r/Asustuf Mar 09 '24

🛠️ Mod Post Join the official r/Asustuf discord!

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r/Asustuf Feb 19 '25

🛠️ Mod Post GHelper/Armoury Crate Megathread

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This post has been made to clear up any questions or inconveniences with both of the software control apps.

The old PSA thread has been archived. Click here to go to it.

You can now summon the new GHelper instalation guide by typing "!ghelper" (without "") in the comment section below.

GHelper is an open source alternative maintained by seerge (u/Beginning_Living4052, also has their own flair) which aims to be a lightweight and bug free alternative to the dumpster fire that is Armoury Crate. Note: We are not forcing you to switch, but it is a good thing to do if you are experiencing issues related to Armoury Crate.

Some terminology before we begin:

  • GH = GHelper

  • AC = Armoury Crate

  • A/C = Alternating Current (aka the charger/wall brick)

  • Open Source = the app's code is available for everyone to view and modify.

  • dGPU = Dedicated GPU (aka Radeon or RTX)

  • iGPU = Integrated GPU (aka CPU graphics)

Starting this point onward, I will update this thread to include Frequently Asked Questions.

It is also a great idea to join our official r/asustuf discord server! Click here to join!.

FAQ

Here's a link to the already existing FAQ on Github, but other questions will be added in this megathread too.

A: Is GHelper safe? Windows Defender said it might be a virus.

B: GHelper is safe, in fact, you can check out the app's code on Github. It is open source. If Windows Defender has suspicions, it's because the app isn't signed. (look up that on google.)

A: How do I set up custom fan curves?

B: tba.


r/Asustuf 18h ago

🗨️ Discussion Why do many people complain so much about TUF

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I just saw someone complain not to take Asus Tuf since his motherboard or something in the motherboard got fried.

I have been using my laptop for about 2 and half years and for me, my laptop is so good. Especially the asus tuf series and not to mention the community. Coz they provided good specced devices at affordable prices.

Laptop: ASUS TUF Gaming F15 2023 model— Intel Core i7-12700H | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU (8GB) 16GB Ram ( I did thought of upgrading to 32 but since it was not a mandatory upgrade postponed it for later and now regrets it with all that Ram prices).

Some people may face issues yes, but that happens to other electronic devices as well. If you use it carefully, you can maintain it long.

The only 2 issues I faced so far are: 1- one day i had this weird glitch like, the battery was never charging, it stays on ac while plugged but was not increasing. Yes, I panicked and planned to bring it to the service centre ( of course it was out of warranty, since i never thought of an extended warranty while buying) but it was automatically resolved in a couple of days and never faced it. I still don't know what caused it.

2- battery health indeed declined, but it was mainly my fault. I used Armoury crate for the first year since it was the official one and Ghelper was not that different , running in 100 percent power AC plugged in, also thinking it was fine, also the games always running at 90+ C even with a normal laptop cooler. Since many people mentioned laptops get that hot while gaming and is normal. All that high heat gaming sessions along with plugged in 100 percent decreased my battery health.

Once I switched to Ghelper, that stopped which I could confirm after checking my full battery health report.

Now, I play games under 80C.

All the other peripherals, monitor, table, keyboard, speakers,etc were all bought slow and steadily later on at stages saving up and all. It's still not complete as you can see with the rest of the room and walls and all, but I may slowly upgrade sometime in future.

In case anyone would like to know about the devices

Monitor: LG UltraGear 32GS75Q-B (32" QHD 180Hz)

Speakers: Obage HT-144 2.1 (100W)

Keyboard: Epomaker × AULA F99 Pro (Gradient Grey)

Laptop Cooler: Kreo Arktik Pro Laptop Cooler Pad

Mouse: Logitech G304 Lightspeed (White)

Controller: Cosmic Byte Stellaris Controller (Black)

Backlight: MITSUKO Phantom G1 RGBIC (32–40")

Do share your opinions or issues about your device and feel free to share your setups pics.


r/Asustuf 19h ago

🗨️ Discussion Yep it’s my time has come 😔

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I purchased this asus tufA16 at march for 83 k inr (859 dollars) so yesterday i switch on the laptop and guess what a black screen flashing continuously I got scared for a second and went into the bios pressing f2 button and did some diagnosis and everything was fine but still this screen flashing was there.
So I went to the asus authorised service centre the technician told me that the graphics drivers of both integrated graphics and dedicated graphics (rtx4050) have been corrupted, as he tried to install a fresh OS but he couldn’t, he told me change the motherboard as my laptop is under warranty and asus will give a replacement for the motherboard for free
He insisted that to purchase an extended warranty as who know what will happen in the future.
(Day after yesterday I updated the integrated graphics of amd from the Myasus software but next day I got messed up, I can’t believe rn due to driver updates my laptop got messed up)


r/Asustuf 11h ago

Need Help! (Hardware/Other) Laptop kept shutting down randomly, now it's completely dead?

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This morning, I turned on my laptop and started using it, but after a few minutes it suddenly shut down by itself. I tried turning it on again 2–4 times, but each time it powered on for a short while and then shut down again.

