keys and backlight restore. Avoid activating some power management features due to Kernel Bug 102091.
UX331UA 2018-09-05 Yes Yes – Yes Yes Yes Untested:Fingerprint reader
UX3404VA 2024-04-08 Yes Yes* – Yes Yes Yes
UX3405MA 2024-05-17 Yes Yes* – Yes Yes Yes
UX480 2019-10-23 Yes – – Yes Yes Yes
UX430UA 2017-06-01 Yes Yes – Yes Yes Yes PWM Fan control is not available See dedicated page.
UX390UA 2018-05-01 Yes Yes – Yes Yes Yes
UX534FTC 2020-04-09 Yes Yes – Yes Yes Yes
UM425 2021-02-01 Yes Yes – Yes Yes Yes
UM3402YA 2022-09-28 Yes Partial* – Yes Yes Yes Fancontroll, fingerprint sensor not working; "deep sleep"/suspend to ram draining power *internal speakers not working
UX3402ZA 2023-01-31 Yes Yes* – Yes Yes Yes * internal speakers work with a patched ACPI table
* as of kernel 6.7 the internal speakers work without the patched ACPI table
* fingerprint works but might require some patience when swiping
UX5401ZA 2023-02-24 Yes Yes – Yes Yes Yes
UX363EA 2023-07-22 Yes Yes* – Yes Untested Yes *Audio might require disabling fast boot in UEFI if dual booting and tweaking ALSA volume control Pipewire + wireplumber confirmed to work on audio/video playback
UX5304 2023-04-21 Yes Yes* – Yes Yes Yes *Audio might require disabling fast boot in UEFI if dual booting and tweaking ALSA volume control Internal Speakers do not work
UX8402Z 2023-11-10 Yes Yes – Yes Yes Untested: Hibernation
UX6404VV 2024-01-15 Yes Yes – Yes Yes Yes For Audio use Kernel >=6.7
UM5606 2024-09-09 Yes Yes* – Yes Yes* Yes* *Most issues can be resolved by reading the ASUS Zenbook UM5606 page and installing linux-mainline-um5606AUR & linux-firmware-amd-staging-um5606-gitAUR

ExpertBook

Model version Date Video Sound Ethernet Wireless Bluetooth Power management Other Remarks
B9450 2020-04-20 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
B9450CEA 2021-03-14 Yes Yes* Yes Yes Yes Yes
BR1100FKA 2021-05-28 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Primary webcam works, keyboard webcam does not work. Stylus does not fully work. Set the debug_quirks=0x20000 module parameter for sdhci in order to use eMMC.

Eee PC

Model version Date Video Sound Ethernet Wireless Bluetooth Power management Other Remarks
T101MT 2010-08-14 Yes Yes Yes Yes Untested Partial
1001P 2011-09-04 Yes Yes Yes Yes Untested Untested
1005P 2013-04-22 Yes Yes Yes Yes – Yes
1015 series 2014-05-19 Yes Yes Yes Yes Untested Yes USB3: Untested
F201E 2015-09-19 Yes Yes Yes Yes – Untested
1201 series 2017-11-11 Yes Yes Yes Yes Untested Yes
1215 series 2017-12-08 Yes Yes Yes Yes Untested Yes Might need acpi_osi=""

