Sounds like my dating life, always aiming higher than I should.

I used to roll my eyes at people swapping housings, figured it was just placebo and a waste of cash. Then I did the same thing on my hardtail last summer after fighting a mushy rear brake for way too long. The lever feel changed so much that I actually had to relearn how hard to pull, which sounds dumb but it's true. Wound up doing the front too a month later because the mismatch bugged me. Cost wise it was way cheaper than a whole hydro setup, and I never had to bleed anything in my sink.

Honestly that sounds like a firmware glitch, not a bad board.