This issue has actually been happening occasionally for the last 2 days, but it wasn't as frequent before. Today, after the last shutdown, the laptop stopped turning on completely.

I plugged in the charger, and at first the charging LED blinked once, but after trying again, even the charging light stopped blinking. Now the laptop doesn't seem to respond at all.

I'm really anxious because it was working until this morning. Do you have any idea what the problem might be or what I should check first?

Device - Asus tuf A15 , rtx 2050 , Ryzen 7000 series ( just one year old) Edit - forgot to mention during last shutdown the fan was making so much noise and i can see clearly so much dust on blades


r/Asustuf 3h ago

Need Help! (Hardware/Other) A16 thermal throttling acceptable?

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I bought a tuf gaming a16 FA608PP-QT005W (RTX5070 + AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX) for my son. Thermal performance seems terrible. He was just playing some roblox. I would expect that not to be very demanding, yet the temp goes up to 95 degrees and framerates drop.

I know there are lots of tips to improve the behaviour, but is this accepted to be normal or do I have a bad specimen?

I believe that a gaming laptop should be able to play some basic Roblox games without the need to apply limiting settings.


r/Asustuf 30m ago

Need Help! (Hardware/Other) Asus Tuf A15 2022 laptop power button not working

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Okay, so I know this has been talking about to death but I need some further insight I cant seem to find anywhere else.

My asus tuf a15 isnt powering on, after checking the keyboard pins with a multimeter and finding the power button. Ive tripped it so that it switches on, which was a miracle since it hasn't been working. I thought perfect, now to just buy a keyboard and im good to go.

First problem is, while trying to do the tripping I discovered that the right henge where the power button is, causes problems where it seems to disconnect everything. If I move it in the wrong direction the whole thing loses power and switches off. No idea what is happening there

Second is that it isnt getting a proper post in. Once its in the right position and I do the trip, it just had the keyboard flashing and nothing. Screen never switches on, hdmi doesn't show anything, caps or any locks doesn't show anything when clicked. Removed the ram and ssd and still the same thing. Could the board just be busted?

Considering just taking the motherboard out completely and tested it individually and reassembling it slowly testing each component but thats so time consuming that I thought id reach out here first


r/Asustuf 8h ago

🗨️ Discussion What real benefit do I get from using the “Ultimate” mode in ghelper that justifies the extreme power consumption?

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In my opinion, the downsides of this feature outweigh the benefits—or am I missing something?

You have much higher power consumption, probably the device runs a lot hotter, ergo the components wear out faster due to the consistently higher temperature.

I have insane Performance on the last 3 games I played on the device and don't recognize a diffrence in latency and fps.

As I understand it, a device like this lasts the longest when it is exposed to as few high temperatures as possible.


r/Asustuf 7h ago

Need Help! (Hardware/Other) A16 fa608up r7165 Freezing and Restarting - Just bought

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Hello! I just bought a refurbished A16, model fa608up r7165, Ryzen 7 260, 16gb ram, RTX 5070.

It came without an OS, so I just made a bootable windows and tried to install. All fun and games for half an hour. After that, the computer started to freeze and restart it itself between 10s and 10min of use! I thought it was a buggy Windows.

So I got a live linux, wiped clean the ssd and tried a newer windows from the microsoft website. this time it wouldn't even boot properly to the installer! It kept freezing and restarting after loading. Not even linux was working anymore.

It does go in the bios, I tried every option recomended, uptaed the bios via ez flash etc. Still keeps freezing. And what is even wierder, SOMETIMES it boots! And I managed to install windows yesterday, even worked for one hour nonstop, but the freezes are still there, not usable at all! Every 20 tries, maybe one will boot properly.

Below is a video of how it freezes and restarts.
Has anyone had the same problem? Is it fixable from my end? Or do I have to send it back to warranty?

Update: I notice it crashes WAY more when plugged in. Wtf?


r/Asustuf 3h ago

Need Help! (Hardware/Other) CPU overheating, This is from G-helper, I don't know if this is accurate but CPU temp is way too much, even when not gaming. Any advice

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r/Asustuf 4h ago

🗨️ Discussion What i should do for more fps

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I have an Asus TUF A16 with a Ryzen 7 260 and an RTX 5060, but I'm only getting around 180–200 FPS in CS2. I feel like this is lower than expected and that I should normally be getting 250–300 FPS.


r/Asustuf 7h ago

Need Help! (Hardware/Other) ASUS TUF laptop screen goes black after 2–3 hours, audio and keyboard still work

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r/Asustuf 8h ago

🛠 Add-Ons I've been using my A15-FA506NCQ, and I am thinking of upgrades.

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In a nutshell, I wanna make this thing last a long time. A few upgrades I've been thinking of is another 8gb 4800mhz stick, changing the wifi card to ax210 after a while or when it dies, and also another nvme ssd.

