ASUS TUF Laptops With Ryzen Are Now Patched To Stop Overheating On Linux

[Cydonia]

Sorry for being such a noob, but could anyone point me towards any guide of sorts about how to install these patches? I'm somewhat of a linux noob and would love to learn how to apply them so my laptop can run properly.

[skeetre]

My new HP 14-dk0028wm Ryzen 3 3200u did this to me yesterday. Just rebooted and came up saying it had overheated. I rebooted again, and noticed the fans were no where near as loud as in Windows. Bios setting has fans enabled all the time, but don't seem to spin up as fast as they do under windows.

[dkasak]

I have read on reddit that all Ryzen laptops have problems on linux. So I don't think its ASUS specific. Lenovo and others have same problems.

Mine's working fine. Lenovo Flex 14, AMD Ryzen 7 2700U with Radeon Vega Mobile Gfx. Can't complain

[babaibhat]

I had this throttling issue in Asus laptops since 2008. Whether it's windows or Linux , it always throttled and set at 1192 MHz speed.

Had to install custom overclocking software such as Throttle Stop to keep it running at processors advertised speed.

[blackshard]

professional users cannot really use gaming systems for CAD/CAM. Not for serious work at least °°
There exist lineups of proper workstation laptops.

Of course, as much as a professional can't use a soho notebook, or professionals 3D makers can't use 3D gaming video cards in their setup for some obscure reasons, yet they have to pay three or four times the same amount of money for the very same piece of hardware.

Professionals is a border-line word to often say everything and nothing, of course you need to evaluate what you exactly need for your work.

[blackshard]

True, but the same could be said for these "workstation" use cases. Desktops are better suited for these uses as well. Anyone serious about 3D rendering is going to be doing it on the proper hardware... The only advantage these laptops offer is mobility, but even this is not that great as these "gaming" laptops weigh a ton, have giant power bricks, and often have crappy TN panels rather than sharper, more accurate, IPS screens. Not to mention they are marketed as "gaming" laptops and even include the stupid RGB lighting to boot. But I guess to each their own.

Ok, but as you see this ASUS TUF machines have full-hd IPS panels, weight 2.5 kg (not a TON) and can be used in mobility to do 3D modelling etc... so you may chose a desktop to do 3D (or whatever you need it for) for better price/performance ratio, but if you *need* mobility these notebooks are a suitable choice and desktop is not.

[aht0]

Because, also for gaming, you can use them as workstations?

They have:

- full hd IPS panels
- 35W/45W CPUs (not the hindered -U models with power limit of 15 watts)
- Discrete video chips with enough power
- Plenty of memory

Just some use cases that pops in mind are architects, 3D rendering, ...
Of course desktops are better in terms of price/performance, but they can't be moved easily

professional users cannot really use gaming systems for CAD/CAM. Not for serious work at least °°
There exist lineups of proper workstation laptops.

[Azrael5]

The other AMD users are safe rom this issue?

[nomadewolf]

Unbelieveable that these days there are still manufacturers releasing laptops without checking for linux compatibility prior release and - even worse - not helping customers immediatly once first reports emerge. Asus decided not to care at all, instead they let their linux-using customers suffer for *months*.

Actually I was thinking about buying a Zenbook as soon as Ryzen-4000 powered models would appear, however I am actually reconsidering now.

Asus used to be my favorite brand, because they had the most quality.
But in the last years they really skimped on the quality side and now i prefer other brands, like HP.

[eggbert]

Because, also for gaming, you can use them as workstations?

They have:

- full hd IPS panels
- 35W/45W CPUs (not the hindered -U models with power limit of 15 watts)
- Discrete video chips with enough power
- Plenty of memory

Just some use cases that pops in mind are architects, 3D rendering, ...
Of course desktops are better in terms of price/performance, but they can't be moved easily

True, but the same could be said for these "workstation" use cases. Desktops are better suited for these uses as well. Anyone serious about 3D rendering is going to be doing it on the proper hardware... The only advantage these laptops offer is mobility, but even this is not that great as these "gaming" laptops weigh a ton, have giant power bricks, and often have crappy TN panels rather than sharper, more accurate, IPS screens. Not to mention they are marketed as "gaming" laptops and even include the stupid RGB lighting to boot. But I guess to each their own.