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Full Usage

Once you have installed the asus-fan-control program you have a few argument to run the command:

sudo asus-fan-control get-temps : this will show the temperature that are currently active; if you want to see the default ones for your model see model-info
sudo asus-fan-control set-temps : this allow you to set your own temperature (use with caution: if you put temperature to high you may damage your system), arguments: default use the default temperature (see model-info), custom temperature ex : 55 60 62 65 68 72 76 80. Note that you don't need to reboot, the new temperature will be active as soon as you run the command.
sudo asus-fan-control model-info : this will show: the model of the ASUS laptop, the fan addresses, the default temperature, if that model is tested or not.
asus-fan-control about : if you run this program it will print: the version currently installed, a short description of what the program does, the copyright, and the link to the GitHub project page.
asus-fan-control help : show a help screen.

If you see that the fan won't go faster:

Try a more aggressive temperature: example sudo asus-fan-control set-temps 40 45 50 55 59 63 65 67.

The temperature won't go down:

Try a more aggressive temperature: example sudo asus-fan-control set-temps 40 45 50 55 59 63 65 67;
Clear the laptop fan: it might seems stupid, in my case just cleaning the fan allow the temperature to be 20°C less (from 94 with thermal throttling, to 70 under full load)

If you don't know whether asus-fan-control works on your device:

Try different setups of temperatures, e.g., sudo asus-fan-control set-temps 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 and then sudo asus-fan-control set-temps 60 65 70 75 80 85 90 95. You definitely should hear the difference.

If you want to have an idea if asus-fan-control will work on your device:

Take a look at afc-scout, asus-fan-control ACPI scout. Compared to asus-fan-control, it only reads ACPI values. Try to start with sudo afc-scout only. It will print the values of predefined interesting ACPI fan addresses.