Satellite T135 - BIOS upgrade to 2.70 won't finish

I have a Satellite T135 running Win7 with an original BIOS that I am trying to upgrade to 2.70. I have run all the other software updates in Service Station (2.1.51) without any issues. but the 2.7 BIOS downloads, initiates and warns that i'll need to restart (I select Yes to run it) and receive the popup notice about the electrical problem (faulty DC) that this BIOS fixes, then nothing. It just stops.
I've disabled my antivirus windows firewall but the update still fails to complete. I've downloaded the file straight from Toshiba (outside of Service Station) and run the file and the exact same thing happens.
Event Viewer doesn't show any related entries.
Anyone have an idea on how to get the BIOS upgraded?

Hi mwarwick,
Have you installed newest version of Value Added Package from Toshiba website? This program is necessary if you want to update the BIOS so check if you have the newest version installed.
Furthermore I would recommend loading the default settings in BIOS before you do the update. So go into BIOS, press F9 for loading default values, save & exit setup.
Can you update the BIOS now?

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