p37-ec | Gigabyte P37X/P37W embedded controller diagnostic

p37-ec is a C library. p37-ec has no bugs, it has no vulnerabilities, it has a Permissive License and it has low support. You can download it from GitHub.

This project provides a capability to monitor and control the embedded controller (EC) on Gigabyte laptops, specifically models P37Xv5 and P37Wv5, and potentially others. The EC on these laptops is responsible for auto-adjusting the fan speed, however, this functionality is not activated by default. Further, installing Linux on these laptops will result in the fan being set to a medium speed, which is fairly noisy. Using this program you can adjust the fan settings similarly to what is available via Gigabyte's SmartManager tool on the Windows operating system. Additionally, there are other values that can be read and adjusted, such as the ambient light sensor, keyboard backlight setting, temperatures, as well as wifi, bluetooth, camera, touchpad, and even USB charge capabilities during sleep and hibernate. However, the source code in this project is command-line accessible only, and users must be cautious of any modifications to the EC registers. Because this program allows any value to be written to any register it is possible to cause undesired results, with potentially physically damaging results. Therefore, do not use this program unless you accept the risks mentioned above.