OpenFreezeCenter (OFC)

• Provides a UI and automated scripts in order to control MSI Laptops. Check the #Supported section to see what models are supported.
• Made for Linux, as MSI does not have a native Linux client.
• if you do now want to run the GUI or if it is not working for you then try

  OpenFreezeCenter-Lite (OFC-l)

  • Same thing just without GUI
  • https://github.com/YoCodingMonster/OpenFreezeCenter-Lite

INSTALLATION (Only first time)

• Creating virtual environment. the path i will be using is /home/pm/Desktop/OFC. Here OFC is the folder with script.

  python3 -m pip install --user virtualenv
  python3 -m venv /home/pm/Desktop/OFC
  cd /home/pm/Desktop/OFC
  

• Install ECTweaker library, version 2.3 or above.

  bin/pip3 install ectweaker
  

• Install ``PyGObject``` library

  sudo apt install libgirepository1.0-dev gcc libcairo2-dev pkg-config python3-dev gir1.2-gtk-4.0
  bin/pip3 install pycairo
  bin/pip3 install PyGObject
  

• Make sure secure boot is disabled.
• Opening virtual environment. the path i will be using is /home/pm/Desktop/OFC. Here OFC is the folder with script.

  cd /home/pm/Desktop/OFC
  sudo nohup bin/python3 OFC.py
  

• There are 2 outcomes.
  • If the EC read/write is not enabled on your OS, the system will enable it and restart and follow up with the second point.
  • If the EC read/write is enabled on your OS, the script will generate config.py file, which contains the configuration for fan curves and their addresses.
• DONE!

UPDATING

• Save your AUTO and ADVANCED speeds and in notepad and delete the old config.py file and then only try the new script.
• Opening virtual environment. the path i will be using is /home/pm/Desktop/OFC. Here OFC is the folder with script.

  cd /home/pm/Desktop/OFC
  bin/pip3 install ectweaker -U
  sudo nohup bin/python3 OFC.py
  

• After you have run the script and new config.py file is created, paste the new values in the AUTO_SPEED and ADV_SPEED vales place.

RUNNING

• Opening virtual environment. the path i will be using is /home/pm/Desktop/OFC. Here OFC is the folder with script.

  cd /home/pm/Desktop/OFC
  sudo nohup bin/python3 OFC.py
  

• Close the terminal and enjoy!!

Supported Laptop models (tested)

• MSI GP76 11UG

Supported Linux Distro (tested)

• Ubuntu

Issue format

• ISSUE # [CPU] - [LAPTOP MODEL] - [LINUX DISTRO]
  • Example ISSUE # i7-11800H - MSI GP76 11UG - UBUNTU 23.05

Feedback

• Please provide suggestions under the Feedback discussion tab!

Goals

• Fan Control GUI
• Basic temperature and RPM monitoring
• Advanced & Basic GUI control
• Battery Threshold
• Webcam control