docs: Power-off fix texts cover every affected kernel, not just 7.2

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machine: { label: "Steam Machine support", hint: "LED bar, fan and performance settings in Steam",
body: "The front LED bar works, Steam's hardware settings work, and the power button puts it to sleep like a console.",
changes: ["leds-valve driver for every kernel (DKMS)", "steamos-manager for Steam's settings", "Console-like power handling"] },
poweroff: { label: "Power-off fix", hint: "Stays off after shutting down, on every kernel",
body: "With kernels 7.2 and newer the Steam Machine starts again right after shutting down: the firmware leaves a wake bit set that newer kernels keep. Valve's own kernel clears it; this small module does the same right before power-off, for every CachyOS kernel.",
changes: ["steamify-fremont-poweroff module for every kernel (DKMS)", "Only on a Steam Machine, only touches that one wake bit", "Off: kernels 7.2 and newer may start it again after shutting down"] },
poweroff: { label: "Power-off fix", hint: "Stays off after shutting down",
body: "With recent kernels the Steam Machine starts again right after shutting down: the firmware leaves a wake bit set, and newer kernels (7.2, and updates of 6.x, 7.0 and 7.1) no longer clear it. Valve's own kernel clears it; this small module does the same right before power-off.",
changes: ["steamify-fremont-poweroff module for each installed kernel (DKMS)", "Only on a Steam Machine, only touches that one wake bit", "Off: recent kernels may start it again after shutting down"] },
kpin: { label: "Pin the kernel", hint: "No longer needed: untick for the current kernel",
body: "Keeps the Steam Machine on CachyOS kernel 7.1.6, which older versions of Steamify needed to shut down properly. Steam Machine support now fixes that on every kernel. Untick it to go back to CachyOS's current kernel (HDMI refresh boost goes with it: newer kernels read the display's fast modes and do HDMI 2.1 themselves).",
body: "Keeps the Steam Machine on CachyOS kernel 7.1.6, which older versions of Steamify needed to shut down properly. The power-off fix handles that now. Untick it to go back to CachyOS's current kernel (HDMI refresh boost goes with it: newer kernels read the display's fast modes and do HDMI 2.1 themselves).",
changes: ["linux-cachyos from Steamify's release (signature checked)", "Kept in /var/cache/steamify/kernel", "Added to IgnorePkg"] },
hdmi: { label: "HDMI refresh boost", hint: "Higher refresh rates over HDMI",
body: "The pinned kernel keeps many HDMI displays at 60 Hz. Turning this on shows which refresh rates your display can run at the desktop resolution; you pick them, and each one is tried for 15 seconds so you can check the picture before it's installed.",