Win Update KB5101650 Windows 11 Cumulative Update build 26100.8875 (24H2) and 26200.8875 (25H2) - July 14


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This cumulative update for Windows 11, version 25H2 and 24H2 (KB5101650) includes the latest security fixes and improvements, along with non-security updates from last month's optional preview release. Visit the Windows release health dashboard for the latest status on this release.


Announcements and messages​

This section provides key notifications related to this release, including announcements, change logs, and end-of-support notices.

Update temporarily unavailable for some devices with Intel IPF drivers

Important

This update is temporarily unavailable for a limited number of Dell devices that use Intel Innovation Platform Framework (IPF) drivers. This is due to an incompatibility between the update and an Intel component. In some cases, affected devices might experience changes in performance, power consumption, or system behavior. Microsoft is preparing a fix and expects to make the update available for affected devices within the next few days.


Windows Secure Boot certificate expiration
Important: Secure Boot certificates used by most Windows devices were set to expire starting in June 2026. Microsoft has been updating these certificates on PCs and non-managed business devices for the past months. Devices that haven’t received the newer certificates will continue to start, and standard Windows updates will continue to install. We will continue to install the newer certificates via Windows updates in the coming months.

End of updates
Windows 11, version 24H2 Home and Pro editions will reach end of updates on October 13, 2026. Devices running these editions will no longer receive fixes for known issues, time zone updates, technical support, or monthly security and preview updates containing protections from the latest security threats. Enterprise and Education editions remain supported until October 12, 2027.

To stay protected and up to date, we recommend you upgrade to the latest version of Windows 11.

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Change log

Change date​
Change description​
July 15, 2026Amended the announcement, "Update temporarily unavailable for some devices with Intel IPF drivers"
August 5, 2026Update added, [Picture password] To help enhance security, picture password is no longer available for new enrollment. Users who have already configured a picture password can continue to use it to sign in to Windows. If a picture password is removed, disabled, or not previously configured, it cannot be set up again. We recommend using Windows Hello PIN, facial recognition, or fingerprint recognition where available.

Improvements​

This update includes new features and quality improvements that were part of the following update:
This update addresses security vulnerabilities documented in the following guide:
The following summary outlines key quality improvements addressed by this update. The bold text within the brackets indicates the item or area of the change.
  • [Secure Boot] This update includes additional high confidence device targeting data, increasing coverage of devices eligible to automatically receive new Secure Boot certificates. Certificate deployment via Windows updates continues
  • [Apps (Known issue)] Fixed: This update addresses an issue that affects certain third-party apps that use OLE Automation to interact with Microsoft Office. After installing the June 2026 security update (KB5094126), these apps might fail to launch Office or open documents.
  • [Input] This update changes hotkey unregister and cleanup behavior. In rare cases, some built-in Windows experiences that rely on previous hotkey lifecycle behavior might temporarily stop responding to certain keyboard shortcuts. This issue can typically be resolved by restarting the app affected. If the issue is not resolved, report it through the Feedback Hub.
  • [Networking] This update introduces a security hardening change that enforces TDI transport registration requirements. As a result, applications that use sockets over unregistered third-party TDI transports might stop working after installing this update. Registered TDI transports are not affected. For more information, see Third-party TDI transports might stop working after installing Windows security updates released on or after July 14, 2026.
  • [Recycle Bin (known issue)] Fixed: This update addresses additional scenarios where the confirmation dialog might display an internal Recycle Bin file name instead of the original file name when permanently deleting a file. This issue might occur after installing the June 2026 security update (KB5094126)
  • [Security] This update upgrades the curl tool in Windows to version 8.21.0 and includes security improvements that help protect your device.
  • [Remote Desktop (RDP) Security] Support for SHA-2 certificate thumbprints has been added for trusted RDP publishers, with SHA-1 support retained only for backward compatibility and planned for future removal. New guidance is available for managing RDP file security through Group to help organizations reduce phishing risks by controlling which .rdp files users can open. We recommend IT administrators migrate to SHA-256 thumbprints or a stronger algorithm as soon as possible to avoid disruption.
  • [Picture password] To help enhance security, picture password is no longer available for new enrollment. Users who have already configured a picture password can continue to use it to sign in to Windows. If a picture password is removed, disabled, or not previously configured, it cannot be set up again. We recommend using Windows Hello PIN, facial recognition, or fingerprint recognition where available.

