diff --git a/src/amdgpu.cpp b/src/amdgpu.cpp
index 388fb5e418..cec6b842ba 100644
--- a/src/amdgpu.cpp
+++ b/src/amdgpu.cpp
@@ -553,6 +553,15 @@ AMDGPU::AMDGPU(std::string pci_dev, uint32_t device_id, uint32_t vendor_id) {
 		}
 	}
 
+	// Probe voltage before the polling thread starts; it shares this FILE*.
+	if (sysfs_nodes.gpu_voltage_soc) {
+		int64_t value = 0;
+		rewind(sysfs_nodes.gpu_voltage_soc);
+		fflush(sysfs_nodes.gpu_voltage_soc);
+		if (fscanf(sysfs_nodes.gpu_voltage_soc, "%" PRId64, &value) == 1 && value > 0)
+			voltage_is_valid = true;
+	}
+
 	throttling = std::make_shared<Throttling>(0x1002);
 #ifndef TEST_ONLY
 	fdinfo_helper = std::make_unique<GPU_fdinfo>("amdgpu", pci_dev, "", /*called_from_amdgpu_cpp=*/ true);
diff --git a/src/amdgpu.h b/src/amdgpu.h
index 9d3088523d..ac2a014444 100644
--- a/src/amdgpu.h
+++ b/src/amdgpu.h
@@ -506,6 +506,13 @@ class AMDGPU {
             cond_var.notify_one();
         }
 
+        bool has_fan_sensor()           const { return sysfs_nodes.fan != nullptr; }
+        bool has_junction_temp_sensor() const { return sysfs_nodes.junction_temp != nullptr; }
+        bool has_memory_temp_sensor()   const { return sysfs_nodes.memory_temp != nullptr; }
+        bool has_power_limit_sensor()   const { return sysfs_nodes.power_limit != nullptr; }
+        // in0_input exists on some APUs but always reads 0, so require a reading
+        bool has_voltage_sensor()       const { return sysfs_nodes.gpu_voltage_soc != nullptr && voltage_is_valid; }
+
 	private:
 		std::string pci_dev;
 		std::string gpu_metrics_path;
@@ -515,6 +522,7 @@ class AMDGPU {
 		std::thread thread;
 		struct amdgpu_files sysfs_nodes = {};
 		bool gpu_metrics_is_valid = false;
+		bool voltage_is_valid = false;  // gpu_voltage_soc read non-zero at init
 		std::condition_variable cond_var;
 		std::atomic<bool> stop_thread{false};
         std::atomic<bool> paused{false};
diff --git a/src/gpu.h b/src/gpu.h
index 675d64f8a9..ffde8cc7d3 100644
--- a/src/gpu.h
+++ b/src/gpu.h
@@ -100,6 +100,13 @@ class GPU {
                 return false;
         }
 
+        // Sensor availability: AMD and Intel report it from hwmon
+        bool has_fan_sensor()           { return amdgpu ? amdgpu->has_fan_sensor()           : fdinfo ? fdinfo->has_fan_sensor()           : true; }
+        bool has_junction_temp_sensor() { return amdgpu ? amdgpu->has_junction_temp_sensor() : fdinfo ? fdinfo->has_junction_temp_sensor() : true; }
+        bool has_memory_temp_sensor()   { return amdgpu ? amdgpu->has_memory_temp_sensor()   : fdinfo ? fdinfo->has_memory_temp_sensor()   : true; }
+        bool has_voltage_sensor()       { return amdgpu ? amdgpu->has_voltage_sensor()       : fdinfo ? fdinfo->has_voltage_sensor()       : true; }
+        bool has_power_limit_sensor()   { return amdgpu ? amdgpu->has_power_limit_sensor()   : fdinfo ? fdinfo->has_power_limit_sensor()   : true; }
+
         std::shared_ptr<Throttling> throttling() {
             if (nvidia)
                 return nvidia->throttling;
diff --git a/src/gpu_fdinfo.h b/src/gpu_fdinfo.h
index 97e62e5265..a2f697dbe2 100644
--- a/src/gpu_fdinfo.h
+++ b/src/gpu_fdinfo.h
@@ -60,6 +60,8 @@ class GPU_fdinfo {
     uint64_t fdinfo_last_update_ms = 0;
 
     std::map<std::string, hwmon_sensor> hwmon_sensors;
+    bool fan_avail = false, voltage_avail = false;
+    bool mem_temp_avail = false, power_limit_avail = false;
 
     std::string drm_engine_type = "EMPTY";
     std::string drm_memory_type = "EMPTY";
@@ -83,6 +85,10 @@ class GPU_fdinfo {
 
     float get_memory_used();
 
+    bool hwmon_has(const std::string& key) const {
+        auto it = hwmon_sensors.find(key);
+        return it != hwmon_sensors.end() && !it->second.filename.empty();
+    }
     void find_hwmon_sensors();
     std::string find_hwmon_dir();
     std::string find_hwmon_sensor_dir(std::string name);
@@ -208,6 +214,12 @@ class GPU_fdinfo {
 
         find_hwmon_sensors();
 
