# ASUS ROG Zephyrus and Strix on Omarchy
ASUS ROG Zephyrus G14, G16 and Strix on Omarchy 4.0.4: bronze. asusctl and the hybrid GPU toggle ship, but hibernate, boot and audio still bite.
> **Short answer:** Bronze. ASUS ROG is one of the few families Omarchy names by hand: asusctl installs automatically, brightness and volume keys work, and the hybrid GPU toggle is built in. But 14 of the 16 ROG issues cited below are still open on 4.0.4. The 2024 Strix Point G14 can black screen at boot, hibernate hangs hard on G14s, and the ROG audio fix caps volume at 80 percent.
- Applies to Omarchy: 4.0.0 to 4.0.4
- Status: partial
- Last verified: 2026-09-16
- Canonical: https://omarchylinux.org/hardware/asus-rog-zephyrus/
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## Verdict

Bronze. ASUS ROG is one of the very few laptop families Omarchy names by hand. Release [v3.4.0](https://github.com/omacom/omarchy/releases/tag/v3.4.0) in February 2026 shipped what its notes call full Zephyrus G14 and G16 compatibility: screen and keyboard brightness, volume keys, a hybrid GPU switch under _Trigger > Hardware_, and keyboard backlighting that follows your theme. That work is all still in the 4.0.4 tree.

The problem is everything around it. Of the 16 ROG tracker issues cited on this page, 14 are still open, and they are not cosmetic. The Strix Point G14 can black screen before you ever see a desktop. Hibernate ends in a forced power off on two separate G14 reports. The audio script that makes ROG speakers work also caps them below what the hardware can do.

Everything below was checked against the v4.0.4 source tree on 2026-09-16, and where a fix landed in an earlier release the release is named.

## What works

The ROG specific enablement is genuine. `install/hardware/asus-rog.sh` installs `asusctl` on any machine where `omarchy-hw-asus-rog` passes, and Omarchy carries `asusctl 6.4.0-1` in its own stable channel repo rather than leaving you to the AUR. `omarchy-theme-set-keyboard-asus-rog` pushes your theme color to the keyboard through `asusctl aura effect static`.

Hybrid graphics have a first class path. `omarchy-toggle-hybrid-gpu` installs `supergfxctl` on demand, writes `/etc/supergfxd.conf`, and flips between Hybrid and Integrated. Integrated mode is what buys you battery life on these machines. A closed bug, [#5428](https://github.com/omacom/omarchy/issues/5428) on a G16 GU605CR, had the menu entry vanish after switching to Integrated because detection counted PCI display devices. DHH replied in the thread that he had rewritten GPU detection and that it would be part of 3.6.1. No 3.6.1 was ever released; the detection fix appears in the [v3.7.0](https://github.com/omacom/omarchy/releases/tag/v3.7.0) notes instead. Quattro then added the timeout you can read in `bin/omarchy-hw-hybrid-gpu` at 4.0.4, so a wedged `supergfxd` no longer hangs the menu.

Suspend on the Strix side improved. [#7303](https://github.com/omacom/omarchy/issues/7303), a hard s2idle freeze on a Strix G16 G614FR, was closed by its own reporter with a note that it was resolved in 4.0.1 on stable.

## What breaks

**Boot black screen on Strix Point G14.** [#9720](https://github.com/omacom/omarchy/issues/9720) is open. On a GA403 with a Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 and Radeon 890M, Hyprland stalls at `[AQ] atomic drm request: failed to commit: Cannot allocate memory`. The workaround is `AQ_NO_ATOMIC=1` plus `WLR_NO_HARDWARE_CURSORS=1`, and the important detail from codyoss is that Aquamarine reads the environment before it reads your Lua config, so setting it with `hl.env()` is too late. Put it in `~/.config/uwsm/env-hyprland`.

