@Mov AX, 0xDEAD
I recall from my linux boot logs (sorry I don't have it to share right now) WT1A was not the only duplicate device, there were about 10 other duplicates or so.
I can boot into linux and get the log if you're curious.
I'll give option 1 a try since it seems to be easiest.
I wounder how Windows 8.1 handles duplicates? does it just ignore them? or handle them some other way?
edit:
from the linux boot logs
17:26:04 kernel: ACPI Error: AE_ALREADY_EXISTS, During name lookup/catalog (20190816/psobject-220)
17:26:04 kernel: ACPI Error: AE_ALREADY_EXISTS, During name lookup/catalog (20190816/psobject-220)
17:26:04 kernel: ACPI BIOS Error (bug): Failure creating named object [\_SB.I2CD.MT5D], AE_ALREADY_EXISTS (20190816/dswload2-326)
17:26:04 kernel: ACPI Error: AE_ALREADY_EXISTS, During name lookup/catalog (20190816/psobject-220)
17:26:04 kernel: ACPI BIOS Error (bug): Failure creating named object [\_SB.I2CD.MT4D], AE_ALREADY_EXISTS (20190816/dswload2-326)
17:26:04 kernel: ACPI Error: AE_ALREADY_EXISTS, During name lookup/catalog (20190816/psobject-220)
17:26:04 kernel: ACPI BIOS Error (bug): Failure creating named object [\_SB.I2CD.WT4D], AE_ALREADY_EXISTS (20190816/dswload2-326)
17:26:04 kernel: ACPI Error: AE_ALREADY_EXISTS, During name lookup/catalog (20190816/psobject-220)
17:26:04 kernel: ACPI BIOS Error (bug): Failure creating named object [\_SB.I2CD.MT3D], AE_ALREADY_EXISTS (20190816/dswload2-326)
17:26:04 kernel: ACPI Error: AE_ALREADY_EXISTS, During name lookup/catalog (20190816/psobject-220)
17:26:04 kernel: ACPI BIOS Error (bug): Failure creating named object [\_SB.I2CD.WT3D], AE_ALREADY_EXISTS (20190816/dswload2-326)
17:26:04 kernel: ACPI Error: AE_ALREADY_EXISTS, During name lookup/catalog (20190816/psobject-220)
17:26:04 kernel: ACPI BIOS Error (bug): Failure creating named object [\_SB.I2CD.MT2D], AE_ALREADY_EXISTS (20190816/dswload2-326)
17:26:04 kernel: ACPI Error: AE_ALREADY_EXISTS, During name lookup/catalog (20190816/psobject-220)
17:26:04 kernel: ACPI BIOS Error (bug): Failure creating named object [\_SB.I2CD.WT2D], AE_ALREADY_EXISTS (20190816/dswload2-326)
17:26:04 kernel: ACPI Error: AE_ALREADY_EXISTS, During name lookup/catalog (20190816/psobject-220)
17:26:04 kernel: ACPI BIOS Error (bug): Failure creating named object [\_SB.I2CD.MT1D], AE_ALREADY_EXISTS (20190816/dswload2-326)
17:26:04 kernel: ACPI Error: AE_ALREADY_EXISTS, During name lookup/catalog (20190816/psobject-220)
17:26:04 kernel: ACPI BIOS Error (bug): Failure creating named object [\_SB.I2CD.WT1D], AE_ALREADY_EXISTS (20190816/dswload2-326)
17:26:04 kernel: ACPI Error: AE_ALREADY_EXISTS, During name lookup/catalog (20190816/psobject-220)
17:26:04 kernel: ACPI BIOS Error (bug): Failure creating named object [\_SB.I2CC.MT5C], AE_ALREADY_EXISTS (20190816/dswload2-326)
17:26:04 kernel: ACPI Error: AE_ALREADY_EXISTS, During name lookup/catalog (20190816/psobject-220)
