Search for datasheets or configs of similar notebooks
The easiest way to create a config for your notebook is to derive it from a config of a similar notebook model.
If you don't want to search through all the configs, you can make use of the NBFC command line interface's recommend function:
nbfc.exe config --recommend
In case none of the already existing configs works, you can also open your notebook and search for the EC, or - if you can't easily open your notebook - search for high resolution pictures of your notebook's motherboard.
The EC (or Super I/O chip) should look something like this:
Well-known vendors of ECs and Super I/O chips are:
- ITE
- Microchip/SMSC
- Nuvoton
- Renesas
As soon as you have found the chip, write down the model number and look it up on the vendor's website, on alldatasheet.com, or on Google.
The datasheet should provide you with all information you need to create a NBFC config.
Unfortunately datasheets are not always publicly available.
If your search was unlucky, go on with the next chapter: Analyze your notebook's DSDT
Otherwise go on with chapter 3: Probe the EC's registers