Other

Model version Date Video Sound Ethernet Wireless Bluetooth Power management Other Remarks
W7S 2007-08-01 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
F5R 2008-01-16 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Untested ACPI works with acpi4asus and acpid
G1 2008-11-23 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
M51SN 2008-12-17 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Untested Add snd-hda-intel model=lenovo to /etc/modprobe.d/modprobe.conf
A7SN 2008-12-31 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
N80Vn-X5 2009-02 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Untested Add options snd-hda-intel enable=1 model=g50v position_fix=0 to /etc/modprobe.d/modprobe.conf
F8SN 2009-08 Yes Yes Yes Yes – Hibernate: untested Untested: Modem, Card reader, TV out
A6km 2009-08-10 Yes Yes Yes Yes Untested Hibernate:Untested
L3000D 2010-02-13 Yes Yes Yes – – Yes
N53JN 2010-11-03 Yes Yes Yes Yes Untested Hibernate: Untested suspend works but with problems due to USB3 controller
N53SV 2011-06-26 Yes Yes Yes Yes Untested Yes See also Ubuntu help
N82JV 2011-11-20 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
N56 series 2014-06-30 Yes Yes Yes Yes Untested Untested Untested:
Card reader
A8Le 2011-07-31 Yes Yes Yes Untested Untested Untested
UL30A 2015-07-03 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Hibernate untested Card reader: Untested Needs acpi_backlight=vendor. Use processor.nocst if crashing on boot.
A53T 2012-07-21 Yes Yes Yes Yes Untested Yes
K55VM 2013-04-01 Yes Yes Yes Yes Untested Yes
A55VJ 2013-05-01 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Use i8042.nomux=1 to prevent jittery touchpad.
X401A/X401A1 2013-05-01 Yes Yes Yes Yes Untested brightness control needs asus-nb-wmi and acpi_backlight=intel acpi_osi=
X502CA 2013-07-01 Yes Yes Yes Yes Untested Yes Poor Wi-Fi performance
S300CA 2013-08-01 Yes Yes Yes Yes Untested Yes Untested:
USB3
Card reader		 Use acpi_osi=Linux acpi_backlight=vendor
Q400A 2013-10-17 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Hibernate: Untested HDMI output: Untested
X401U 2014-01-05 Yes Yes Untested Yes – Yes
K55N 2014-11-12 Yes Yes Yes Yes – Overheats and immediately shuts down on modern 3D games. Use thermald to control temp using acpi_cpufreq Fix fn brightness keys with acpi_osi="!Windows 2012" video.use_native_backlight=1. Do not enable early radeon hook to prevent blank screen after hibernation. Fix blank screen on suspend to ram with sysctl -w kernel.acpi_video_flags=3.
X53BR/K53BR 2014-03-30 Yes Yes Yes Yes – Yes heats up very fast
X551CA 2014-03-24 Yes Yes Untested Yes Untested Untested Disabling WiFi blocks the card, Fn+F2 does not work. Workaround on Ubuntu forum.
N550JV 2014-03-01 Yes Yes* Yes Yes Untested Yes** *external speakers pop on sleep/shutdown
**battery issues when a powered device is left plugged into the USB charging port.
X83VB-X2 2014-09-01 Yes Yes Yes Yes Untested Untested Camera: Untested
Q500A 2015-02-01 Yes Yes Yes Yes Untested Yes
S400CA 2015-02-01 Yes Yes Yes Yes Untested Yes Untested:
USB3		 Use acpi_osi=Linux acpi_backlight=vendor
U32U 2015-02-01 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Partial Needs significant setup. Power management hard to get right. CPU Fan constantly on. For rfkill issues options asus_nb_wmi wapf=1 may help
X555L 2016-05-19 Yes Yes Yes Yes No Untested Set acpi_osi= for proper display brightness control
X551MA(V) 2017-01-31 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Set acpi_osi= acpi_backlight=native for proper display brightness control
X553MA 2015-06-01 Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Set OS Selection in BIOS setup to Windows 7
broadcom-wl (causes freezes)
F550J (aka A550J) 2015-09-01 Partial Yes Yes Yes Untested Untested xf86-input-synaptics recommended for touchpad Consider disabling standalone graphics card
N550JX 2015-12-28 Yes Yes* Yes Yes Yes Yes *external speakers needs asus-n550jx-subwoofer-fixAUR
Add kernel parameter acpi_osi= to fix Fn keys
X552M 2015-12-01 Yes Yes Yes Yes Untested Yes Use acpi_osi= acpi_backlight=native for changing backlight with Fn+F5/Fn+F6 Install broadcom-wl-dkms-248AUR[broken link: package not found] for WiFi (LED will not work but the proprietary KMS driver leads to sporadic OS freezes).
E403SA 2017-10-29 Yes Yes – Yes Untested Yes Untested: Card reader
F555UA 2016-08-14 Yes Yes Yes No No Yes No two finger scroll, very buggy touchpad Add options snd-hda-intel model=laptop-dmic position_fix=3 ac97_quirck=alc_jack to /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf to get mic and headphone/mic to work
K501J 2016-09-01 Yes Yes Untested Yes – Yes Touchpad works with xf86-input-libinput, but somewhat uncomfortable. Better with xf86-input-synaptics even if deprecated.
K501LX 2017-01-01 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Keyboard backlight controls Added pcie_port_pm=off to kernel parameters to make bbswitch work correctly.
R540SA 2017-03-01 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
N551VW 2017-06-01 Yes Yes* Yes Yes Yes Untested *Through hdajackretask select Realtek ALC668, check Show unconnected pins then check Override on Pin ID: 0x1a and Internal speaker (LFE), then apply and install the boot override.
N551ZU 2022-10-20 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Untested AMD Enduro supported via PRIME
N76V 2019-01-05 Yes Yes Untested Yes Untested Untested
X451MA 2021-02-12 Yes Yes Yes Yes Untested Untested Install broadcom-wl-dkms
K55VD 2021-11-27 Partial* Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes *nvidia-390xx-dkmsAUR fails with both linux and linux-lts
B9440UA 2024-01-13 Yes Partial* – Yes Untested Untested: Hibernation Untested: Fingerprint Scanner * Headphone Jack outputs very silent audio requiring output volume to be set to 153% to be audible which then produces distortion.