Could anyone suggest me a decent 3.5 mm female to USB-C male adapter please?

Hello guys, I have been using a 3.5 mm to USB-C adapter from OnePlus to use with my OnePlus smartphones for years. I never had any complaints with it other than the fact that the wire connecting the two ends have started to peel and the whole thing is now held together with electrical tape.

I was looking into buying a new third party adapter with a braided cable for durability but discovered that there is more to these adapters than what I had initially assumed. All of these adapters contain an internal DAC chip to convert digital audio coming from the phone into analog signals for the earphones to play off of and also ADC for mic functionality.

The quality of audio in and out depends on the specifications of this DAC chip being used and dirt-cheap adapters often use poor DACs. From the limited research I did, I guess a higher bits and sampling frequency is preferable but I am not sure which adapter or which DAC chip to look out for.

Any advice/suggestion for a good 3.5 mm to USB-C adapter will be highly appreciated, thanks!

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u/FujichromeProvia100F — 3 days ago

How to play her as simply as possible?

Hey guys I'm a casual player and I don't wanna get into the specifics, could you guys let me how to play her in a straightforward fashion to deal decent damage?

I have her and Citlali, I don't get how her kit works and don't want to know.

Please lmk what skills/burst/attacks I should do and in what order to deal good damage.

u/FujichromeProvia100F — 3 days ago

Is the OnePlus SUPERVOOC GaN 100W charger worth to buy?

I have a OnePlus device that does support 100W using their proprietary protocol and I also want to charge any future devices I buy over high wattage USB-PD.

Is this a good future-proof charger?

From their website:

Upgraded wattage: single port supports up to 100W SUPERVOOC or 65W PD; dual ports deliver up to 100W MAX. Powerful performance for full-speed charging.

Supports multiple fast charging protocols—SUPERVOOC, PD 3.0, PPS, QC, UFCS—whether for your laptop or multiple devices, it covers all your needs effortlessly.

Input 100-240V ~ 50/60Hz, 2.1 A Single-port Output 11V ⎓ 6.1A Max or 11V ⎓ 9.1A Max Dual-port Output 33W Max + 33W Max or 30W + 18W or 67W Max + 33W Max or 45W + 18W

u/FujichromeProvia100F — 5 days ago

What do I look out for when trying to buy a used 5D classic?

I see some comments talking about how certain serial numbers are better than the others and something regarding the mirrors falling off.

I would like this post to be a one stop source for everything you need to be aware of when buying a 5D.

Could you guys help me out in detailing the stuff one has to keep in mind when buying this camera?

Thanks!

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u/FujichromeProvia100F — 24 days ago

Why do all the reels have this same bio now?

"Tonight, thv took a turn in the audience as he watched @graciebrams and dojacat perform at #VogueWorld: Hollywood. No stranger to a fashion show either, the @bts.bighitofficial star dressed in a look that could have easily appeared on the runway"

Been seeing this exact same bio on multiple reels lately. I suspect it's to gain reach but curious why or how it works.

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u/FujichromeProvia100F — 1 month ago

Why do all the reels have this same bio now?

"Tonight, thv took a turn in the audience as he watched @graciebrams and dojacat perform at #VogueWorld: Hollywood. No stranger to a fashion show either, the @bts.bighitofficial star dressed in a look that could have easily appeared on the runway"

Been seeing this exact same bio on multiple reels lately. I suspect it's to gain reach but curious why or how it works.

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u/FujichromeProvia100F — 1 month ago

Is there any way to have the nvidia GPU on my laptop enter D3Cold when not in use on Linux?

Hello, my laptop is a 2020 Asus G14 which has a Ryzen 9 4900HS paired with a GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q. I am running Arch on it and its been great apart from one thing which is, the nvidia GPU refuses to power down and enter D3Cold state when not in use.

There is some nuance to this. When not using any proprietary drivers (specifically the 580xx-dkms for Turing from AUR) from the Arch Wiki, by default (nouveau drivers) the GPU can enter D3Cold just fine but I am not able to use the GPU for any meaningful task. If I want to re-encode videos using ffmpeg using nvec, it says the drivers are not installed, can't use nvidia-smi, can't run CUDA programs, its like the GPU is not there at all.

But when I install the proprietary drivers, I can use the GPU normally and there are no issues except, the GPU is now permanently in D0 state which makes the laptop run 10 degrees warmer even when doing nothing. I tried following what the Asus Linux website's guide for Arch to the T but still nothing.