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    Microsoft Support:: Starting with Windows 11 build 26100.8875 (24H2) and build 26200.8875 (25H2), to help enhance security, picture password is no longer available for new enrollment. Users who have already configured a picture password can continue to use it to sign in to Windows. If a picture...
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If you've already installed previous updates, your device will download and install only the new updates included in this package.

Components updates​

AI components
This release updates the following AI components to version 1.2605.856.0: Image Search, Content Extraction, Semantic Analysis, and Settings Model.

To learn more, see Release information for AI components.

Servicing stack update
Includes KB5120102 (Build 26100.8872), which improves the reliability of the Windows update installation process. To learn more about SSUs, see [Simplifying on-premises deployment of servicing stack updates] Servicing stack updates .

Known issues in this update​

Microsoft is not currently aware of any issues with this update.

How to get this update​

Before you install this update

Microsoft combines the latest servicing stack update (SSU) for your operating system with the latest cumulative update (LCU). For general information about SSUs, see Servicing stack updates.

Deployment​

If you deploy dynamic updates such as this update to an existing Windows image, ensure the boot.stl file is included as part of the installation media. Failure to include the file might prevent devices from successfully starting from the installation media and can result in error code 0xc0430001.

Note
The boot.stl file is used during Secure Boot validation and must match the Windows version and architecture of the image you are updating.


To ensure the boot.stl file is included as part of the installation media, do one of the following:
  • Use the Update WinPE script to update an existing Windows image. (Recommended)
  • Manually copy the boot.stl file from the device Windows\Boot\EFI folder to the corresponding folder on your installation media before deploying the update.
For information about how to apply Dynamic Update packages to existing Windows images, see Update Windows installation media with Dynamic Update.

Install this update​

To install this update, use one of the following Windows and Microsoft release channels.

Available​
Next Step​
Included
This update downloads and installs automatically from Windows Update and Microsoft Update.
Included
To install this release from the Microsoft Update Catalog, select the option that matches your device architecture (arm64 or x64), and then follow the instructions.

File information​

For a list of the files provided in this update, download the file information for cumulative update 5101650.

For a list of the files provided in the servicing stack update, download the file information for the SSU (KB5120102) - version 26100.8872.


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July 14, 2026—KB5101650 (OS Builds 26200.8870 and 26100.8875) | Microsoft Support

July 14, 2026—KB5101650 (OS Builds 26200.8870 and 26100.8875)
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cute two said:
Sure it refused to install 8655. It's old build from 9 June.
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Yes. But you talked about: "I made clean install of 8873 and then it installed 8875" That's a newer build. All I want to find out is was 8875 refused also? Apparently not....
 

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larysid said:
Everything went also fine here 🙂 It seems that SCEP event viewer id 87 is gone after installing this update!
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It has not been fixed.. I just saw it to my dell alienware AC 16250 event viewer... I will just ignore it... Another weird thing is the secure boot's state which is shown in registry as ''action needed'' while everything else is fine (UEFI status: updated, secure boot state in windows security tab is also shown with the green check: No further actions required etc)... I do not understand because after the latest July's windows update and dell's BIOS update as well, it was shown as "HIGH confidence".. But after some other updates (chipset, audio realtek and intel graphics via dell official site) it reverted back to "no data observed - Actions required"... It seems to be a ridiculous bug by Microsoft... I give up!!
 

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larysid said:
It has not been fixed.. I just saw it to my dell alienware AC 16250 event viewer... I will just ignore it... Another weird thing is the secure boot's state which is shown in registry as ''action needed'' while everything else is fine (UEFI status: updated, secure boot state in windows security tab is also shown with the green check: No further actions required etc)... I do not understand because after the latest July's windows update and dell's BIOS update as well, it was shown as "HIGH confidence".. But after some other updates (chipset, audio realtek and intel graphics via dell official site) it reverted back to "no data observed - Actions required"... It seems to be a ridiculous bug by Microsoft... I give up!!
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Honestly I would stop reading the Confidence Level data from the registry. It's kinda garbage.