17:26:04 kernel: ACPI BIOS Error (bug): Failure creating named object [\_SB.I2CC.MT4C], AE_ALREADY_EXISTS (20190816/dswload2-326)
17:26:04 kernel: ACPI Error: AE_ALREADY_EXISTS, During name lookup/catalog (20190816/psobject-220)
17:26:04 kernel: ACPI BIOS Error (bug): Failure creating named object [\_SB.I2CC.WT4C], AE_ALREADY_EXISTS (20190816/dswload2-326)
17:26:04 kernel: ACPI Error: AE_ALREADY_EXISTS, During name lookup/catalog (20190816/psobject-220)
17:26:04 kernel: ACPI BIOS Error (bug): Failure creating named object [\_SB.I2CC.MT3C], AE_ALREADY_EXISTS (20190816/dswload2-326)
17:26:04 kernel: ACPI Error: AE_ALREADY_EXISTS, During name lookup/catalog (20190816/psobject-220)
17:26:04 kernel: ACPI BIOS Error (bug): Failure creating named object [\_SB.I2CC.WT3C], AE_ALREADY_EXISTS (20190816/dswload2-326)
17:26:04 kernel: ACPI Error: AE_ALREADY_EXISTS, During name lookup/catalog (20190816/psobject-220)
17:26:04 kernel: ACPI BIOS Error (bug): Failure creating named object [\_SB.I2CC.MT2C], AE_ALREADY_EXISTS (20190816/dswload2-326)
17:26:04 kernel: ACPI Error: AE_ALREADY_EXISTS, During name lookup/catalog (20190816/psobject-220)
17:26:04 kernel: ACPI BIOS Error (bug): Failure creating named object [\_SB.I2CC.WT2C], AE_ALREADY_EXISTS (20190816/dswload2-326)
17:26:04 kernel: ACPI Error: AE_ALREADY_EXISTS, During name lookup/catalog (20190816/psobject-220)
17:26:04 kernel: ACPI BIOS Error (bug): Failure creating named object [\_SB.I2CC.MT1C], AE_ALREADY_EXISTS (20190816/dswload2-326)
17:26:04 kernel: ACPI Error: AE_ALREADY_EXISTS, During name lookup/catalog (20190816/psobject-220)
17:26:04 kernel: ACPI BIOS Error (bug): Failure creating named object [\_SB.I2CC.WT1C], AE_ALREADY_EXISTS (20190816/dswload2-326)
17:26:04 kernel: ACPI Error: AE_ALREADY_EXISTS, During name lookup/catalog (20190816/psobject-220)
17:26:04 kernel: ACPI BIOS Error (bug): Failure creating named object [\_SB.I2CB.MT5B], AE_ALREADY_EXISTS (20190816/dswload2-326)
17:26:04 kernel: ACPI Error: AE_ALREADY_EXISTS, During name lookup/catalog (20190816/psobject-220)
17:26:04 kernel: ACPI BIOS Error (bug): Failure creating named object [\_SB.I2CB.MT4B], AE_ALREADY_EXISTS (20190816/dswload2-326)
17:26:04 kernel: ACPI Error: AE_ALREADY_EXISTS, During name lookup/catalog (20190816/psobject-220)
17:26:04 kernel: ACPI BIOS Error (bug): Failure creating named object [\_SB.I2CB.WT4B], AE_ALREADY_EXISTS (20190816/dswload2-326)
17:26:04 kernel: ACPI Error: AE_ALREADY_EXISTS, During name lookup/catalog (20190816/psobject-220)
17:26:04 kernel: ACPI BIOS Error (bug): Failure creating named object [\_SB.I2CB.MT3B], AE_ALREADY_EXISTS (20190816/dswload2-326)
17:26:04 kernel: ACPI Error: AE_ALREADY_EXISTS, During name lookup/catalog (20190816/psobject-220)
17:26:04 kernel: ACPI BIOS Error (bug): Failure creating named object [\_SB.I2CB.WT3B], AE_ALREADY_EXISTS (20190816/dswload2-326)
17:26:04 kernel: ACPI Error: AE_ALREADY_EXISTS, During name lookup/catalog (20190816/psobject-220)