I don't know how to fix this. I have attached a text file containing the outputs of relevant commands with and without the proprietary drivers installed.

Please help me how to solve this.

This is without the proprietary drivers installed:
[username@rog-zephyrus-g14 ~]$ nvidia-smi
bash: nvidia-smi: command not found
[username@rog-zephyrus-g14 ~]$ cat /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:01:00.0/power_state
D3cold
[username@rog-zephyrus-g14 ~]$ lspci -k | grep -A 2 -E "(VGA|3D)"
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation TU116M [GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Mobile] (rev a1)
        Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 17ef
        Kernel driver in use: nouveau
--
03:00.0 Non-Volatile memory controller: Sandisk Corp SanDisk Ultra 3D / WD PC SN530, IX SN530, Blue SN550 NVMe SSD (DRAM-less) (rev 01)
        Subsystem: Sandisk Corp WD Blue SN550 NVMe SSD
        Kernel driver in use: nvme
--
04:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Renoir [Radeon Vega Series / Radeon Vega Mobile Series] (rev c5)
        Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 17ef
        Kernel driver in use: amdgpu
[username@rog-zephyrus-g14 ~]$ cat /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:01:00.0/power_state
D0
[username@rog-zephyrus-g14 ~]$ cat /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:01:00.0/power_state
D3cold
[username@rog-zephyrus-g14 ~]$ uname -r
6.19.9-arch1-1
[username@rog-zephyrus-g14 ~]$ cat /proc/driver/nvidia/gpus/*/power
cat: '/proc/driver/nvidia/gpus/*/power': No such file or directory
[username@rog-zephyrus-g14 ~]$


And this is with the proprietary drivers installed by following the Asus Linux website's arch guide to the tee:


[username@rog-zephyrus-g14 ~]$ nvidia-smi
Sat Mar 28 00:42:37 2026       
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| NVIDIA-SMI 580.142                Driver Version: 580.142        CUDA Version: 13.0     |
+-----------------------------------------+------------------------+----------------------+
| GPU  Name                 Persistence-M | Bus-Id          Disp.A | Volatile Uncorr. ECC |
| Fan  Temp   Perf          Pwr:Usage/Cap |           Memory-Usage | GPU-Util  Compute M. |
|                                         |                        |               MIG M. |
|=========================================+========================+======================|
|   0  NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 ...    Off |   00000000:01:00.0 Off |                  N/A |
| N/A   49C    P8              2W /   60W |       1MiB /   6144MiB |      0%      Default |
|                                         |                        |                  N/A |
+-----------------------------------------+------------------------+----------------------+


+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Processes:                                                                              |
|  GPU   GI   CI              PID   Type   Process name                        GPU Memory |
|        ID   ID                                                               Usage      |
|=========================================================================================|
|  No running processes found                                                             |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
[username@rog-zephyrus-g14 ~]$ cat /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:01:00.0/power_state
D0
[username@rog-zephyrus-g14 ~]$ lspci -k | grep -A 2 -E "(VGA|3D)"
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation TU116M [GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Mobile] (rev a1)
        Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 17ef
        Kernel driver in use: nvidia
--
03:00.0 Non-Volatile memory controller: Sandisk Corp SanDisk Ultra 3D / WD PC SN530, IX SN530, Blue SN550 NVMe SSD (DRAM-less) (rev 01)
        Subsystem: Sandisk Corp WD Blue SN550 NVMe SSD
        Kernel driver in use: nvme
--
04:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Renoir [Radeon Vega Series / Radeon Vega Mobile Series] (rev c5)
        Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 17ef
        Kernel driver in use: amdgpu
[username@rog-zephyrus-g14 ~]$ cat /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:01:00.0/power_state
D0
[username@rog-zephyrus-g14 ~]$ cat /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:01:00.0/power_state
D0
[username@rog-zephyrus-g14 ~]$ uname -r
6.19.9-arch1-1
[username@rog-zephyrus-g14 ~]$ cat /proc/driver/nvidia/gpus/*/power
Runtime D3 status:          Not supported
Video Memory:               Active


GPU Hardware Support:
 Video Memory Self Refresh: Not Supported
 Video Memory Off:          Supported


S0ix Power Management:
 Platform Support:          Not Supported
 Status:                    Disabled


Notebook Dynamic Boost:     Not Supported
[username@rog-zephyrus-g14 ~]$
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u/FujichromeProvia100F — 2 months ago

Is there any way to have the nvidia GPU on my laptop enter D3Cold when not in use on Linux?

