I've "patched" my CPU (using a pencil to close some leads on an old AMD cpu to enable overclocking) and I've "patched" a motherboard (replacing a blown capacito

I've "patched" my CPU (using a pencil to close some leads on an old AMD cpu to enable overclocking) and I've "patched" a motherboard (replacing a blown capacitor). But that was analogous to patching bugs in your closed source software with a hex editor.