Thanks!
Was able to successfully update both my Sonnet 10g PCIe card and my OWC TB3 adapter. No bricks this round.
(I did have a look at the updatedata.xml beforehand and compared it to previous good updates for me and it looked good for my pci ids)
Made the mistake of flashing 88 and it re-bricked my OWC.
There is a way to re-flash the backup using the DIAG.EXE from the Dell firmware from a while back. I'll have to play around with it later today.
edit: that method no longer works. Need to wait on Aquantia. :(
edit #2: Turns out...
I meant to say RG-59. o_O
Replacing the cable is the ultimate goal, but it's a larger project that gets trumped by the rest of the honey-do list. Maybe when we decide to paint and opening up the drywall isn't all that bad. At that point I'll probably pull both RG-6 and CAT5e. (the bend radius...
Did it generate a log file? It would be in a "logs" directory in the updater folder. If so, try sending the ".ETL" file to the Aquantia support e-mail at the end of the readme.txt and explain your situation. They may be able to help.
I purchased 4 of these to replace my Actiontec bonded 2.0 units.
Between sections of the house with relatively modern (read: RG-6) cabling the units are stellar- stable at ethernet line speed. The sections with (admittedly janky) RG-58 cabling are not stable when running with the 2.5 adapters...