You posted that a recent BIOS update was installed. The MS devs on a recent Secure Boot AMA pointed out if you had a BIOS which was originally flagged as "More Data Needed" and if you installed a later factory update, then your assigned BucketID will change.

The PC motherboard didn't change, but the BIOS version half of the assigned bucket just did.

Since this is a new BIOS, MS hasn't collected any data yet because Dell released this BIOS so late in the process that MS doesn't have much telemetry on it. You have a fully supported BIOS, but the Confidence Data is running "blind" and reports there is no data available.

This is why I don't recommend users pay much attention to Confidence Level. It leads to too many wrong conclusions...
 

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garlin said:
Honestly I would stop reading the Confidence Level data from the registry. It's kinda garbage.

You posted that a recent BIOS update was installed. The MS devs on a recent Secure Boot AMA pointed out if you had a BIOS which was originally flagged as "More Data Needed" and if you installed a later factory update, then your assigned BucketID will change.

The PC motherboard didn't change, but the BIOS version half of the assigned bucket just did.

Since this is a new BIOS, MS hasn't collected any data yet because Dell released this BIOS so late in the process that MS doesn't have much telemetry on it. You have a fully supported BIOS, but the Confidence Data is running "blind" and reports there is no data available.

This is why I don't recommend users pay much attention to Confidence Level. It leads to too many wrong conclusions...
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Thank you! I will ignore it! There is no need to worry about it!!
 

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garlin said:
Honestly I would stop reading the Confidence Level data from the registry. It's kinda garbage.

You posted that a recent BIOS update was installed. The MS devs on a recent Secure Boot AMA pointed out if you had a BIOS which was originally flagged as "More Data Needed" and if you installed a later factory update, then your assigned BucketID will change.

The PC motherboard didn't change, but the BIOS version half of the assigned bucket just did.

Since this is a new BIOS, MS hasn't collected any data yet because Dell released this BIOS so late in the process that MS doesn't have much telemetry on it. You have a fully supported BIOS, but the Confidence Data is running "blind" and reports there is no data available.

This is why I don't recommend users pay much attention to Confidence Level. It leads to too many wrong conclusions...
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That makes perfect sense. Because a newest BIOS has been flashed does not mean that Windows think there is something wrong with your system. It has to gather newly updated data again. The same applies for a change of memory. The motherboard in "AI" or "smart" mode tries to gather the optional timing by going in a training mode. Startup at the first time shows a black screen (because it happens before the initialization of the videocard. That is a later step in the BIOS boot procedure.), boots multiple times and startup can take longer then normal (depending on the size of that changed memory) there is nothing wrong with your motherboard or memory! It tries out different timings in order to get the fastest result. After that it will keep this data. It's only a temporary thing. It is too soon to make any conclusion about what the motherboard "thinks" of that newly installed memory.
 

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Confidence Level is never extrapolated from your PC's current state.

All that is done is to generate a BucketID hash based on your motherboard + BIOS revision, and compare it against a set of static JSON files extracted from BucketConfidenceData.cab. Those JSON files are published once a month in the Monthly Update.

