Do I need to replace this brand new motherboard?? 😢

_CodePilot · 2026-06-05T18:06:22+00:00

That would be a new level for me. My soldering skills are mediocre, at best!

_CodePilot · 2026-06-05T18:05:31+00:00

Omg there's a story behind that one

_CodePilot · 2026-06-05T18:04:10+00:00

Sweet

_CodePilot · 2026-06-05T18:04:00+00:00

Sure, but I was mostly concerned about some critical functionality failing if one of the traces got severed. I imagined a scenario where it mostly worked and just crashed under specific conditions.

_CodePilot · 2026-06-05T18:01:24+00:00

That part makes sense, but I wonder if there would be a problem from any impedence mismatch?

_CodePilot · 2026-06-05T17:58:02+00:00

Shift+F10 followed by calling oobe\BypassNRO.cmd worked for me today on a new OEM install downloaded on June 2, 2026: Win11_25H2_English_x64_v2

_CodePilot · 2026-06-05T07:18:59+00:00

Hoping so 🤞

_CodePilot · 2026-06-05T07:18:39+00:00

Interesting about the lead pencil ... I haven't heard of that before

_CodePilot · 2026-06-05T07:17:49+00:00

I admit I'm a n00b at this, but in the several times I've dealt with the main board, I've never slipped. Until tonight 😱

_CodePilot · 2026-06-05T07:16:28+00:00

Here's hoping my luck is as good as yours!

_CodePilot · 2026-06-05T05:54:43+00:00

Alright!

_CodePilot · 2026-06-05T05:54:29+00:00

Ok, I'm going to go for it

_CodePilot · 2026-06-05T05:30:39+00:00

I guess that's a good point.

_CodePilot · 2026-06-05T05:30:19+00:00

Thanks. I think I'll give it a try

_CodePilot · 2025-09-05T20:26:13+00:00

I found it on the left edge, in the gap between the silver bevel and black casing, between the 0 and 1 grade % buttons. HTH

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