My desktop motherboard no longer works (after they borked two Windows
   installations, they decided to bork my Fedora installation).

   Regardless, I have performed a UEFI backup of the settings, so I
   believe that any evidence of tampering will be on the second ROM chip.

   I will keep you guys posted if the government will attempt to recover
   or cover up their ... I guess they would tell a judge it is tools?

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