Each month, MS decides which category each BucketID is assigned to.
Code: 
{
  "OEMEntries": {
    "Dell": {
      "Attributes": [
        "FirmwareManufacturer",
        "FirmwareVersion",
        "OEMName_Uncleaned",
        "OEMSubModel",
        "OSArchitecture"
      ],
      "High Confidence": [
        "043943d6a431dd1dab0c9211c349e77a4a60f475ad2df111615f9d43c35a75fd",  <-- Some PC's will match this BucketID
        "0740f14f23de6531c9fe1b9ba4482cc1bfcfb386dce023f574fe46e5f72b91a1",
...
        "f555583ae93d49ad13e33bee090d85a9d9a2cc301ce80466a6d766e37bfca5fc",
        "fc6d4247a12e542d6c9395153c2b6c557118d03631bee7e7b0dbf86d589cc3f8"
      ],
      "Under Observation - More Data Needed": [
        "057852c713a01c2bda176f4c2016d06286cca64a6a66a59dc92fb21cb0e5a8bf",
        "2fca01f9f9c4225cd0847df850d37a8bb58b291f69ea202f8b6073b7c749272b",
...
        "b980299e3d9cb3bd9085ce7ab5efc50d1f0126b65f9ef4c4e6dbfa0e703a475e",
        "cdab80141e89d9b7cf897415a533f64e3e00e2aee53c1dc267938541f2a1f551"
      ]
    },

You can endlessly clear the Secure Boot keys, reinstall Windows, update the keys and you will still get the same Confidence Level result. It's a batch process designed to provide a generic assessment for your PC/BIOS combination once a month. Therefore it has no basis in reality. The confidence data is only used by the Secure Boot task to determine if it should try automatic updates now, or stay blocked.
 

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That makes perfect sense. Because a newest BIOS has been flashed does not mean that Windows think there is something wrong with your system. It has to gather newly updated data again. The same applies for a change of memory. The motherboard in "AI" or "smart" mode tries to gather the optional timing by going in a training mode. Startup at the first time shows a black screen (because it happens before the initialization of the videocard. That is a later step in the BIOS boot procedure.), boots multiple times and startup can take longer then normal (depending on the size of that changed memory) there is nothing wrong with your motherboard or memory! It tries out different timings in order to get the fastest result. After that it will keep this data. It's only a temporary thing. It is too soon to make any conclusion about what the motherboard "thinks" of that newly installed memory.
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Thank you! It's just an annoying bug..
 

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garlin said:
Confidence Level is never extrapolated from your PC's current state.

All that is done is to generate a BucketID hash based on your motherboard + BIOS revision, and compare it against a set of static JSON files extracted from BucketConfidenceData.cab. Those JSON files are published once a month in the Monthly Update.

Each month, MS decides which category each BucketID is assigned to.
Code: 
{
  "OEMEntries": {
    "Dell": {
      "Attributes": [
        "FirmwareManufacturer",
        "FirmwareVersion",
        "OEMName_Uncleaned",
        "OEMSubModel",
        "OSArchitecture"
      ],
      "High Confidence": [
        "043943d6a431dd1dab0c9211c349e77a4a60f475ad2df111615f9d43c35a75fd",  <-- Some PC's will match this BucketID
        "0740f14f23de6531c9fe1b9ba4482cc1bfcfb386dce023f574fe46e5f72b91a1",
...
        "f555583ae93d49ad13e33bee090d85a9d9a2cc301ce80466a6d766e37bfca5fc",
        "fc6d4247a12e542d6c9395153c2b6c557118d03631bee7e7b0dbf86d589cc3f8"
      ],
      "Under Observation - More Data Needed": [
        "057852c713a01c2bda176f4c2016d06286cca64a6a66a59dc92fb21cb0e5a8bf",
        "2fca01f9f9c4225cd0847df850d37a8bb58b291f69ea202f8b6073b7c749272b",
...
        "b980299e3d9cb3bd9085ce7ab5efc50d1f0126b65f9ef4c4e6dbfa0e703a475e",
        "cdab80141e89d9b7cf897415a533f64e3e00e2aee53c1dc267938541f2a1f551"
      ]
    },

You can endlessly clear the Secure Boot keys, reinstall Windows, update the keys and you will still get the same Confidence Level result. It's a batch process designed to provide a generic assessment for your PC/BIOS combination once a month. Therefore it has no basis in reality. The confidence data is only used by the Secure Boot task to determine if it should try automatic updates now, or stay blocked.
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Yes you are right! Of course there is no need to clear the secure boot keys.. I have already done it once (3 months ago) and after this, the event viewer id 1801 error disappeared (in a nutshell, after this action the secure boot keys were updated and everything regarding green checks etc were fine). The only annoying thing is this confidence level which always automatically changes itself after a bios or a windows update. I was just happy that after this July's update it was changed as High confidence, but the latest Bios or chipset update installed afterwards, changed it again to its previous state as " more data needed - action required". So yes it's something that doesn't need to pay attention to.
 

