Case study

AvellSucks: reconstructing Avell laptop EC controls

AvellSucks is a Windows control app for an Avell gaming laptop’s fan, power settings and devices. The author recovered fan and power EC registers and WMI ACPI calls from the decompiled OEM app and hardware probes; the WPF app uses read-back checks and an audit log for EC writes. Other device controls use Windows APIs.

Targets: App · Protocol
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
Evidence class: C1 partial scope or analysis entry

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Last commit: 2026-08-24
Language: C#
License (GitHub): Apache-2.0

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Evidence

Demo screenshot from the project's public documentation

Observed: Download and demo observed; the case covers part of the target software.
Scope: Partial
Checked: 2026-11-08

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: Windows 10/11 x64, administrator rights, and the Avell i7-8750H hardware for which the EC register map was developed.
Limits: Keyboard RGB control is unfinished and untested.
License: Apache-2.0 license.

Cite

BibTeX

@misc{avellsucks-case,
  title = {{AvellSucks: reconstructing Avell laptop EC controls}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/rodrigogs/avell-sucks}},
  url = {https://github.com/rodrigogs/avell-sucks},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/avellsucks-case/}}
}

Plain text

AvellSucks: reconstructing Avell laptop EC controls. https://github.com/rodrigogs/avell-sucks (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/avellsucks-case/

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README.md GitHub · rodrigogs/avell-sucks · Revision b5ad4e6
docs/ARCHITECTURE.md GitHub · rodrigogs/avell-sucks · Revision b5ad4e6