Radxa ROCK 5C fan fix Armbian 25.8.1 kernel 6.1.115

Armbian 25.8.1 Noble Gnome, Kernel: 6.1.115, Size: 1.4 GB, Release date: Aug 17, 2025, not switch on after boot.

Go into root

$ sudo -i

create radxa-fan-on.service

$ sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/radxa-fan-on.service

in the file, copy paste this inside radxa-fan-on.service

[Unit]
Description=Set Radxa ROCK fan to persistent ON
After=network.target

[Service]
ExecStart=/bin/sh -c "echo user_space > /sys/class/thermal/thermal_zone0/policy && echo 80 > /sys/devices/platform/pwm-fan/hwmon/hwmon7/pwm1"

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

press ctrl-x then y then enter to save and close radxa-fan-on.service file

Enable and start radxa-fan-on.service

$sudo systemctl enable radxa-fan-on.service
$sudo systemctl start radxa-fan-on.service

Restart ROCK 5C to see if the fan switch on automatically after boot.

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