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garlin said:
Honestly I would stop reading the Confidence Level data from the registry. It's kinda garbage.
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Yes it really is.

After every Bios update mine goes from High Confidence to No Data Observed - Action Required.

After a day or two it changes back to High Confidence.
 

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Windows 11 Pro
Finally installed this update today, deliberate delay due to lack of confidence.
10 minutes to download, 20 minutes to install inc reboots.
No problems.
Microsludge has turned the corner. :LOL:
 

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LG
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i7 Ultra
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16GB
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Intel
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Vivaldi
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Kaspersky Premium Suite
This update went status quo with no issues so far...💻
 

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Microsoft Surface Pro
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Intel
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8 GB
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SSD Local Disk (C) - 117 GB
Installing 2026-07 Preview Update (KB5101684) (26200.8973)
 

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    Microsoft Defender
Change log

Change date​
Change description​
August 5, 2026Update added, [Picture password] To help enhance security, picture password is no longer available for new enrollment. Users who have already configured a picture password can continue to use it to sign in to Windows. If a picture password is removed, disabled, or not previously configured, it cannot be set up again. We recommend using Windows Hello PIN, facial recognition, or fingerprint recognition where available.
 

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    Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
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    Custom self build
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    Intel i7-8700K 5 GHz
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    ASUS ROG Maximus XI Formula Z390
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    HP Color LaserJet Pro MFP M477fdn,
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    Surface Laptop 7 Copilot+ PC
    CPU
    Snapdragon X Elite (12 core) 3.42 GHz
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    16 GB LPDDR5x-7467 MHz
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    15" HDR
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    1 TB SSD
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    Microsoft Defender
hader said:
Just checked it.... You are correct! It is 26200.8873. I mixed things up.
My bad..... 😣

I find it strange that they made a 8873 build while the official releases were 8737, 8875 and 8894. I just want a build that fits the official updates not a in-between build. The consequences I already saw it; Installed MCT build 8653 and the update refused to update to 8655. (To close. Confirmed by Microsoft.) It updated everything when 8737 was released.

This MCT build 8873 is yet again an in-between build. It should have been 8875.
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BrianInEngland said:
MCT download gave me 26200.8873 NOT 8875
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Microsoft finally got this right around end of July 2026 {between 7/29 and 7/31} by silently posting the 8875 ESD installation media instead of 8873 and MCT used around 7/29 - 7/31 and onward should obtain .8875 rather than .8873
why MS posted 8873 early on instead of 8875 is a big mystery
 

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windows 10 ltsc
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windows 10 ltsc
erpster4 said:
Microsoft finally got this right around end of July 2026 {between 7/29 and 7/31} by silently posting the 8875 ESD installation media instead of 8873 and MCT used around 7/29 - 7/31 and onward should obtain .8875 rather than .8873
why MS posted 8873 early on instead of 8875 is a big mystery
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26200.8875 official Microsoft ISO and installation media still have the boot.wim bug like the previous ones;
when you hit "Repair my PC" it reboots the main OS instead of showing the recovery menus. 😵‍💫🤷‍♂️
 

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Windows 11 Pro 25H2Intel I9-9900K64GBNVIDIA RTX 2060
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Windows 11 Pro 25H2
Computer type
PC/Desktop
Manufacturer/Model
Dell XPS 8930
CPU
Intel I9-9900K
Memory
64GB
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NVIDIA RTX 2060
Sound Card
NVIDIA High Definition Audio
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4k Samsung
Screen Resolution
3840 x 2160
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512GB NVMe, ADATA SU 800, 2TB HDD
Downloaded and installed ok.
SFC ran clean.
 

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Windows 11
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Home built
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Intel i5 9400
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Gigabyte B365M D3SH WIFI
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16GB tforce
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