**Hibernate.** Two open issues, two different mechanisms, same ending. [#9696](https://github.com/omacom/omarchy/issues/9696) on a hybrid GA403UM: `asus-rog.sh` installs only `asusctl`, so `supergfxctl` and the `force-igpu` sleep hook are absent on a fresh install even though that hook's own comments describe this exact failure on a G14. The machine writes the image, fails to power off, and deadlocks `amdgpu` reset against the LUKS worker. [#8589](https://github.com/omacom/omarchy/issues/8589) on an iGPU only GA403UV: `swsusp_save()` aborts silently under the default `HibernateMode=platform`, and `HibernateMode=shutdown` in `/etc/systemd/sleep.conf.d/` fixes it. Its author is explicit that this is one machine and one BIOS.

**Audio is capped and, on some models, wrong.** `fix-audio-mixer.sh` enables WirePlumber's soft mixer and then sets the ALC285 hardware Master to 80 percent. With the soft mixer on, PipeWire never touches that control again. [#11046](https://github.com/omacom/omarchy/issues/11046) measured this on a G16 GA605KM: step 70 of 87, which is 12.75 dB below full scale, so the bar showing 100 percent is a lie. [#8359](https://github.com/omacom/omarchy/issues/8359) argues the blanket soft mixer actively hurts smart amp ROG models like the Strix G733ZW. [#4821](https://github.com/omacom/omarchy/issues/4821) is the one to read if your headphone jack is silent: the kernel's ALC285 jack handler keeps resetting the Headphone switch to off, and the soft mixer stops PipeWire from undoing that. Deleting `~/.config/wireplumber/wireplumber.conf.d/alsa-soft-mixer.conf` fixed it for the reporter and for commenters on a G16 GA605WI, an M16 GU603ZEB and a G14.

**Resume.** [#8491](https://github.com/omacom/omarchy/issues/8491) on a GA402XV in MUX dGPU mode: the shell survives resume but loses its EGL context and stops rendering, logging thousands of failed frames until `omarchy restart shell`. Two of four recorded events recovered on their own. [#7811](https://github.com/omacom/omarchy/issues/7811) on a GA403UM: after a lid open resume the lock screen draws but never receives keyboard input, so you cannot type your password. [#9325](https://github.com/omacom/omarchy/issues/9325) is the same symptom on a Strix G18 G815LR, and there the reporter traced it to `fcitx5` wedging across suspend, with `systemctl --user restart omarchy-fcitx5.service` from a TTY restoring input immediately. Other commenters on that thread hit the same dead lock screen with `fcitx5` ruled out, so treat the restart as a way back in rather than as the one root cause.

**Power and battery.** [#9678](https://github.com/omacom/omarchy/issues/9678) on a Strix G16 G614FM shows the dGPU pinned at its 50 W default TGP because `nvidia-powerd` is never enabled. We confirmed no `nvidia-powerd` reference anywhere in `install/hardware/nvidia.sh` at v4.0.4. [#7374](https://github.com/omacom/omarchy/issues/7374) has the power panel reporting a 75 to 80 percent charge limit that came from a UPower hwdb default rather than from `asusctl`.

**Video decode.** [#11460](https://github.com/omacom/omarchy/issues/11460) on a GA401QC: `default/hypr/nvidia.lua` sets `LIBVA_DRIVER_NAME=nvidia` whenever a GSP-capable NVIDIA GPU is present, meaning Turing or newer, without asking which GPU drives the panel. On these muxless units the panel hangs off the AMD iGPU, so video plays audio over a black frame. Override with `hl.env("LIBVA_DRIVER_NAME", "radeonsi")`.

**Smaller things.** [#6949](https://github.com/omacom/omarchy/issues/6949) reports Fn plus F3 keyboard backlight dead on a GA401QE after an update, with no comments and no triage, so the evidence there is thin. [#7607](https://github.com/omacom/omarchy/issues/7607) on a GA403UI has the Display panel's internal monitor toggle reverted within seconds by the clamshell watcher whenever an external monitor is connected, because the panel issues a raw `hyprctl keyword monitor` instead of setting Omarchy's persistent disable flag.

