Based on the search results, it appears you are asking about the Firmware Transfer Machine mechanics in Borderlands 4. This system allows players to move specific bonuses (firmware) from one piece of gear to another. Here is how to transfer firmware:
Access the Machine: Locate a Firmware Transfer Machine in the main hub towns after completing the campaign’s endgame mission.
Select Gear: Place the item with the desired firmware into the machine first (this item will be destroyed).
Select Target: Place the item you want to apply the firmware to in the second slot.
Match Types: Firmware can only be transferred to items of the same type (e.g., ordinance to ordinance).
Cost: The transfer requires a combined cost of money and Eridium, which increases with each use.
Limitations: Transferred firmware is locked and cannot be moved again, though new firmware can be applied over it. Key Mechanics
Gear Types: Firmware can be found on class mods, enhancements, ordinance, repkits, and shields.
Bonuses: Every equipped item with the same firmware increases that specific firmware’s level, up to three times.
Warnings: Transferring destroys the original item and overwrites any existing firmware on the new item.
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