Thanks for answer wahlerstudios! Really appreciate it...
I did try everything you mentioned, disconnecting everything and using the USB thumb drive but when I searched the site I did not see the link about unseating the option card, only ones about the USB firmware. Will try that and see how it goes.
Do you know if there is there a way to tell what the latest firmware update is? When I log in to download it seems like the one in the upper left spot has a lower sequential number than others and I do not see dates on any of them.