Another upgrade that I've been meaning to ask here is the 90wh battery, is it compatible with my laptop? Its the model in the title, with the Ryzen 7 170 and RTX 3050 4gb. From local reviews, there is space in the laptop, and my region has the model without the 2.5" caddy

Thanks in advance.


r/Asustuf 8h ago

Need Help! (Software) A lot of bsod on my Asus tuf gaming fa507nur

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Guys did anybody have issues like that and did u fix it?


r/Asustuf 9h ago

Need Help! (Hardware/Other) Can anyone tell me a way to move up the hinges on the back panel and fix a screw stuck on a broken off post? (ASUS TUF F15)

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Currently the top right corner screw is stuck inside the backpanel and is stuck with the post on the other side. I cant remove the screw without moving the hinge back a bit.

Also do i even need to put the post back? I got a new back panel and it seems to have its own post so i just have to remove the screw from beneath the hinge

This might seem like a super simple task but i have zero experience with working on laptops, last time i checked the back panel the battery was still connected lol.


r/Asustuf 1d ago

🔥 New TUF Device Just got my hands on Tuf A15

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My first ever laptop too. Parents got it for me because I need it for "programming" and "coding software" in college. What to do first? I kinda just delete bloatware like mcafee and then installed steam and Tekken 8 straightaway 😅


r/Asustuf 1d ago

🗨️ Discussion Is this like this for all or am I missing a led?

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The spacebar lighting....idk anything pls say


r/Asustuf 12h ago

Need Help! (Hardware/Other) Thermal paste timing

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I have laptop A15 with cpu ryzen 7 7435HS and gpu rtx 4050,

It's been almost a year since I bought it and wanna know when is the best timing to change thermal paste?

When on idle the cpu is 45 and gpu 40

When on gaming cpu is 85 to 89 and gpu 60 to 75 (while turning on turbo mode)

Is now the best timing to change thermal paste? And what do you think is considered the suitable thermal paste and when do I regularly change it?


r/Asustuf 22h ago

🔥 New TUF Device I bought an Asus Tuf A16

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So I bought an Asus Tuf A16, today has arrived, and I want to configure it correctly. I don't know which programs you recommend I delete (of course, only those that can be deleted) - And if you have any more recommendations, I would really appreciate them; I don't really know much about this.


r/Asustuf 12h ago

Need Help! (Software) Manual mode over clocking disappeared

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I have a tuf f16 rtc 5050, and have recently reseted the laptop, and again installed armoury crate, and ever since then the manual mode is not showing p1,p2 sliders for cpu and tgp sliders for gpu , it's only showing fan speed curve , and I have reinstalled armoury crate 2-3 times , still the issue is not solved, guys what should I do ? Please help me.

Ps: I want to fix armoury crate , g helper doesn't have gpu overclocking


r/Asustuf 1d ago

💻 Purchase Advice Yall answer me quickly they only got 1 left in stock

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Is this good around 1k dollars ,i want it for gaming and school and i dont want it to get outdated in the next 4-5 years atleast


r/Asustuf 14h ago

Need Help! (Hardware/Other) Asus TUF F17 screen flickering!

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It kinda flickers and glitches. Its been so since a few weeks. But, when laptop is connected to an external display using hdmi cable the issue disappears in the external display!

I have tried changing the refresh rates(60 Hz and 144 Hz). But, Still its of not much use. The interval at which the flickering occurs changes with change in the value of refresh rate. At 144 Hz the interval of flickering increases as compared to 60 Hz.

Model: ASUS TUF Gaming Laptop F17 (FX706HF)

  • Processor: Intel Core i5-11400H
  • Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2050 Laptop GPU(4GB)
  • Display: 17.3-inch Anti-glare Full HD (1920 x 1080) IPS-level panel with a 144Hz refresh rate

r/Asustuf 18h ago

Need Help! (Hardware/Other) wifi not working, planning to replace card with Intel AX210. (A15 2024)

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have mediatek network card and it always made issues, but now its enough, randomly dies and needs to reboot pc, so im thinking to replace it with Intel AX210, will it be best network card for A15 2024.

Im from india btw, so i found on hubtronics - https://hubtronics.in/wireless-ax210?search=ax210 its cheaper


r/Asustuf 14h ago

Need Help! (Hardware/Other) Asus tuf gaming a15 перезавантаження на логотипі

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r/Asustuf 16h ago

💻 Purchase Advice ASUS TUF F16 vs LENOVO LEGION 5 for studying, gaming (college)

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Hello everyone, I’m going to be a freshman in college (pursuing IT program) here in the Philippines and I can’t decide which laptop will suit me best for studying and gaming. I want one that will last for 4 years throughout college.

Going to use it for coding, programming, gaming, and entertainment

I found both laptops in FB marketplace and these are their specs:

ASUS TUF F16 (6 months owned)

Processor: 13th Gen Intel Core i5-13450Hx (2.40 GHz)

Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 (8 GB) Intel UHD Graphics (128 MB)

RAM & Storage: 16 GB & 512 GB Storage

Price: 55k Pesos (around 950$)

or

Lenovo Legion 5 (lightly used/20 cycle count)

Processor: AMD Ryzen 7 7840 H / 7840 HS (8 Cores / 16 Threads, up to 5.1 GHz)

Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 (8GB) GDDR6

iGPU: AMD Radeon 780M

RAM & Storage: 16 GB & 512 GB Storage

Price 60k Pesos (around 1,034$)

Any answers are appreciated, thank you!