[soundpwns909]

That's what I thought, and that's what has me confused, I stared at the inside of that box for hours last night trying to find the screw, but I can only find one screw that makes any sense, seems like its in the same place as the asus device, but I still get the error even after that screw is removed. Could it maybe be shorting itself even without the screw?

In case there should be any doubts...



And yes, it does work for me.

That's what I was afraid of, I have removed that screw already and "sudo crossystem" brings back the firmware protection as on.
Guess I'll keep trying things...

Update....
I have figured it out. It turns out that some of the solder on the pad got flattened by the screw causing it to short across the two pads. I managed to just scrape it off with my fingernail. Now its showing 0's and I can successfully set my boot options.

Thanks Everyone