New to the world of BBB and bought one and am stuck at flashing the eMMC on 
the BBB.

I followed the instructions on the BBB website, but the thing just won't 
flash - I'm sure it's something I'm not doing right, but it seems 
dozens/hundreds/thousands of similar folks have the same exact problem.

Here is what I did as per the manufacturer's instructions: 
(http://beagleboard.org/getting-started)
1) Connected the BBB to PC running Windows 8.1 with mini-USB cable
2) Installed 64-bit Windows drivers - restarted Windows and resumed this 
process
3) Used Windows Chrome to browse to BBB at http://192.168.7.2 - everything 
looked fine
4) Updated BBB to latest software:
a) downloaded latest BBB image at: http://beagleboard.org/latest-images
b) downloaded and installed 7Zip and unzipped the .img.xz file to just a 
.img file
c) downloaded and installed the Image Writer for Windows and it built the 
16 GB SD micro flash  - I looked at the directory and it seems just fine 
with all the files having today's date
d) unplugged BBB and inserted the SD
e) Pressed and held the Reset button on the BBB while inserting the 5V 2A 
power cord - held button down 5 seconds and all 4 LEDs lit up
f) LEDs flashing for about 1 minute then just LED 0 flashing the heartbeat 
for the next 5 hours - no 4 lit LEDs as the instructions promise.

If I connect the Mini USB I can see the SD card directory, with all files 
having today's date, which means BBB booted from the card but when I remove 
the SD card and reset BBB I see the original 2013 files that were never 
flashed on the eMMC

I'm missing the step where the booted SD flashes it's image to the eMMC and 
I can't find documentation that helps.
I guess I could delete the eMMC and copy over an image of the SD but I 
doubt that would work.

So what the heck am I doing wrong?

Thanks for any help.....this really should not be this hard for 
hundreds/thousands of users having the same exact problem....

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