Hello, my laptop is a 2020 Asus G14 which has a Ryzen 9 4900HS paired with a GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q. I am running Arch on it and its been great apart from one thing which is, the nvidia GPU refuses to power down and enter D3Cold state when not in use.

There is some nuance to this. When not using any proprietary drivers (specifically the 580xx-dkms for Turing from AUR) from the Arch Wiki, by default (nouveau drivers) the GPU can enter D3Cold just fine but I am not able to use the GPU for any meaningful task. If I want to re-encode videos using ffmpeg using nvec, it says the drivers are not installed, can't use nvidia-smi, can't run CUDA programs, its like the GPU is not there at all.

But when I install the proprietary drivers, I can use the GPU normally and there are no issues except, the GPU is now permanently in D0 state which makes the laptop run 10 degrees warmer even when doing nothing. I tried following what the Asus Linux website's guide for Arch to the T but still nothing.

I don't know how to fix this. I have attached a text file containing the outputs of relevant commands with and without the proprietary drivers installed.

Please help me how to solve this.

This is without the proprietary drivers installed:
[username@rog-zephyrus-g14 ~]$ nvidia-smi
bash: nvidia-smi: command not found
[username@rog-zephyrus-g14 ~]$ cat /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:01:00.0/power_state
D3cold
[username@rog-zephyrus-g14 ~]$ lspci -k | grep -A 2 -E "(VGA|3D)"
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation TU116M [GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Mobile] (rev a1)
        Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 17ef
        Kernel driver in use: nouveau
--
03:00.0 Non-Volatile memory controller: Sandisk Corp SanDisk Ultra 3D / WD PC SN530, IX SN530, Blue SN550 NVMe SSD (DRAM-less) (rev 01)
        Subsystem: Sandisk Corp WD Blue SN550 NVMe SSD
        Kernel driver in use: nvme
--
04:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Renoir [Radeon Vega Series / Radeon Vega Mobile Series] (rev c5)
        Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 17ef
        Kernel driver in use: amdgpu
[username@rog-zephyrus-g14 ~]$ cat /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:01:00.0/power_state
D0
[username@rog-zephyrus-g14 ~]$ cat /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:01:00.0/power_state
D3cold
[username@rog-zephyrus-g14 ~]$ uname -r
6.19.9-arch1-1
[username@rog-zephyrus-g14 ~]$ cat /proc/driver/nvidia/gpus/*/power
cat: '/proc/driver/nvidia/gpus/*/power': No such file or directory
[username@rog-zephyrus-g14 ~]$


And this is with the proprietary drivers installed by following the Asus Linux website's arch guide to the tee:


[username@rog-zephyrus-g14 ~]$ nvidia-smi
Sat Mar 28 00:42:37 2026       
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| NVIDIA-SMI 580.142                Driver Version: 580.142        CUDA Version: 13.0     |
+-----------------------------------------+------------------------+----------------------+
| GPU  Name                 Persistence-M | Bus-Id          Disp.A | Volatile Uncorr. ECC |
| Fan  Temp   Perf          Pwr:Usage/Cap |           Memory-Usage | GPU-Util  Compute M. |
|                                         |                        |               MIG M. |
|=========================================+========================+======================|
|   0  NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 ...    Off |   00000000:01:00.0 Off |                  N/A |
| N/A   49C    P8              2W /   60W |       1MiB /   6144MiB |      0%      Default |
|                                         |                        |                  N/A |
+-----------------------------------------+------------------------+----------------------+


