Awesome Minisforum V3

Useful (unofficial) information for Minisforum V3 AMD Tablet users.

Reviews

• Minisforum V3 3-in-1 review: the first ever Windows tablet with AMD's Hawk Point APU aka the AMD Ryzen 7 8840U by Notebookcheck
• A Brief Review of the Minisforum V3 AMD Tablet by Mudkip
• Minisforum V3 Tablet - hardware compatibility report by Tsuki4735

Videos

• MinisForum V3 vs. Surface Pro 10 - Which Tablet is Better? Comprehensive. by cbutters Tech
• Minisforum V3 Tablet (AMD R7 8840U) Review: Tweaking Guide, Benchmarks, Hawk Point Testing by Moore's Law Is Dead
• Android + SteamOS on a Tablet! Minisforum V3 Quick Impressions (feat. Bazzite OS) by Aru
• Tablet PCs are Kind of Amazing [MinisForum V3 Review] by Retro Game Corps
• Minisforum V3 FULL Walkthrough. Ryzen 7 8840U Windows 11 Pro Tablet by TechTablets
• It's a THICK tablet and I'm kinda into that - Minisforum V3 by ShortCircuit (Linus Tech Tips)
• Minisforum V3 AMD Tablet Review! The Best 3 in 1 We've Ever Gotten Our Hands On by ETA PRIME
• Minisforum V3 Tablet FULL Test and Review: This is Stupid Fast - Ryzen 8840U, 32GB RAM, 2560x1600 by Tek Syndicate

Resources

• Drivers and Firmware Update
• Minisforum Discord Server
• RyzenAdj: Adjust power management settings.

Guide for Windows Users

V3 Adj

A kludge of scripts with RefreshRateSwitcher and RyzenAdj to control power limits along with auto setting brightness and refresh at startup and when the unit is swapped between AC power and Battery.

Extract V3Adj.zip to C:\ and run V3 Adj task install.bat as Administrator to install.

Note

• Defaults to 37W and 9.5W for AC and Battery.
• Edit values in V3_PowerSwap.bat to set your own limits.

Warning

You need to set the BIOS profile to 54W to be able to increase the current limits!

CRU profile to expand VRR range down to 36Hz

CRU V3 Profile.zip is Custom Resolution Utility By ToastyX and a profile made for the V3 Tablet that extends the VRR range.

1. Extract CRU V3 Profile.zip
2. Run CRU.exe
3. Import the v3 36 to 165.bin file
4. Restart the display driver with restart64.exe, or reboot the machine

Enable integer scaling

Run Embeded_Integer_Scaling_On.reg and reboot Windows. Then enable integer scaling in Display in AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition. Credits to Wobble.

Guide for Linux Users

Automatic rotation and accelerometers

See #2 (comment).

Fix volume buttons not working when the keyboard is detached

Note

libinput 1.26.2 is released with quirks for Minisforum V3. If you are using Arch-based distributions or Fedora 40, you don't need to do this manually.

Quick install:

curl -L https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mudkipme/awesome-minisforum-v3/main/scripts/linux_fix_sound.sh | sudo sh

Manual Install:

Create /etc/libinput/local-overrides.quirks with the following content:

[Minisforum V3 volume keys]
MatchName=AT Translated Set 2 keyboard
MatchDMIModalias=dmi:*svnMicroComputer(HK)TechLimited:pnV3:*
ModelTabletModeNoSuspend=1

Workaround for global volume control with the speaker

Warning

alsa-firmware is required for this to work!

1. Download alsa-soft-mixer.conf to /etc/wireplumber/wireplumber.conf.d/alsa-soft-mixer.conf
   • Use ~/.config/wireplumber/wireplumber.conf.d/alsa-soft-mixer.conf for a per-user basis.
2. Reboot the system

Note

Run wpctl status and pactl list short cards to see which card is applicable if this does not work. Whichever matches Family 17h/19h HD Audio Controller is the correct card Example output

❯ wpctl status

Audio
  └─  Devices:
      48. Rembrandt Radeon High Definition Audio Controller [alsa]
      49. Family 17h/19h HD Audio Controller  [alsa]
 
❯ pactl list short cards

48      alsa_card.pci-0000_c4_00.1      alsa
49      alsa_card.pci-0000_c4_00.6      alsa

Credits to Aru.

Disable audio session suspension

If you are seeing the headphone port keep dropping every few seconds when the port is used, you can disable audio session suspension.

Download alsa-disable-suspension.conf and move it to ~/.config/wireplumber/wireplumber.conf.d/alsa-disable-suspension.conf.

Manual rotation script

Download rotateButton.sh. Credits to Briar.

Faical Recognition

The IR Camera works with howdy. Fedora-based distribution users can install howdy-beta with Copr. Credits to Tsuki4735.

The device_path in /etc/howdy/config.ini needs to be set to /dev/video3.

Note

/dev/video2 may be required instead for specific models.

Remap Copilot Button

By default, the Copilot button triggers Super L + Shift L + XF86TouchpadOff. It can be remapped using Input Remapper (tested on Nobara). For example, you can map it to KEY_COMPOSE, which bring up the context menu.

Hardware Guide

Micro SD Card Adapter

If you want to expand the storage of the tablet with the SD Card slot, the BaseQi iSDA 750A adapter is a good fit. Credits to killshot007_.

Known Issues

• Enabling AMD Fluid Motion Frames in AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition may cause Windows to reboot.
  • It seems this issue is fixed with latest AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition driver.