## What Omarchy does for this model

Every ROG fix hangs off one predicate. `bin/omarchy-hw-asus-rog` is true when DMI `sys_vendor` is exactly `ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.` and `product_family` contains `ROG`. It reads the family, never the product name, so a Zephyrus G14 and a Strix G733 get byte identical treatment. There is no DMI narrowing for any Zephyrus or Strix product name in the v4.0.4 tree.

That gate drives `asus-rog.sh` (asusctl), `fix-audio-mixer.sh`, `fix-mic.sh` and the keyboard theme sync. The only ASUS quirk that matches a product string is `install/hardware/asus/fix-z13-touchpad.sh`, gated on `omarchy-hw-asus-rog && omarchy-hw-match "GZ302"`, and GZ302 is the ROG Flow Z13, not a Zephyrus. The Panther Lake ASUS fixes in `install/hardware/asus/` target the ExpertBook B9406 and Zenbook UX5406AA and will not fire on your machine.

## Variants

GA401 units from 2021 are the calmest on paper, with only the Fn plus F3 report and the VA-API one against them, and only the VA-API thread carries a workaround. GA402 from 2023 adds the resume rendering stall in MUX dGPU mode, and it is the machine the phantom charge limit was reported on. GA403, the 2024 and 2025 Strix Point and Hawk Point G14, carries the boot black screen and both hibernate reports, so budget an evening for it. On the G16 side, GU605 with Intel Core Ultra plus an RTX 50 had the hybrid menu bug that is already fixed, and GA605 is where the audio ceiling was measured. On the Strix side the reports split by chassis rather than stacking: G614 has the TGP cap and the s2idle freeze its reporter later closed as fixed, G733 has the smart amp audio complaint, and the G18 G815LR has the dead lock screen after resume.

Expect to set scaling by hand on the OLED panels. The GA403 configuration codyoss tested in #9720 pins `eDP-1` to 2880x1800 at scale 1.5 in `monitors.lua` rather than taking the default. Avoid buying a brand new chassis generation in the first months if a black screen at first boot would ruin your week.

## Before you install

- Read [/fix/hybrid-gpu-laptop-black-screen-aq-drm-devices/](/fix/hybrid-gpu-laptop-black-screen-aq-drm-devices/) before the first boot on a GA403. Know the `AQ_NO_ATOMIC` trick in advance.
- Decide about hibernate. Check [/fix/hibernate-fails-or-hangs/](/fix/hibernate-fails-or-hangs/) and the manual's [System sleep](https://omarchy.org/manual/system-sleep/) chapter, and be ready to run `omarchy hibernation remove` rather than discover the hang the hard way.
- Run the hybrid GPU toggle once, early. It is what installs `supergfxctl` and the `force-igpu` sleep hook, and it is also your battery life.
- Check the real speaker volume with `amixer` on the ALC285 card after install. See [/hardware/audio/](/hardware/audio/).
- If you game, enable `nvidia-powerd` yourself or accept base TGP. Background on the driver path is at [/hardware/nvidia/](/hardware/nvidia/).
- Learn the two resume recoveries before you need them: `omarchy restart shell` for a bar that stopped drawing, and a TTY plus `systemctl --user restart omarchy-fcitx5.service` for a lock screen that takes no keystrokes.