+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Processes:                                                                              |
|  GPU   GI   CI              PID   Type   Process name                        GPU Memory |
|        ID   ID                                                               Usage      |
|=========================================================================================|
|  No running processes found                                                             |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
[username@rog-zephyrus-g14 ~]$ cat /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:01:00.0/power_state
D0
[username@rog-zephyrus-g14 ~]$ lspci -k | grep -A 2 -E "(VGA|3D)"
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation TU116M [GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Mobile] (rev a1)
        Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 17ef
        Kernel driver in use: nvidia
--
03:00.0 Non-Volatile memory controller: Sandisk Corp SanDisk Ultra 3D / WD PC SN530, IX SN530, Blue SN550 NVMe SSD (DRAM-less) (rev 01)
        Subsystem: Sandisk Corp WD Blue SN550 NVMe SSD
        Kernel driver in use: nvme
--
04:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Renoir [Radeon Vega Series / Radeon Vega Mobile Series] (rev c5)
        Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 17ef
        Kernel driver in use: amdgpu
[username@rog-zephyrus-g14 ~]$ cat /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:01:00.0/power_state
D0
[username@rog-zephyrus-g14 ~]$ cat /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:01:00.0/power_state
D0
[username@rog-zephyrus-g14 ~]$ uname -r
6.19.9-arch1-1
[username@rog-zephyrus-g14 ~]$ cat /proc/driver/nvidia/gpus/*/power
Runtime D3 status:          Not supported
Video Memory:               Active


GPU Hardware Support:
 Video Memory Self Refresh: Not Supported
 Video Memory Off:          Supported


S0ix Power Management:
 Platform Support:          Not Supported
 Status:                    Disabled


Notebook Dynamic Boost:     Not Supported
[username@rog-zephyrus-g14 ~]$
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u/FujichromeProvia100F — 2 months ago
▲ 1 r/ASUS

Is there any way to have the nvidia GPU on my laptop enter D3Cold when not in use on Linux?

Hello, my laptop is a 2020 Asus G14 which has a Ryzen 9 4900HS paired with a GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q. I am running Arch on it and its been great apart from one thing which is, the nvidia GPU refuses to power down and enter D3Cold state when not in use.

There is some nuance to this. When not using any proprietary drivers (specifically the 580xx-dkms for Turing from AUR) from the Arch Wiki, by default (nouveau drivers) the GPU can enter D3Cold just fine but I am not able to use the GPU for any meaningful task. If I want to re-encode videos using ffmpeg using nvec, it says the drivers are not installed, can't use nvidia-smi, can't run CUDA programs, its like the GPU is not there at all.

But when I install the proprietary drivers, I can use the GPU normally and there are no issues except, the GPU is now permanently in D0 state which makes the laptop run 10 degrees warmer even when doing nothing. I tried following what the Asus Linux website's guide for Arch to the T but still nothing.

I don't know how to fix this. I have attached a text file containing the outputs of relevant commands with and without the proprietary drivers installed.

Please help me how to solve this.

This is without the proprietary drivers installed:
[username@rog-zephyrus-g14 ~]$ nvidia-smi
bash: nvidia-smi: command not found
[username@rog-zephyrus-g14 ~]$ cat /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:01:00.0/power_state
D3cold
[username@rog-zephyrus-g14 ~]$ lspci -k | grep -A 2 -E "(VGA|3D)"
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation TU116M [GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Mobile] (rev a1)
        Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 17ef
        Kernel driver in use: nouveau
--
03:00.0 Non-Volatile memory controller: Sandisk Corp SanDisk Ultra 3D / WD PC SN530, IX SN530, Blue SN550 NVMe SSD (DRAM-less) (rev 01)
        Subsystem: Sandisk Corp WD Blue SN550 NVMe SSD
        Kernel driver in use: nvme
--
04:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Renoir [Radeon Vega Series / Radeon Vega Mobile Series] (rev c5)
        Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 17ef
        Kernel driver in use: amdgpu
[username@rog-zephyrus-g14 ~]$ cat /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:01:00.0/power_state
D0
[username@rog-zephyrus-g14 ~]$ cat /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:01:00.0/power_state
D3cold
[username@rog-zephyrus-g14 ~]$ uname -r
6.19.9-arch1-1
[username@rog-zephyrus-g14 ~]$ cat /proc/driver/nvidia/gpus/*/power
cat: '/proc/driver/nvidia/gpus/*/power': No such file or directory
[username@rog-zephyrus-g14 ~]$


And this is with the proprietary drivers installed by following the Asus Linux website's arch guide to the tee:


