So, during this lock in, I decided to be a dumb ass and break my beautiful LOTR LE. I will not get into the details as I am still embarrassed by my stupidity . Needless to point out I was really POed at myself

That being said , I thought I had a problem with the CPU Board and after doing a little research , I contacted Chris through pinside.

He responded right away and after trading a few texts / pictures , he confirmed my 500 dollar CPU needed work.

I have never sent a board out for work before so I was a little concerned. His website provided straight forward directions and I got it out the next day. Chris notified me a couple of days later that the board arrived at his place safely.

I figured it would take awhile , but after a couple days , I got the email that all was fixed. Chris actually took a YouTube film of the board being tested so that I could see it working before returning the board to me in the mail. I received the board today and it works . No more busted LOTR!!!!

Just wanted to thank Chris publicly as he was timely and very professional. People like Chris make this a great hobby. I would have no hesitation reaching out for his help any time in the future.
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Yes, Chris did set me up with NVRAM (his suggestion)

LOL, All I will say, trying to remove a chip to install a pin sound board and broke some traces.