I am using an AMD 5700U, and in Zima OS, the temperature and power consumption are not displayed

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I am using an AMD 5700U, and in Zima OS, the temperature and power consumption are not displayed

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Yes, we are tracking the issue and expect to address it in a recent release.

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I’ve got this issue too now, on ZimaOS v1.5.1, and my CPU is an AMD A6-5200.

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There could be a connection with AMD Radeon 890M GPU Passthrough/Hardware Acceleration Support and the lack of proper driver support for AMD GPUs.

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Hi,

I recently migrated from an Intel-based system to an AMD-based NAS running ZimaOS and noticed that CPU power consumption is no longer exposed in the UI (only temperature is available).

On Intel platforms, this is typically handled via RAPL (powercap), which provides energy and power metrics through the kernel. However, on AMD systems, equivalent metrics are not exposed by default through the same interfaces.

From a technical standpoint, AMD CPUs can expose power data via hwmon, but usually require additional kernel modules such as “zenpower” (or similar drivers like k10temp extensions, depending on the architecture).

At the moment, it seems ZimaOS relies on standard sensor interfaces, which work well for Intel but do not surface AMD package power.

Possible improvements could include:

  • Integrating AMD-specific hwmon modules (e.g., zenpower) into the kernel or system image

  • Ensuring lm-sensors can detect and expose SVI2 power readings

  • Extending the monitoring backend to read AMD power metrics from /sys/class/hwmon

  • Updating the UI to support these additional data sources

With proper integration, AMD systems should be able to provide CPU package power (in watts) similar to Intel RAPL.

Considering the increasing use of AMD in NAS/home server setups, this would be a valuable enhancement for ZimaOS.

Thanks!