[xwerkerx]

I've only been trying to flash the stock version of 6.5. I am running windows 7 though. So I will try it on the PC with XP on it. As for the USB ports, there are 4 on my laptop. 2 on the right and 2 on the left. I have tried one on each side, not particularly each of the 4 though. I thought about that 2nd time around suggestion, but I've tried it 5 or six times consecutively; after removing battery to start over, etc; but the same things happen. The only difference through different attempts is how far through the process I get before the connection is dropped. Sometimes get as far as the progress bar window, but never any progress. I'm going to attempt it on the XP machine, then post with the results.