+        // Snapshot availability before the worker thread starts mutating the map.
+        fan_avail         = hwmon_has("fan_speed");
+        voltage_avail     = hwmon_has("voltage");
+        mem_temp_avail    = hwmon_has("vram_temp");
+        power_limit_avail = hwmon_has("power_limit");
+
         if (module == "i915")
             find_i915_gt_dir();
         else if (module == "xe")
@@ -242,4 +254,10 @@ class GPU_fdinfo {
     }
 
     float amdgpu_helper_get_proc_vram();
+
+    bool has_fan_sensor()           const { return fan_avail; }
+    bool has_voltage_sensor()       const { return voltage_avail; }
+    bool has_memory_temp_sensor()   const { return mem_temp_avail; }
+    bool has_power_limit_sensor()   const { return power_limit_avail; }
+    bool has_junction_temp_sensor() const { return false; }  // not exposed via fdinfo
 };
diff --git a/src/hud_elements.cpp b/src/hud_elements.cpp
index eee161f3c8..f76970c3e7 100644
--- a/src/hud_elements.cpp
+++ b/src/hud_elements.cpp
@@ -778,7 +778,8 @@ void HudElements::ram(){
         ImGui::PopFont();
     }
 
-    if (HUDElements.params->enabled[OVERLAY_PARAM_ENABLED_ram_temp]) {
+    // only when an spd5118 RAM temp sensor exists, else mem_temp is a bogus 0
+    if (HUDElements.params->enabled[OVERLAY_PARAM_ENABLED_ram_temp] && mem_temp_available) {
         ImguiNextColumnOrNewRow();
         if (HUDElements.params->enabled[OVERLAY_PARAM_ENABLED_temp_fahrenheit])
             right_aligned_text(HUDElements.colors.text, HUDElements.ralign_width, "%i", HUDElements.convert_to_fahrenheit(mem_temp));
diff --git a/src/memory.cpp b/src/memory.cpp
index fc117f555d..b530c2f4b7 100644
--- a/src/memory.cpp
+++ b/src/memory.cpp
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 
 float memused, memmax, swapused;
 int mem_temp;
+bool mem_temp_available = false;
 uint64_t proc_mem_resident, proc_mem_shared, proc_mem_virt;
 
 void update_meminfo() {
@@ -46,6 +47,7 @@ void update_mem_temp() {
             if (read_line(path + dir + "/name") == "spd5118")
                 mem_temp_files.emplace_back(path + dir + "/temp1_input");
         }
+        mem_temp_available = !mem_temp_files.empty();
         if (mem_temp_files.empty())
             SPDLOG_ERROR("failed to find known ram temp sensors");
     }
diff --git a/src/memory.h b/src/memory.h
index c490b2b6ea..209672d907 100644
--- a/src/memory.h
+++ b/src/memory.h
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 
 extern float memused, memmax, swapused;
 extern int mem_temp;
+extern bool mem_temp_available;
 extern uint64_t proc_mem_resident, proc_mem_shared, proc_mem_virt;
 
 void update_meminfo();
diff --git a/src/overlay_params.cpp b/src/overlay_params.cpp
index 58620c4997..78ddab1f47 100644
--- a/src/overlay_params.cpp
+++ b/src/overlay_params.cpp
@@ -1380,22 +1380,26 @@ void presets(int preset, struct overlay_params *params, bool inherit) {
          add_to_options(params, "gpu_efficiency", "0");
          add_to_options(params, "cpu_efficiency", "0");
 
-         // Disable some options if steamdeck / other known handhelds
+         // Hide GPU fields with no backing sensor on any detected GPU
          if (!gpus)
             gpus = std::make_unique<GPUS>(params);
 
-         for (auto gpu : gpus->available_gpus) {
-            if (gpu->device_id == 0x1435 || gpu->device_id == 0x163f || gpu->device_id == 0x1681 || gpu->device_id == 0x15bf){
-               add_to_options(params, "gpu_fan", "0");
-               add_to_options(params, "gpu_junction_temp", "0");
-               add_to_options(params, "gpu_voltage", "0");
-               add_to_options(params, "gpu_mem_temp", "0");
-               add_to_options(params, "gpu_efficiency", "0");
-            }
-            // Rembrandt and Phoenix APUs (Z1, Z1E, Z2 Go)
-            if (gpu->device_id == 0x1681 || gpu->device_id == 0x15bf){
-               add_to_options(params, "gpu_power_limit", "0");
+         if (!gpus->available_gpus.empty()) {
+            bool has_fan = false, has_junction_temp = false, has_memory_temp = false;
+            bool has_voltage = false, has_power_limit = false;
+            for (auto gpu : gpus->available_gpus) {
+               has_fan           |= gpu->has_fan_sensor();
+               has_junction_temp |= gpu->has_junction_temp_sensor();
+               has_memory_temp   |= gpu->has_memory_temp_sensor();
+               has_voltage       |= gpu->has_voltage_sensor();
+               has_power_limit   |= gpu->has_power_limit_sensor();
             }
+
+            if (!has_fan)           add_to_options(params, "gpu_fan", "0");
+            if (!has_junction_temp) add_to_options(params, "gpu_junction_temp", "0");
+            if (!has_memory_temp)   add_to_options(params, "gpu_mem_temp", "0");
+            if (!has_voltage)       add_to_options(params, "gpu_voltage", "0");
+            if (!has_power_limit)   add_to_options(params, "gpu_power_limit", "0");
          }
 
          break;