[username@rog-zephyrus-g14 ~]$ nvidia-smi
Sat Mar 28 00:42:37 2026       
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| NVIDIA-SMI 580.142                Driver Version: 580.142        CUDA Version: 13.0     |
+-----------------------------------------+------------------------+----------------------+
| GPU  Name                 Persistence-M | Bus-Id          Disp.A | Volatile Uncorr. ECC |
| Fan  Temp   Perf          Pwr:Usage/Cap |           Memory-Usage | GPU-Util  Compute M. |
|                                         |                        |               MIG M. |
|=========================================+========================+======================|
|   0  NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 ...    Off |   00000000:01:00.0 Off |                  N/A |
| N/A   49C    P8              2W /   60W |       1MiB /   6144MiB |      0%      Default |
|                                         |                        |                  N/A |
+-----------------------------------------+------------------------+----------------------+


+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Processes:                                                                              |
|  GPU   GI   CI              PID   Type   Process name                        GPU Memory |
|        ID   ID                                                               Usage      |
|=========================================================================================|
|  No running processes found                                                             |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
[username@rog-zephyrus-g14 ~]$ cat /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:01:00.0/power_state
D0
[username@rog-zephyrus-g14 ~]$ lspci -k | grep -A 2 -E "(VGA|3D)"
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation TU116M [GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Mobile] (rev a1)
        Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 17ef
        Kernel driver in use: nvidia
--
03:00.0 Non-Volatile memory controller: Sandisk Corp SanDisk Ultra 3D / WD PC SN530, IX SN530, Blue SN550 NVMe SSD (DRAM-less) (rev 01)
        Subsystem: Sandisk Corp WD Blue SN550 NVMe SSD
        Kernel driver in use: nvme
--
04:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Renoir [Radeon Vega Series / Radeon Vega Mobile Series] (rev c5)
        Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 17ef
        Kernel driver in use: amdgpu
[username@rog-zephyrus-g14 ~]$ cat /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:01:00.0/power_state
D0
[username@rog-zephyrus-g14 ~]$ cat /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:01:00.0/power_state
D0
[username@rog-zephyrus-g14 ~]$ uname -r
6.19.9-arch1-1
[username@rog-zephyrus-g14 ~]$ cat /proc/driver/nvidia/gpus/*/power
Runtime D3 status:          Not supported
Video Memory:               Active


GPU Hardware Support:
 Video Memory Self Refresh: Not Supported
 Video Memory Off:          Supported


S0ix Power Management:
 Platform Support:          Not Supported
 Status:                    Disabled


Notebook Dynamic Boost:     Not Supported
[username@rog-zephyrus-g14 ~]$
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u/FujichromeProvia100F — 2 months ago
▲ 5 r/arch

Is there any way to have the nvidia GPU on my laptop enter D3Cold when not in use on Linux?

Hello, my laptop is a 2020 Asus G14 which has a Ryzen 9 4900HS paired with a GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q. I am running Arch on it and its been great apart from one thing which is, the nvidia GPU refuses to power down and enter D3Cold state when not in use.

There is some nuance to this. When not using any proprietary drivers (specifically the 580xx-dkms for Turing from AUR) from the Arch Wiki, by default (nouveau drivers) the GPU can enter D3Cold just fine but I am not able to use the GPU for any meaningful task. If I want to re-encode videos using ffmpeg using nvec, it says the drivers are not installed, can't use nvidia-smi, can't run CUDA programs, its like the GPU is not there at all.

But when I install the proprietary drivers, I can use the GPU normally and there are no issues except, the GPU is now permanently in D0 state which makes the laptop run 10 degrees warmer even when doing nothing. I tried following what the Asus Linux website's guide for Arch to the T but still nothing.

I don't know how to fix this. I have attached a text file containing the outputs of relevant commands with and without the proprietary drivers installed.

Please help me how to solve this.

This is without the proprietary drivers installed:
[username@rog-zephyrus-g14 ~]$ nvidia-smi
bash: nvidia-smi: command not found
[username@rog-zephyrus-g14 ~]$ cat /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:01:00.0/power_state
D3cold
[username@rog-zephyrus-g14 ~]$ lspci -k | grep -A 2 -E "(VGA|3D)"
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation TU116M [GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Mobile] (rev a1)
        Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 17ef
        Kernel driver in use: nouveau
--
03:00.0 Non-Volatile memory controller: Sandisk Corp SanDisk Ultra 3D / WD PC SN530, IX SN530, Blue SN550 NVMe SSD (DRAM-less) (rev 01)
        Subsystem: Sandisk Corp WD Blue SN550 NVMe SSD
        Kernel driver in use: nvme
--
04:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Renoir [Radeon Vega Series / Radeon Vega Mobile Series] (rev c5)
        Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 17ef
        Kernel driver in use: amdgpu
[username@rog-zephyrus-g14 ~]$ cat /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:01:00.0/power_state
D0
[username@rog-zephyrus-g14 ~]$ cat /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:01:00.0/power_state
D3cold
[username@rog-zephyrus-g14 ~]$ uname -r
6.19.9-arch1-1
[username@rog-zephyrus-g14 ~]$ cat /proc/driver/nvidia/gpus/*/power
cat: '/proc/driver/nvidia/gpus/*/power': No such file or directory
[username@rog-zephyrus-g14 ~]$


