[SOLVED] Asus TUF Gaming F15 - Can't make Brightness Control working

[hoaug]

Hello everyone, I have an Asus TUF Gaming F15 Laptop with the following specs:

CPU: i5-10300H
GPU: UHD630 and GTX1650 ( This dGPU is super strange, I'll explain below )
RAM: 16GB
SSD: SN550
Wifi: Unsupported


SOLVED: I used the EFI folder and maLd0n and brightness worked (with the Slice's AAPL,backlight-control value too).

 

I have successfully installed macOS Sonoma on my machine. Everything works perfectly except the screen brightness. I can't control it even though I have SSDT-PNLF (tried SSDT-PNFL-CFL) and SSDT-NoHybGfx.aml to disable dGPU but I still can't control the screen brightness.

I checked Hackintool -> Pcie and discovered that even though the dGPU was Disabled, it still appeared with GFX0 (it seems to conflict with the IGPU so PNLF was not patched for the iGPU). I have tried many ways to Disable GFX0 of the dGPU but all failed (it still appears there without being lost). I also tried rename GFX0 to iGPU but it didn't work either.

 

If anyone knows or has experience with a situation like mine, please help me. Thank you very much.

 

 

Below are my DSDT and EFI folders:
 

 

 

DSDT.aml EFI.zip

Edited January 28, 2024 by kinhhoang161
SOLVED

[MaLd0n]

Test it  EFI.zip

-Last Bios UEFI Version
-Delete old EFI folder and paste new. Don't use merge files
-Don't use Drag and Drop into EFI partition. Use Copy/Paste instead
-Reset NVRAM one time - with OpenCore use entry "Reset Nvram" / with Clover use F11 key on boot screen

[Slice]

GTX1650 will not work whatever you can do.

[hoaug]

1 hour ago, Slice said:

GTX1650 will not work whatever you can do.

im disabled it ad. but i cant control brightness 

[Slice]

2 hours ago, kinhhoang161 said:

im disabled it ad. but i cant control brightness 

Try to set property for IGPU

                    <key>AAPL,backlight-control</key>
                    <data>AQAAAA==</data>

 

[hoaug]

@MaLd0n Thank you very much for helping me. I used your EFI build for me along with AAPL,backlight-control (I kept adding it even though I didn't know if it was necessary). but finally the screen brightness worked. I was able to control the screen brightness. If you can help me explain why you did that, I don't see you using any SSDT to Disable dGPU but only using boot-args (but it also works). Anyway I'm very grateful, thank you very much.

@Slice Thank you very much for your help. I have controlled the brightness.

[MaLd0n]

Hey. Good to know.

Aplly ur ssdt to disable gpu bootarg just spoof device and not full disable. U can stay with bootarg and ssdt.

[Max.1974]

 You are the One  @MaLd0n

[shadowk]

can i have the efi folder? Im stuck on low backlight.

[hoaug]

@shadowk try to add boot-args: -igfxblr

[snodgeling]

i tried with bootarg and ssdt. However, I still encountered a few minor problems 

[maarybethh]

On 1/27/2024 at 10:45 AM, kinhhoang161 said:

Hello everyone, I have an Asus TUF Gaming F15 Laptop with the following specs:

CPU: i5-10300H
GPU: UHD630 and GTX1650 ( This dGPU is super strange, I'll explain below )
RAM: 16GB
SSD: SN550
Wifi: Unsupported


SOLVED: I used the EFI folder and maLd0n and brightness worked (with the Slice's AAPL,backlight-control value too).

 

I have successfully installed macOS Sonoma on my machine. Everything works perfectly except the screen brightness. I can't control it even though I have SSDT-PNLF (tried SSDT-PNFL-CFL) and SSDT-NoHybGfx.aml to disable dGPU but I still can't control the screen brightness.

I checked Hackintool -> Pcie and discovered that even though the dGPU was Disabled, it still appeared with GFX0 (it seems to conflict with the IGPU so PNLF was not patched for the iGPU). I have tried many ways to Disable GFX0 of the dGPU but all failed (it still appears there without being lost). I also tried rename GFX0 to iGPU but it didn't work either.

 

If anyone knows or has experience with a situation like mine, please help me. Thank you very much.

 

Below are my DSDT and EFI folders:
 

 

 

DSDT.aml 251.32 kB · 1 download EFI.zip 4.19 MB · 8 downloads

I've tried different options, but it still doesn't work! Does anyone know of any other options?
When I was struggling with this problem, my head was already boiling with attempts and experiments, and I had to take breaks. I remember how before going to bed I would just distract myself and read about something, as I recently read on  https://unionslots.co.uk/free-slots/jammin-jars-demo/ about jammin’ jars slot, to at least relax my brain a little before the next round of tests. The main thing is that now everything is working and the brightness works. With such a laptop, it's already a victory. If everything is stable, then just make a copy of the EFI and don't touch it anymore, because the TUF series can be very capricious under macOS.

Edited December 3, 2025 by maarybethh

[Max.1974]

Maybe you should try this app: 

 

https://github.com/MonitorControl