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PHN14-51 (Predator Helios 14) - RGB works but Turbo button non-functional #286

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System Information

Field Value
Model Acer Predator PHN14-51 (Taycan_MTH)
BIOS V1.04 (05/09/2024)
OS CachyOS (Arch-based)
Kernel 6.19.7-1-cachyos
Module version latest main branch

What works ✅

  • RGB keyboard backlight fully functional via /dev/acer-gkbbl-0
  • facer_rgb.py and keyboard.py both work correctly
  • Module loads and persists across reboots via systemd service

What doesn't work ❌

  • Turbo button on keyboard does nothing
  • No turbo/performance/fan sysfs nodes are exposed

WMI Device Note

The RGB GUID is present but with a different suffix than expected:

  • Expected by module: 7A4DDFE7-5B5D-40B4-8595-4408E0CC7F56
  • Actual on this machine: 7A4DDFE7-5B5D-40B4-8595-4408E0CC7F56-8

Full WMI device list:
```
05901221-D566-11D1-B2F0-00A0C9062910-13
05901221-D566-11D1-B2F0-00A0C9062910-17
05901221-D566-11D1-B2F0-00A0C9062910-19
1EA0BC57-521E-461B-A7A9-5D36F141A82A-3
1F13AB7F-6220-4210-8F8E-8BB5E71EE969-18
2BC49DEF-7B15-4F05-8BB7-EE37B9547C0B-15
2E6B3CE2-6A58-4AF2-8767-4640CA8A38E3-1
4BB53443-488A-430D-A25C-874660E23BDD-9
7A4DDFE7-5B5D-40B4-8595-4408E0CC7F56-8
9F98130E-3B48-40B3-9402-DE8E160F30CC-11
48E699DB-C63C-4472-9468-4B4189905D24-12
61EF69EA-865C-4BC3-A502-A0DEBA0CB531-2
77B0C3A7-F71D-43CB-B749-91CBFF5DDC43-7
603E9613-EF25-4338-A3D0-C46177516DB7-14
676AA15E-6A47-4D9F-A2CC-1E6D18D14026-0
79772EC5-04B1-4BFD-843C-61E7F77B6CC9-4
A6FEA33E-DABF-46F5-BFC8-460D961BEC9F-16
A9D77EF6-55E0-4706-B139-96ACE13F2269-10
F75F5666-B8B3-4A5D-A91C-7488F62E5637-5
FE1DBBDA-3014-4856-870C-5B3A744BF341-6
```

acer-wmi platform device

The acer-wmi platform device only exposes rfkill nodes (WiFi/Bluetooth).
No turbo, fan, or performance mode sysfs entries are present:

```
/sys/devices/platform/acer-wmi/
/sys/devices/platform/acer-wmi/power/
/sys/devices/platform/acer-wmi/rfkill/rfkill4/ ← WiFi
/sys/devices/platform/acer-wmi/rfkill/rfkill5/ ← Bluetooth
```

platform_profile

```
$ cat /sys/firmware/acpi/platform_profile
(no output)
$ cat /sys/firmware/acpi/platform_profile_choices
(no output)
```

dmesg (relevant lines)

```
[ 0.000000] DMI: Acer Predator PHN14-51/Taycan_MTH, BIOS V1.04 05/09/2024
```

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Request

Could you check which WMI GUID handles the Turbo button on this model?
RGB working confirms the module loads correctly on PHN14-51, so turbo
support may just need the correct GUID mapping added.

Happy to test any patches or provide additional debug output.

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