T430 Bios update

I am having a problem with the T430 bios update utility.  But, I only have a problem when running the update using the -s option.  If I run the update without being silent then the bios gets updated.  If I use the -s option then I get this error message:
Secure flash authentication failed
press esc to continue
Anybody have any clues?
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Thank you for the response.  Not to sound ungrateful on the response but referenced was using -s in first post.  With previous models (T60, T61, .....) when using bios update everything happened in Windows.  Now with T430 it looks like (guessing because of new UEFI) it does 2 parts: part of the update within windows and after reboot there is a message comes up:
Flashing embedded controller
Please wait
This stays up for a few seconds and then restarts and then the error comes up.  The log file looks like only shows what happened in windows which went fine looks like from log:
OS = Windows 7 32bit
Driver Loading....Done
System BIOS Version -> G1ET42WW
Applying BIOS Version -> G1ET44WW
System EC Version -> G1HT29WW
Applying EC Version -> G1HT29WW
AC adapter/Battery check....OK.
EC Flashing....EC Flash completed.
BIOS Flashing....BIOS Flash completed.
Again, if I run the update without silent parameter it works.  Only if supply the -s parameter it has this "Secure flash authentication failed".  I did notice this SCT utility comes up during the manual update that doesn't come up during the silent update.  Here is a log of a manual update:
OS = Windows 7 32bit
Driver Loading....Done
System BIOS Version -> G1ET42WW
Applying BIOS Version -> G1ET44WW
System EC Version -> G1HT29WW
Applying EC Version -> G1HT29WW
AC adapter/Battery check....OK.
BIOS Flashing....BIOS Flash completed.
Did notice something different about T430 bios update that didn't happen with T410 or older bios updates.  If you use the silent update the winuptp spawns a winflash32s.exe.  If you use the manual update then winuptp spawns a winflash32.exe.  Wondering if the winflash32s.exe has a problem possibly?

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