17:26:04 kernel: ACPI BIOS Error (bug): Failure creating named object [\_SB.I2CB.MT2B], AE_ALREADY_EXISTS (20190816/dswload2-326)
17:26:04 kernel: ACPI Error: AE_ALREADY_EXISTS, During name lookup/catalog (20190816/psobject-220)
17:26:04 kernel: ACPI BIOS Error (bug): Failure creating named object [\_SB.I2CB.WT2B], AE_ALREADY_EXISTS (20190816/dswload2-326)
17:26:04 kernel: ACPI Error: AE_ALREADY_EXISTS, During name lookup/catalog (20190816/psobject-220)
17:26:04 kernel: ACPI BIOS Error (bug): Failure creating named object [\_SB.I2CB.MT1B], AE_ALREADY_EXISTS (20190816/dswload2-326)
17:26:04 kernel: ACPI Error: AE_ALREADY_EXISTS, During name lookup/catalog (20190816/psobject-220)
17:26:04 kernel: ACPI BIOS Error (bug): Failure creating named object [\_SB.I2CB.WT1B], AE_ALREADY_EXISTS (20190816/dswload2-326)
17:26:04 kernel: ACPI Error: AE_ALREADY_EXISTS, During name lookup/catalog (20190816/psobject-220)
17:26:04 kernel: ACPI BIOS Error (bug): Failure creating named object [\_SB.I2CA.MT5A], AE_ALREADY_EXISTS (20190816/dswload2-326)
17:26:04 kernel: ACPI Error: AE_ALREADY_EXISTS, During name lookup/catalog (20190816/psobject-220)
17:26:04 kernel: ACPI BIOS Error (bug): Failure creating named object [\_SB.I2CA.MT4A], AE_ALREADY_EXISTS (20190816/dswload2-326)
17:26:04 kernel: ACPI Error: AE_ALREADY_EXISTS, During name lookup/catalog (20190816/psobject-220)
17:26:04 kernel: ACPI BIOS Error (bug): Failure creating named object [\_SB.I2CA.WT4A], AE_ALREADY_EXISTS (20190816/dswload2-326)
17:26:04 kernel: ACPI Error: AE_ALREADY_EXISTS, During name lookup/catalog (20190816/psobject-220)
17:26:04 kernel: ACPI BIOS Error (bug): Failure creating named object [\_SB.I2CA.MT3A], AE_ALREADY_EXISTS (20190816/dswload2-326)
17:26:04 kernel: ACPI Error: AE_ALREADY_EXISTS, During name lookup/catalog (20190816/psobject-220)
17:26:04 kernel: ACPI BIOS Error (bug): Failure creating named object [\_SB.I2CA.WT3A], AE_ALREADY_EXISTS (20190816/dswload2-326)
17:26:04 kernel: ACPI Error: AE_ALREADY_EXISTS, During name lookup/catalog (20190816/psobject-220)
17:26:04 kernel: ACPI BIOS Error (bug): Failure creating named object [\_SB.I2CA.MT2A], AE_ALREADY_EXISTS (20190816/dswload2-326)
17:26:04 kernel: ACPI Error: AE_ALREADY_EXISTS, During name lookup/catalog (20190816/psobject-220)
17:26:04 kernel: ACPI BIOS Error (bug): Failure creating named object [\_SB.I2CA.WT2A], AE_ALREADY_EXISTS (20190816/dswload2-326)
17:26:04 kernel: ACPI Error: AE_ALREADY_EXISTS, During name lookup/catalog (20190816/psobject-220)
17:26:04 kernel: ACPI BIOS Error (bug): Failure creating named object [\_SB.I2CA.MT1A], AE_ALREADY_EXISTS (20190816/dswload2-326)
17:26:04 kernel: ACPI Error: AE_ALREADY_EXISTS, During name lookup/catalog (20190816/psobject-220)
17:26:04 kernel: ACPI BIOS Error (bug): Failure creating named object [\_SB.I2CA.WT1A], AE_ALREADY_EXISTS (20190816/dswload2-326)