Running the FDE (or partial encryption) of the TPM would include the risk that a hardware defect on the mainboard would render the disks unreadable, right? Sinc

Running the FDE (or partial encryption) of the TPM would include the risk that a hardware defect on the mainboard would render the disks unreadable, right? Since it would be quite hard to get that key out of it. Guess thats what recovery keys are for...