And this is with the proprietary drivers installed by following the Asus Linux website's arch guide to the tee:


[username@rog-zephyrus-g14 ~]$ nvidia-smi
Sat Mar 28 00:42:37 2026       
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| NVIDIA-SMI 580.142                Driver Version: 580.142        CUDA Version: 13.0     |
+-----------------------------------------+------------------------+----------------------+
| GPU  Name                 Persistence-M | Bus-Id          Disp.A | Volatile Uncorr. ECC |
| Fan  Temp   Perf          Pwr:Usage/Cap |           Memory-Usage | GPU-Util  Compute M. |
|                                         |                        |               MIG M. |
|=========================================+========================+======================|
|   0  NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 ...    Off |   00000000:01:00.0 Off |                  N/A |
| N/A   49C    P8              2W /   60W |       1MiB /   6144MiB |      0%      Default |
|                                         |                        |                  N/A |
+-----------------------------------------+------------------------+----------------------+


+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Processes:                                                                              |
|  GPU   GI   CI              PID   Type   Process name                        GPU Memory |
|        ID   ID                                                               Usage      |
|=========================================================================================|
|  No running processes found                                                             |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
[username@rog-zephyrus-g14 ~]$ cat /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:01:00.0/power_state
D0
[username@rog-zephyrus-g14 ~]$ lspci -k | grep -A 2 -E "(VGA|3D)"
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation TU116M [GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Mobile] (rev a1)
        Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 17ef
        Kernel driver in use: nvidia
--
03:00.0 Non-Volatile memory controller: Sandisk Corp SanDisk Ultra 3D / WD PC SN530, IX SN530, Blue SN550 NVMe SSD (DRAM-less) (rev 01)
        Subsystem: Sandisk Corp WD Blue SN550 NVMe SSD
        Kernel driver in use: nvme
--
04:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Renoir [Radeon Vega Series / Radeon Vega Mobile Series] (rev c5)
        Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 17ef
        Kernel driver in use: amdgpu
[username@rog-zephyrus-g14 ~]$ cat /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:01:00.0/power_state
D0
[username@rog-zephyrus-g14 ~]$ cat /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:01:00.0/power_state
D0
[username@rog-zephyrus-g14 ~]$ uname -r
6.19.9-arch1-1
[username@rog-zephyrus-g14 ~]$ cat /proc/driver/nvidia/gpus/*/power
Runtime D3 status:          Not supported
Video Memory:               Active


GPU Hardware Support:
 Video Memory Self Refresh: Not Supported
 Video Memory Off:          Supported


S0ix Power Management:
 Platform Support:          Not Supported
 Status:                    Disabled


Notebook Dynamic Boost:     Not Supported
[username@rog-zephyrus-g14 ~]$
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u/FujichromeProvia100F — 2 months ago

Is there any way to have the nvidia GPU on my laptop enter D3Cold when not in use on Linux?

Hello, my laptop is a 2020 Asus G14 which has a Ryzen 9 4900HS paired with a GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q. I am running Arch on it and its been great apart from one thing which is, the nvidia GPU refuses to power down and enter D3Cold state when not in use.

There is some nuance to this. When not using any proprietary drivers (specifically the 580xx-dkms for Turing from AUR) from the Arch Wiki, by default (nouveau drivers) the GPU can enter D3Cold just fine but I am not able to use the GPU for any meaningful task. If I want to re-encode videos using ffmpeg using nvec, it says the drivers are not installed, can't use nvidia-smi, can't run CUDA programs, its like the GPU is not there at all.

But when I install the proprietary drivers, I can use the GPU normally and there are no issues except, the GPU is now permanently in D0 state which makes the laptop run 10 degrees warmer even when doing nothing. I tried following what the Asus Linux website's guide for Arch to the T but still nothing.

