It failed on the first attempt. Error messages like little riddles scrolled past; Malik consulted ngbaze.com again, scrolling until his thumbs ached. Someone in the thread had suggested disabling a service, another recommended a different cable. He tried both. The second attempt showed a different error; the third, a subtle timeout. Each failure taught him something. He adjusted timings, swapped ports, whispered apologies to the device as if it required reassurance.