HELP! Imaging thinkpad tablet 2 with WDS

I am on a strict timeline and need to image over 100 tablets (thinkpad tablet 2) and I'm running into issues with my WDS setup. I've imaged many laptops etc before but this has the UEFI BIOS. I'm using a WDS server on Server 2012.
I've setup a boot image using Windows 8 32bit.
-Attempted to use the Lenovo 3.0 USB/Network Dongle. (I've since heard that you can only use the 2.0 ver?)
-Turned off the secure boot in the BIOS
-set the USB device as the first boot item
-turned off F12 in the BIOS and in WDS
-set my DHCP opt 67 to: boot\x86\wdsmgfw.efi
When I boot the tablet it won't even see the USB/PXE boot. It boots to the hdd. Is it truly due to the USB 2.0 dongle vs. the 3.0? Anyone? Bueller? HELP!
Do I need to do anything else on my WDS server?

Sounds to me like it could be a driver issue. What's the error message that appears on the "frowny face" screen?
Also, have you checked out this thread? It may have some useful information for you:
https://forums.lenovo.com/t5/Enterprise-Management-IT/Deploying-Windows-8-to-the-new-ThinkPad-Tablet...

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