SPA9000 Firmware Fiasco

Hi Guys. I have a SPA9000 Hardware V 1.05, Firmware 3.3.6 went through the whole 1.05 vs. 2.0 Linksys Fiasco, and after a few hours figured out that I need the 9000t firmware. The problem, is no matter how I do the upgrade, it doesn't work. I tired the 5.1.7, 5.1.8, 5.1.9 Firmware, I tried using the wizard, the .exe loader, and even tftp to upload the Firmware but it just doesn't work. The wizard connects, tells me it sees the SPA9000, Firmware 3.3.6, and then tries for about 15 seconds, and then comes back and says "Failed to Upgrade. Check your network connection or device type." The .exe Firmware loader says"Upgrade Failed: No response from SPA" The TFTP loads, does not error, but the result is no firmware change. Using http:///admin/upgrade?tftp:///spa9000-5-1-9.bin When I try loading the Ver 1 Non-T firmware, I get a incompatible device error, so I have pretty much ruled out Rev 1 Firmware. So my question is ? Is there some order path of firmware upgrades? Do I have to load 5.1.0 First ? Before I can load 5.1.9 ? Any ideas here ?

Finally Got it working. woo-hoo.
I was about to give up.
Many Thanks to sardnyx27 and dkaufman
Funny thing is....
- Tried plugging host computer into the SPA9000 - Didn't work
- Turned off XP Firewall and Kaspersky - Didn't work
- Tried 5.1.7, 5.1.8, 5.1.9 with .exe loader - Didn't work
- Tried loading firmware through wizard - Didn't work
- Unplugged the SPA400 from the netgear FS108P switch the SPA9000 was plugged in - Suddenly the .exe loader worked. I don't know what one has to do with the other? Just weird. The only thing I will say is the SPA400 was updated to the latest Firmware BEFORE I tried updating the SPA9000. Did this have anything to do with it? Dunno.
I hope this will help someone else who is having the same problems.
Thanks for the help guys.

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