Okay, what Ouroboros business is going on here?

The circle pad cable is weirdly wrapped over its own ZIF connector, hindering access to...itself.

Our first inclination was to disconnect the ZIF connector and proceed with removing the motherboard. But it's such a tiny, frail connector, and cable, that we decided to remove the assembly first.

Out the circle pad goes! More on that in just a jiffy — first we focus on the motherboard.