I don't know how to fix this. I have attached a text file containing the outputs of relevant commands with and without the proprietary drivers installed.

Please help me how to solve this.

This is without the proprietary drivers installed:
[username@rog-zephyrus-g14 ~]$ nvidia-smi
bash: nvidia-smi: command not found
[username@rog-zephyrus-g14 ~]$ cat /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:01:00.0/power_state
D3cold
[username@rog-zephyrus-g14 ~]$ lspci -k | grep -A 2 -E "(VGA|3D)"
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation TU116M [GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Mobile] (rev a1)
        Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 17ef
        Kernel driver in use: nouveau
--
03:00.0 Non-Volatile memory controller: Sandisk Corp SanDisk Ultra 3D / WD PC SN530, IX SN530, Blue SN550 NVMe SSD (DRAM-less) (rev 01)
        Subsystem: Sandisk Corp WD Blue SN550 NVMe SSD
        Kernel driver in use: nvme
--
04:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Renoir [Radeon Vega Series / Radeon Vega Mobile Series] (rev c5)
        Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 17ef
        Kernel driver in use: amdgpu
[username@rog-zephyrus-g14 ~]$ cat /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:01:00.0/power_state
D0
[username@rog-zephyrus-g14 ~]$ cat /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:01:00.0/power_state
D3cold
[username@rog-zephyrus-g14 ~]$ uname -r
6.19.9-arch1-1
[username@rog-zephyrus-g14 ~]$ cat /proc/driver/nvidia/gpus/*/power
cat: '/proc/driver/nvidia/gpus/*/power': No such file or directory
[username@rog-zephyrus-g14 ~]$


And this is with the proprietary drivers installed by following the Asus Linux website's arch guide to the tee:


[username@rog-zephyrus-g14 ~]$ nvidia-smi
Sat Mar 28 00:42:37 2026       
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| NVIDIA-SMI 580.142                Driver Version: 580.142        CUDA Version: 13.0     |
+-----------------------------------------+------------------------+----------------------+
| GPU  Name                 Persistence-M | Bus-Id          Disp.A | Volatile Uncorr. ECC |
| Fan  Temp   Perf          Pwr:Usage/Cap |           Memory-Usage | GPU-Util  Compute M. |
|                                         |                        |               MIG M. |
|=========================================+========================+======================|
|   0  NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 ...    Off |   00000000:01:00.0 Off |                  N/A |
| N/A   49C    P8              2W /   60W |       1MiB /   6144MiB |      0%      Default |
|                                         |                        |                  N/A |
+-----------------------------------------+------------------------+----------------------+


+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Processes:                                                                              |
|  GPU   GI   CI              PID   Type   Process name                        GPU Memory |
|        ID   ID                                                               Usage      |
|=========================================================================================|
|  No running processes found                                                             |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
[username@rog-zephyrus-g14 ~]$ cat /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:01:00.0/power_state
D0
[username@rog-zephyrus-g14 ~]$ lspci -k | grep -A 2 -E "(VGA|3D)"
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation TU116M [GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Mobile] (rev a1)
        Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 17ef
        Kernel driver in use: nvidia
--
03:00.0 Non-Volatile memory controller: Sandisk Corp SanDisk Ultra 3D / WD PC SN530, IX SN530, Blue SN550 NVMe SSD (DRAM-less) (rev 01)
        Subsystem: Sandisk Corp WD Blue SN550 NVMe SSD
        Kernel driver in use: nvme
--
04:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Renoir [Radeon Vega Series / Radeon Vega Mobile Series] (rev c5)
        Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 17ef
        Kernel driver in use: amdgpu
[username@rog-zephyrus-g14 ~]$ cat /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:01:00.0/power_state
D0
[username@rog-zephyrus-g14 ~]$ cat /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:01:00.0/power_state
D0
[username@rog-zephyrus-g14 ~]$ uname -r
6.19.9-arch1-1
[username@rog-zephyrus-g14 ~]$ cat /proc/driver/nvidia/gpus/*/power
Runtime D3 status:          Not supported
Video Memory:               Active


GPU Hardware Support:
 Video Memory Self Refresh: Not Supported
 Video Memory Off:          Supported


S0ix Power Management:
 Platform Support:          Not Supported
 Status:                    Disabled


Notebook Dynamic Boost:     Not Supported
[username@rog-zephyrus-g14 ~]$
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