Need help resetting the Surface Pro 3 Back to factory Defaults

Hey guys need some help.  I have a Surface Pro 3 we were trying to image.  No Luck.  We have given up for now and tryingto go back to factory defaults.  Luckily I made a restore USB before I did anything.  Here is the problem:
Somehow we screwd up the UEFI settings and it wont even find the drive.  I Keep changing the settings but everytime i go to "Reset Your PC" and repartition drives I get a "Unable to reset your PC. The system Drive cannot be found"
message. 
I See no clear way of setting it back to Factory Defaults but here is the Screen BIOS/UEFI screen settings
Trusted Platform Module (TPM) Enabled
(Tried Both No luck)
Secure Boot Control Disabled
(Tried Both No luck)
configure Alternate System Boot Order Network-USB- SSD
(Tried both ways no luck)
Configure External Ports -All ports enabled.

Yes you can. From CLI of Mars:
[pnadmin]$ pnreset -h
Usage:  pnreset or pnreset option.
        Default. With no options pnreset restores the appliance to factory
        defaults and purges all configuration and event data (certificate and
        fingerprints stored to validate reporting devices, topology settings,
        archived logs, and the license key information).
    -h  Displays this usage information.
    -g  Removes the Global Controller data from a Local Controller, leaving
        the Local Controller-specific data and the Global Controller
        communication information untouched.  Use this option only after
        a Global Controller crash or recovery.  In this case, "pnreset -g"
        must be executed on every Local Controller that was monitored by
        the failed Global Controller.
    -s  Removes the Global Controller communication information and resets
        a Local Controller to standalone mode.  It removes the Global Controller
        data and connectivity data from the Local Controller as well as the
        default Controller zone information.  Use this option only after
        a failed Delete of the Local Controller entry from the Global Controller
        "Local Controller Management" web page.
    -o  Resets the tnsnames.ora file to factory default. The tnsnames.ora file
        is required for the Oracle client to connect to the Oracle server.
    -j  Resets the web server scheduler depending on Local Controller's
        running mode. A restart of web server is enforced.
[pnadmin]$ pnreset
Reset command will erase all data in database and reboot the machine.
Please type YES if you want to proceed:
Hope this helps.
- Sid

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