Problems updating the BIOS - GA-990XA-UD3; (Rev 1.x)

[Exileshd]

Long story short, A lot of gaming issues have been a problem with the combination of this motherboard and my Bulldozer processor and after trying everything else to fix said problems the remaining option is to update the BIOS.

I did have up to F5 already on my motherboard, but the highest I can seem to upgrade it to is F8. Anything past F8 leads to me not being able to get past "Windows is Starting" and I believe it was F11 that gave me a bluescreen.

I've been told by Gigabyte support to remove the CMOS battery to reset the BIOs and try to upgrade again but I honestly don't see how that would solve anything considering I can change my BIOS to anything from F8 and below.

Any ideas to why I can't update my BIOs any higher than F8?

Specs;
CPU: AMD Fx-8150.
Motherboard; GA-990XA-UD3 (Rev1.x)
RAM; 8GB DDR3 (4GB x 2)
GPU: Nvidia GeForce GT 640

If any other information is needed, please feel free to ask.

[absic]

How are you trying to update the BIOS? Are you using QFlash or the @BIOS utility?

Before you run the update are you making sure that you load Optimized Defaults in BIOS to return the motherboard to its basic settings?

[Exileshd]

I'm using Qflash yes, and I also Optimized Defaults every time. =/