Gigabyte Bios Update from F1 to F2 issues

[Mystic_Archie]

I recently just bought a AMD Athlon X4 860K for my GA F2A88XN-WIFI Gigabyte Motherboard,and found out that I Need to update the Bios, but quickly ran into a snag as the q flash keeps saying its outdated whenever I try to update to a more recent bios. I then went to the Support page and found a way to update VIA Bootable Flash Drive, which still seems like the only option I have right now but the problem is that the software that Gigabyte recommended was the HP usb disc storage format tool for this operation as well as win98boothttps://www.gigabytenordic.com/flash-update-bios-gigabyte-fm2-motherboards-support-new-kaveri-apu/ But it just doesn't want to work it keeps failing to format the flashdrive so I'm unable to even attempt updating it. any and all suggestions would be appreciated
specs here just in case
Motherboard GA F2A88XN-WIFI
CPU A6 5400K dual core APU
GTX750TI EVGAFTW 2gb
2X 8GB Gskill RipJaws DDR3 Ram
(everything that should be important anyways)

I should also mention I got the Motherboard from a friend who never used it and got it brand new from a bargain bin a while back.

 

[Paul NZ]

Try rufus its got a freedos option in it

 

[Mystic_Archie]

Try rufus its got as freedos option in it

Thank you Ill try it right now

 

[Paul NZ]

Sweet

 

[Mystic_Archie]

Sweet

Wish I would have found this a few hours ago would have saved me so much time. thank you I really appreciate it

 

[Paul NZ]

Excellent. I didnt know rufus existed until like 4-5 yrs ago lol

 

[Mystic_Archie]

Excellent. I didnt know rufus existed until like 4-5 yrs ago lol

one more annoying question when I installed my CPU I got a Blue Screen of death and frozen startup screen but when I took out one of my 8gb ram sticks my pc works just fine is there a way to be able to use 16 gb or is my cpu not that supportive or does it have to do with power supply? its a 500 watt

 

[Paul NZ]

Should work with 2x8 GB since the mobo supports 64 GB. You using 64 bit windows?

Is windows on it now, or are you trying to install windows?

And what does the bluescreen say?

 

[Mystic_Archie]

Should work with 2x8 GB since the mobo supports 64 GB. You using 64 bit windows?

Is windows on it now, or are you trying to install windows?

And what does the bluescreen say?

I'm using windows 10 64 bit but the blue screen doesn't say anything it just freezes I noticed my pc fans start up and than stop than start up again when I first turned it on with New CPU but hasn't happened again, I took out the ram stick and it works just fine now should I try putting it back in and seeing what happens?
windows has been installed already for a few days now

 

[Paul NZ]

A system when you turn it on , it sounds like a hissing noise

And it'll look like it turns off again, (it pauses). Then it continues. This is normal

If this is what youre talking about it's normal

 

[Mystic_Archie]

A system when you turn it on , will give like a hiss noise

And it'll look like it turns off again, Then it continues. This is normal

What slots did you put the ram in?

My Mobo has only 2 DDR3 slots since its a miniature motherboard (stuck in a antec 900 case may I mind you) so I can only put the ram sticks there

 

[Paul NZ]

Oh true doh lol.. Forgot there were only 2 slots

So the bluescreen isnt a crash

 

[Mystic_Archie]

Oh true doh lol.. Forgot there were only 2 slots

So the bluescreen isnt a crash

its been awhile since I responded to this, but the issue for the ram problem had to do with the NB I overclocked it a few MHz and the ram worked just fine IDK though soo use that information with a grain of salt