## Related

- [/hardware/hybrid-gpu/](/hardware/hybrid-gpu/) and [/hardware/nvidia/](/hardware/nvidia/) for the driver and mux story
- [/hardware/suspend-sleep/](/hardware/suspend-sleep/) and [/hardware/battery-power/](/hardware/battery-power/)
- [/fix/no-sound-from-laptop-speakers/](/fix/no-sound-from-laptop-speakers/) and [/fix/suspend-wont-resume-s2idle/](/fix/suspend-wont-resume-s2idle/)
- [/hardware/asus-zenbook-vivobook/](/hardware/asus-zenbook-vivobook/) for the non ROG ASUS machines
- [/releases/still-broken/](/releases/still-broken/) for what is open right now, and [/hardware/submit/](/hardware/submit/) if your Zephyrus behaves differently

## Sources

- [Issue #9720: [Hardware]: Black screen on boot on AMD Strix Point / Radeon 890M laptops (ASUS ROG Zephyrus G14) due to Aquamarine atomic DRM commit failure](https://github.com/omacom/omarchy/issues/9720)
- [Issue #9696: Hibernate hangs (forced power-off required) on hybrid-GPU ASUS ROG G14, force-igpu/supergfxctl never installed](https://github.com/omacom/omarchy/issues/9696)
- [Issue #8589: Hibernation aborts during image creation on ASUS ROG Zephyrus G14 (GA403UV); HibernateMode=shutdown fixes it](https://github.com/omacom/omarchy/issues/8589)
- [Issue #11046: ASUS ROG: soft-mixer caps hardware Master at 80% so bar "100%" is not full volume](https://github.com/omacom/omarchy/issues/11046)
- [Issue #8359: ASUS ROG blanket software-mixer fix degrades audio quality on smart-amp laptops (e.g. G733ZW)](https://github.com/omacom/omarchy/issues/8359)
- [Issue #4821: # No Sound Fix: ASUS ROG Strix G16 (2025) on Omarchy 3.4.1](https://github.com/omacom/omarchy/issues/4821)
- [Issue #8491: Omarchy shell stays alive but stops rendering after resume-time EGL_BAD_CONTEXT](https://github.com/omacom/omarchy/issues/8491)
- [Issue #7811: Lock screen visible but keyboard input dead after lid-open resume (reproduces on Quattro, follow-up to #2991)](https://github.com/omacom/omarchy/issues/7811)
- [Issue #9325: Lock screen accepts no keyboard input after suspend/resume, fcitx5 wedges, presents as a system freeze](https://github.com/omacom/omarchy/issues/9325)
- [Issue #11460: LIBVA_DRIVER_NAME=nvidia forced on hybrid laptops where the panel is driven by the iGPU](https://github.com/omacom/omarchy/issues/11460)
- [Issue #9678: Laptop NVIDIA GPUs stuck at default TGP, nvidia-powerd is never enabled](https://github.com/omacom/omarchy/issues/9678)
- [Issue #7374: Power panel shows UPower's hwdb charge limit (75-80%) instead of the real asusctl-set limit, and a bogus 0 cycle count](https://github.com/omacom/omarchy/issues/7374)
- [Issue #6949: Fn + F3 keyboard backlight shortcut not working on ASUS ROG Zephyrus G14](https://github.com/omacom/omarchy/issues/6949)
- [Issue #7607: Display panel can't persistently turn off internal display, Omarchy watcher reverts it](https://github.com/omacom/omarchy/issues/7607)
- [Issue #7303: Quattro: Suspend hard-freezes (s2idle) on ASUS ROG Strix G16 G614FR](https://github.com/omacom/omarchy/issues/7303)
- [Issue #5428: Hybrid GPU menu entry disappears after switching to Integrated mode](https://github.com/omacom/omarchy/issues/5428)
- [Omarchy v3.4.0 release notes: Full Asus Zephyrous G14/16 compatibility](https://github.com/omacom/omarchy/releases/tag/v3.4.0)
- [Omarchy v3.7.0 release notes: Fix hybrid GPU hardware detection so the toggle only appears when actually applicable](https://github.com/omacom/omarchy/releases/tag/v3.7.0)
- [bin/omarchy-hw-asus-rog at v4.0.4](https://github.com/omacom/omarchy/blob/v4.0.4/bin/omarchy-hw-asus-rog)
- [Omarchy Manual: System sleep](https://omarchy.org/manual/system-sleep/)